recipes made easy
I made this Braised Mushrooms with Broccoli for my friends recently and they absolutely loved it. This dish is warm, comforting, familiar and delicious. The sauce is fragrant, savoury, sweet with lovely natural umami flavours coming from the mushrooms, garlic and dried scallops. What Mushrooms can I use? You can use any dried mushrooms, such […]
Dad taught me how to make this delicious fish porridge. The porridge has simple flavors, infused with the natural sweetness and umami from the fish. The fish is first pan-fried to bring out its fragrance before being mixed into the porridge. Garnish with ginger and spring onion, then season with leftover fish oil, light soy […]
Lotus Root with Peanut Soup (莲藕花生汤) is a classic Chinese soup that’s both nourishing and delicious. This slow-simmered soup is packed with earthy flavors from the lotus root, nuttiness and sweetness from the peanuts, and a rich umami flavor from the dried squid and oysters. There are many variations of this soup, and the version […]
Braised soya sauce pork belly has a very aromatic sweet taste and the pork belly melts in your mouth like jelly. It is popularly known locally in Malaysia by the Hokkien community as Tau Yu Bak. There are many versions of Tau Yu Bak recipe based on ethnic influence. My version is a very simple […]