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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Bird’s Nest with Sweet Potato and Taro Balls 芋圆/地瓜圆燕窝

Here’s my rendition of the famous Taiwanese Jiu Fen Taro Balls and Sweet Potato Balls with the exquisite Bird’s Nest.

Seafood Mee Goreng 海鲜马来炒面

Seafood mee goreng is such a great comfort food. Here’s a quick and easy recipe, with homemade chilli paste, soft yellow noodles, fresh seafood, sliced fish cake, vegetables and simple seasoning.

Green Tea Matcha Ice Cream 抹茶雪糕

Enjoy this green tea matcha ice cream, easily made with milk, cream, matcha green tea powder and a sweetener. You can control the amount of sweetener to add in and even use dairy-free milk and cream if you are lactose-intolerant.

Kaya Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Use kaya jam or any jams of your choice to make these quick and easy thumbprint cookies. The filling options are limitless. These thumbprint cookies make the perfect sweet for snack time, and a great holiday gift!

Peanut Butter Basque Burnt Cheesecake

It’s amazing how peanut butter levels up the burnt cheesecake, I love the crunchy bits of peanuts as I bite into the creamy cheesecake, indulging in the aromatic nuttiness of the peanut butter.

Taro Tofu Cake | No-bake, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Refined Sugar-Free

Here’s a healthy and delicious dessert using the versatile taro and tofu as a base, added with purple sweet potato to give it a pretty pop of purple. It’s free of dairy, gluten, and refined sugar and requires no eggs, flour, nor baking.

Osmanthus Goji Jelly Mooncake 桂花枸杞菜燕中秋月饼

Here’s an easy, simple and refreshing jelly mooncake made of agar agar, goji berries and the aromatic Osmanthus tea leaves. You only need 5 ingredients.