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…

Rice cooker chicken rice

This isn’t as great as chicken rice, but I’m still experimenting to figure how to make the rice more tasty without too much effort. Because this is meant to be a minimum effort dish So what I’ve done is put rice in the rice cooker (do the usual washing and put enough water as you…

Roast Chicken

This is a staple that I do for an easy weekend lunch/dinner gathering.. it’s from SeriousEats / Food LabĀ [full article here] To get super crispy chicken skin, I prepare the bird the night before. I always “butterfly” it/ “spatchcock” it, which is basically flattening it out so that more skin is more exposed to air…