Curries & Stews

Chinese Braised Pork Ribs with Bitter Gourd 苦瓜焖排骨

My mummy’s Chinese Braised Pork Ribs with Bitter Gourd is a comforting dish that’s not only easy to cook but full of nutrition. We marinate the meat in the same pot we cook it in, boil and then simmer until tender, and add bitter gourd to soak up the savoury sauce. Serves best with warm white rice!

Red Glutinous Rice Wine Chicken 红糟鸡

This Red Glutinous Rice Wine Chicken 红糟鸡 is deceptively easy and quick to make. It tastes even better next day. Serve with mee sua or rice.

Pig’s Trotter Vinegar 猪脚醋 (Mummy’s Recipe)

The perfect pig’s trotters in vinegar will have very tender and succulent pork trotter meat that can be easily torn apart, and jelly-like chewy skin that almost melts in the mouth.

Creamy Chicken Stew

Creamy Chicken Stew is the perfect one-pot chicken casserole dish when all you need is to easily dish out something warm and comforting for your family. Easily substitute the vegetables with mushrooms or other root vegetables.

Babi Pongteh, A Nonya Braised Pork Stew

Babi Pongteh, a traditional signature Nonya Braised Pork Stew that is uniquely prepared in each Peranakan family. Cooked preferably using fatty pork belly or pork trotters with mushrooms, fermented soy bean, dark soy sauce, palm sugar, and aromatics, this homecooked dish is slow boiled until the meat turns tender to the bite. It’s a typical dish prepared during special occasions and Chinese New Year.

Leftover Turkey Curry Recipe

What to do with leftover turkey after all that Thanksgiving or Christmas feasting? This leftover curry turkey recipe is easy and quick to cook and goes well with rice, vermicelli or roti. The curry paste is made from scratch but you can use any store bought curry pastes and it works out well too.

Creamy Butter Chicken Recipe

This creamy butter chicken got to be my favourite comfort food of all times. Don’t be fooled by the spices used, it’s really easy and quick! Serve it with rice or naan and you will definitely want to make it again and again.

Curry Chicken

This Curry Chicken recipe, cooked with homemade Thai Red Curry Paste, is so full of flavours and aromatics, it makes the perfect comfort food. We love eating it with rice or just plain roti prata. Level up the spiciness if you are up for it or make it less spicy by replacing the chillies with bell peppers.

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Koi Fish Jelly with Coconut Milk 鲤鱼香椰果冻

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Abalone Yusheng For Chinese New Year Lou Hei 富贵花开 鱼生鲍鱼

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How To Lou Hei Yu Sheng For Chinese New Year 捞鱼生

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Buttery Cheesy Pineapple Tarts 芝士凤梨酥 (Kue Nastar)

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Baked Honey Glazed Pork Ribs (Fall Off The Bone) with A Side of Roast Potatoes

Think of juicy tender finger-licking-good honey glazed pork ribs that easily fall off the bone when you tear off the meat, this is the recipe you need to save.

Melt-in-your-mouth Bunny Shaped Pineapple Tarts 玉兔凤梨酥 (Rabbit Shaped Kue Nastar)

Bunny Pineapple Tarts are all the rage during lunar year of the rabbit. Here’s how you can easily make it, without using a mould. Make the pineapple from scratch and choose to use healthier sweeteners. This pineapple tarts are so melt-in-the-mouth, you can’t stop at one.