How to Make Roti Prata aka Roti Canai: Everything you need to know!
How time flies! It’s been 10 years since I posted this recipe for roti prata! So, for this 10th anniversary, I have shot another video on how to make Roti Prata! Many people have used the recipe and have written back with photos of their success! Most are people living overseas where it is not […]
Japanese Beef Curry Recipe: Oven Braise and Pressure Cooker method
Japanese Beef Curry is one of the easiest, tastiest on pot meal that you can cook at home. You can put everything in a pot and cook it until everything is soft and it will taste good. But with a few extra touches here and there, you can really make a meal that you would happily serve to the Queen when she comes a visiting!
Prawn omelette is one of those regular household recipes because it uses simple, readily available ingredients, it’s relatively easy to make and and fits right in as one of the medley of dishes that goes with rice! The trick lies in getting the texture of the prawns right! Ingredients Gp A Prawns medium sized10 Egg […]
Ieat’s Chinese Roast Pork, Siu Yuk, Sio Bak Recipe II
I managed to pick up a few more tips in the last 3 years and have updated the recipe for a juicier, more flavourful sio bak! It's one of those things that is really worth doing at home as it is relatively easy and you are sure to get a few "wows" and "oohs" which is really satisfying!
Seafood White Beehoon Recipe: Happy Chinese New Year!
It is actually not difficult to do and is the ideal dish for festive occasions as a wok full of bee hoon would easily feed the whole family. The key to the dish is the stock and how to handle the beehoon. With this basic recipe, you can improvise by adding other types of seafood like crayfish, lobsters, crabs etc depending on who you want to impress!
This is my fried chicken recipe which combines the best of asian and western techniques to create a crispy fried chicken that is juicy inside with a typically asian flavour.
It’s Christmas Time again so here is a fun little recipe for Christmas which you can do with the kids and get them involved with the cooking! You have probably made French Toast before but they are likely to be yellow in colour! Green coloured French toast might seem a little wierd at first but once you […]
McDonald’s curry sauce has quite a frenzied following in Singapore. It is only available here and is one of those foods that overseas Singaporeans miss. On 14 Nov 2011, McDonald’s ran out of curry sauce and it almost caused a riot! I learnt about the story recently when I met one of their founders at […]
Traditionally, you need to cook the radish and make the rice slurry in a pot before transferring the batter into another tray which is then placed in a steamer to steam for 1-2 hours. With the Tefal Induction Rice Cooker, you can easily do everything in a pot!
These traditional kopi tiam buns are the reason I bought Christopher Tan's excellent recipe book, Nerdbaker. I flipped open the book and was immediately smitten by these soft and pillowy buns which are traditionally served with a slice of cold butter, kaya, soft boiled eggs and accompanied by a cup of kopi C. The classic Singaporean breakfast doesn't get better than this!
Autumn is the season for yams and during this time, it is easy to source quality yams, you can tell they are quality yams when they are nice and powdery and perfect for making Orh Nee (Teochew Yam Paste). Making your own yam paste takes a lot of blending, steaming, and cooking. With the Tefal […]
Original Chilli Crab Recipe: Happy 51st National Day!
What better way to celebrate our 51st National Day than to enjoy our de facto National Dish? But this is not just any other chilli crab recipe. This is a recipe I developed which is closer to the original chilli crab that Mdm Cher Yam Keng served back in the 1950's when she first introduced chilli crabs to the world. The modern version which has sambal and eggs was introduced later by Chef Hooi, one of the legendary "Four Heavenly Chefs".
