Pesto with spaghetti

Wow. This was so easy. And so delicious that this is the only photo I have Ingredients for pesto 2 tbsp pine nuts Pinch of salt Pepper for tasting 75g fresh basil leaves 50g Parmesan/pecorino 100ml extra virgin olive oil 1-2 cloves of garlic Toast the pine nuts Throw everything but the olive oil into…

Summer noodle sort of salad

It’s sooooo hot in london this week so I made a sort of salad to keep it cool. The secret sauce to this dish is… the sauce. For myself I cooked kway teow type of noodles (glass flat noodles) and pour sauce over it. For marc I gave him some noodles plus spiralised/shredded cucumber and…

Stir fry peranakan prawns

So I deshelled the body of my prawns because Marc doesn’t do shells…. Sprinkled corn flour and white pepper over the prawns while I started frying I stir fried some ginger and garlic in hot oil, threw in the shell from the prawns for the flavour Put in soy sauce, shaoxing wine, palm sugar, white…

Tom kahhhhhi

So pleased with this, really light but warming for a miserable cold winter night For 3 people Ingredients 1 can coconut milk (400ml) 1 cup stock Thumb of ginger – sliced Galangal if you have – sliced 1 shallot – sliced 4 chilli padi – diced 1 stalk lemongrass – chopped into 3 parts Some…

Shaved Asparagus and Bacon Pizza

I bought a pizza stone about a year ago and started experimenting with some pizza flavors. I love making pizza but the only problem is that because of the high heat it requires, it usually sets off my fire alarm! So pizza making in our house is essentially me assembling the pizza, while Daniel stands…

Vegetable Fried Rice for One (Tomato Flavour)

I thought I wasn’t hungry for dinner one evening, and then suddenly I got super hungry later at night. All I had was leftover rice so of course I made a quick fried rice like a good hungry asian girl. The only thing was that I got it in my head to somehow incorporate these…

Enchiladas

Whenever there is a birthday in the family, we try to make something something special for dinner. This year for Daniel it was enchiladas! We often have taco nights which are fun (kinda like popiah night), but this was the first time I was attempting enchiladas. I do love having Mexican at home coz you…

Rice cooker soy sauce chicken + sambal okra and tofu

I am in love with this rice cooker chicken rice concept. I had a bunch of chores to do and I knew Marc was going to be home late tonight so this is just perfect. You can just leave it cooking in the rice cooker and the food is kept warm until you are finally…

A type of Peranakan style curry

This is a mish mash of a recipe my mum’s peranakan friend taught me, and my itchy fingers…. Original recipe: What I did: Rempah: 2 dried chilli without seeds, soaked in water (I was cooking for friends with no chilli tolerance) Spoon of Belachan (not toasted because Marc was not so impressed when I last…

Wanton behaviour from my fried wontons

So I had a wonton disaster. This post is about what went wrong so you can make a successful story instead.. This is my Gan Ma’s recipe.. I made fried wontons with her but I didn’t absorb all the essential lessons and made a mess, so I have no pictures of fried wontons. Where I…