Sambal Ijo (Green Sambal)
I was planning to make fried noodles this evening once my Tesco delivery arrived — only to find I had left out the main ingredient from my cart. So quick change of plan and...
Category: Recipes
Thai Beef Salad
From Malaysia to Myanmar to Indonesia and now … Thailand. I saw someone making this online recently and decided to give it a try myself. Despite it being my first attempt, I was very...
Ayran (Turkish Yoghurt Drink)
Ratios: I cup full-cream greek yoghurt 1 cup cold water 1/4 teaspoon salt Blend for 1 minute or until frothy. Reduce the water to half cup if your yoghurt is low fat or not...
Quick Pasta With Shrimp and Broccoli
I realized i still had the prawns from last Tesco order, so … removed skins and deveined and marinade with olive oil, salt and cayenne pepper. Boiled spaghetti. Chopped and minced garlic, fried together...
Sous-vide Salmon (living dangerously!), roasted pumpkin and salad with yoghurt-garlic dressing/dip
Another case of opening the refrigerator and figuring out what to have for dinner. Found a half-cut of pumpkin, from two grocery deliveries ago. This was sliced, peeled, and diced and tossed around in...
Stir Fried Okra With Salted Beans
Made Okra with Shrimp and Salted Beans today. These are the ingredients: okra chopped at an angle diced tomato chopped red chilli diced small onion chopped garlic diced tofu prawns, de-headed de-tailed de-veined salted...
“Kya Zhan Athoke” — Burmese Glass Noodle Salad
I decided to try a recipe from the Motherland 🇲🇲 called “Kya Zhan Athoke”. An “Athoke” is a Burmese Salad — but unlike typical western salads that consist of greens, some form of acid...
Tofu and Long Beans with Fermented Soy Beans
Another dish to add to my list of recipes … best served with rice to form a complete meal. Ingredients Long beans https://eshop.tesco.com.my/groceries/en-GB/products/7001765361 washed and chopped into 1″ pieces. 1 or 2 blocks of...
Kangkung Belacan Goreng (Stir Fried Water Convolvulus with Shrimp Paste)
Kangkung (Water Convolvulus) is a leafy vegetable that is very common in the tropics. It grows easily and therefore is commonly available and cheap (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_aquatica). It was only after I started cooking Kangkung Belacan...
Tempeh, DIY
Tempeh is a form of food popular in Indonesia. It is made through the fermentation of soy beans by the Rhizopus mold. The growth of the mold also binds the soya beans together, resulting...
