All Recipes
Teh Sereh dan Cincau - Lemongrass Tea with Grass Jelly
Try preparing a pot of this heavenly black tea brewed with fresh lemongrass. The fragrant and citrusy tea tastes even better with some glass jelly cubes!
Steamed Pork with Tianjin Preserved Vegetables
As promised, I am featuring another recipe with Tianjin preserved vegetables, this time a family favorite comfort food, steamed pork with Tianjin preserved …
Spicy Konnyaku
Konnyaku is a jelly like product made from the root of a yam like plant, a common ingredient in oden and sukiyaki. They are typically sold in blocks wrapped in …
Steamed Drunken Shrimps
When my Grandma was still with us, her birthday party was one of the many annual events where the big family came together to celebrate. It was a noisy affair, …
Bean Curd and Tianjin Preserved Vegetable Pork Soup
Tianjin preserved vegetable are made from cabbage pickled with salt from Tianjin in Hebei, China. Fancy ones come in lovely ceramic jars, but the one I bought …
Gyudon - Japanese Beef Bowl
Thinly sliced beef and onion in an umami-rich sauce from dashi, sake, mirin, and soy sauce. Serve over a bowl of steamed white rice, and a side of miso soup.
Tumis Oyong dan Telur - Chinese Okra and Egg Stir Fry
Oyong (or Chinese okra) resembles zucchini in texture, but with really hard ridges for its outer skin. It doesn’t look appetizing from the outset, but give it a …
Salmon Teriyaki
Anything teriyaki is deceptively easy to make at home I almost never get another one from the restaurant after I master this recipe. All kind of meat goes, from …
Chicken and Red Bean Soup
It has been a while since I made some chicken soup and I have been dying for some. So I raid my pantry to find some almost forgotten red beans (sorry, red …
Krengsengan Hati Ampela - Liver and Gizzard Stew
To me, the best way to cook chicken livers and gizzards is to make a stew with plenty of spices and herbs since I am not a big fan of eating them with light …
Tape Bakar - Cassava with Cheese and Chocolate
A simple way to serve Indonesian pan-fried fermented cassava (tape) with grated cheddar cheese, sweetened condensed milk, and chocolate sprinkles.
Steamed Chicken with Salted Soy Beans and Green Chilies
Simple and so tender, a more unusual approach to steaming chicken by using salted soy beans (Indonesian: tauco) and green chilies (Indonesian: cabe hijau …