beans and nuts
Braised Chicken with Chestnuts
My mother always used dried chestnuts, so I'm clueless about prepping fresh ones. Using my common sense, I figure boiling sh…
My mother always used dried chestnuts, so I'm clueless about prepping fresh ones. Using my common sense, I figure boiling sh…
Ikan Tempera is the Nyonya version of sweet & sour fish. Anything fried and topped with a sweet & sour sauce is good, ri…
Compared to Shermay Lee, who supposedly began learning Peranakan cuisine when she was 5 years old, Wee Eng Hwa was a very late …
Cast your mind back, all the way back to when you were 5 years old. Do you remember anything much? Would you believe a 5-year-ol…
Sayur lodeh is an Indonesian curry made with vegetables. Cabbage is the main veggie used, along with some long beans, eggplants …
It was my mother's birthday a few days ago. To commemorate her, I made a big pot of Buddha's delight (罗汉斋) or, if you pr…
Teochew braised duck (潮州滷é¸) was my mother's pièce de résistance. She always had a dark, glistening duck for the dinner table…
Sesame duck is duck stir-fried with white sesame oil, garlic, ginger, then stewed with galangal. It's seasoned with dark soy…