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Category Archives: recipes
The traditional chicken curry at Christmas
On Christmas day, while the children are still asleep, I am already up and dealing with the chicken, curry paste, coconut milk and eggs that I bought the day before. I like to buy the ingredients from the wet market … Continue reading
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Ladies’ Kisses – almond cookies with chocolate in the middle
This almond cookie is easy to make and very very sinful. After I baked it, the food frenzy that ensued was a blur. I regret eating it, I think. One can only eat two of these at a time. We … Continue reading
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Chocolate cake in a hurry
I got this recipe from this ABC Queensland website. It’s super fast and easy to do and turns out pretty decent. Moist enough and no bitter taste from the leavening (must be the sugar and Tudor Gold Cocoa powder. The … Continue reading
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kueh bakar
I am pretty proud of this culinary achievement. Cooking is such a healthy distraction and it involves family. This kueh is cheap and good to make. I found making the pandan juice the most interesting… blending pandan leaves and straining … Continue reading
Barbecued Brinjal
A camp out just by the sea at East Coast. A barbecue is one of the most fun things to do. You are just in the flow and turning the food over and over, placing it on the plate … Continue reading
Seafood Paella
It was time to actualise this recipe that I had read in Rick Stein’s, “Fruits of the Sea”. So I experimented on a few poor souls who apparently said it was pretty ok. Couldn’t find risoto rice so had to … Continue reading
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Books on cooks
Rick Stein is one celebrity chef that always is a joy to watch and read. I just read his Seafood Odyssey. I have been longing to try his recipes and that book has some that seem simple enough to try … Continue reading
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