Teochew Glutinous Rice Roll Cake–Guan Jian (潮汕灌煎)

INTRODUCTION

Usually when It is a Chinese traditional recipe, I will check the background before I blogged. That is the reason why you always read the Wikipedia definition in my post. That provides a basis to support a cuisine background..But

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Gluten Vegetarian Char Siu (素叉烧) 42
Gluten Vegetarian Char Siu (素叉烧)

INTRODUCTION

Vegetarians like all other human beings need protein to grow.. There are a few sources of protein in Chinese vegetarian foods including those  from the soy protein, wheat glutens , nuts and etc..

An Indonesian member once shared her

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Wheat Gluten (Mian Jin, 面筋, Seitan, Mi Chiya)

INTRODUCTION

This post is about wheat gluten or seitan or mian jin (面筋)- an important cooking ingredient in Mahayana Buddhism as a substitute of meat. With this main ingredient, wheat gluten can be churned into different delicious vegetarian cooking ingredients.

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Sayur Lodeh And Lontong (蔬菜咖喱和米糕)

INTRODUCTION

Today is the second day of Hari Raya Aidilfiltri and I felt the urge to introduce some simple Malay cuisine to my kids.. Since my neighbour gave me a block of lontong yesterday, I have decided to pair it

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Mango Salad Appetizer or Kerabu Mangga (酸辣芒果开胃菜) 2
Mango Salad Appetizer or Kerabu Mangga (酸辣芒果开胃菜)

INTRODUCTION

Kerabu basically means salad in Malay.. Some fruits, vegetables or meats are mixed with a concoction of herbs and spices, tossed and served as an appetizer or salad.. It is very appetizing well liked by many families..

Though this

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Kangkong Belachan or Sambal Kangkong (马来风光) 11
Kangkong Belachan or Sambal Kangkong (马来风光)

 

INTRODUCTION

If this set of pictures looks different from the one served in the restaurants and Chi Char (煮炒档)stores, there are two main reasons.. One is because of the preparation of the Kangkong or convolvulus for stir frying and another

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Deep Frying Your Potato Patties ?–Begedil (炸马铃薯饼)

INTRODUCTION

I loved begedil or perkedel,  the Malay deep fried potatoes patties with a unique taste on its own… It is good to go with mee soto ayam and a must have when I frequented our Malay brother’s store if

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Lacto Ovo Vegetarian Dishes Photo Sharing 2014

INTRODUCTION

There is not really any detail recipe in this post but some photo sharing for the benefits of my vegetarian readers. I just ended my yearly month long vegetarian diet two days ago and I promised some Facebook Group

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This Glutinous Rice Cake Is Entirely Different From Store Bought … Ningbo Niangao, Shanghai Niangao or Bai Guo Gan (宁波年糕,上海年糕,白果干)

Upload of new pictures on 16-11-2016

INTRODUCTION

I swore I never like to cook this glutinous rice cake (Ningbo Niangao (宁波年糕) or Shanghai Niangao (上海年糕)or Bai Guo Gan (白果干) ) as it has to be soaked for many days before

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It Is Not Difficult To Prepare This Mixed Vegetable Stew–Chap Chye (杂菜)

INTRODUCTION

I have quite a number of savoury dishes recipe with me but not issue yet and I usually only issue savory dishes recipe on weekends or public holidays because it is a bit tedious to write the recipe especially

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