My collection of favourite recipes..tried and tested!
This is a great way to fry chicken. The longer you marinade, the better the taste. And its great with white rice, beriyani rice or tomato rice. Even nasi lemak. The best part of the chicken is the crispy stuff that made up the marinade…mmm …
We usually cook Spanish bean dishes the night before…well, usually hubby cooks it. But we forgot to make it yesterday so I said I would do it this morning. I quickly made hubby an administrator on the blog so he could type the recipe and …
Hubby cooked up this “new” (maybe “different” is the right word?) Bolognese sauce tonight and I asked how come he changed the recipe? His answer was, “Actually this is how the Italians make it!” Indeed it was. When we were in Rome, this was how …
My Indonesian friend in Kuwait, Diana Loubry posted some photos of a fish dish her ex-chef husband cooked. It looked interesting AND low calorie so I promised myself I would try it one day when its fish day. I did today and it turned out …
I first discovered prawns at my brother’s house last year. Apparently it was Lela’s signature dish and she made it very well. We had already had lunch when we got there but we tasted a prawn or two and it was great! After that I …
We decided to have Malaysian food yesterday. I had never cooked stir-fried beef before and got it right but this method really works. The beef is succulent and not dry and hard. The rice vinegar is a good substitute for rice-wine and you can’t taste …
It was fish day today on the second day of our carb-free regime after the long holiday in Malaysia. And I wanted to make something different from the usual favourite fish dish, Baked Moroccan Fish. Hubby’s fish fritters recipe was just right. It was easy …
From time to time, you “discover” a favourite dish and this is one of them. Hubby had told me about this dish which he cooked one day after chatting with a fellow Spanish friend at work, Carolina. It was her grandmother’s recipe. I instantly took …
I watched Mummy make her chicken rendang many times but never really paid attention! Then I wondered why, when I made the rendang according to her recipe, it never turned out right. I finally decided, one day, when I wanted to make chicken rendang to …
Serves 2 to 3 INGREDIENTS 500gms fillet of any white fish (frozen is good) Marinade: Juice of half a lemon 1 tsp paprika powder 2 tsp ground cumin 1/4 onion, chopped finely 2 cloves garlic, minced 20 gms cilantro, chopped (optional) 20 gms flat parsely, …
