Hi everyone! 🙂 How has your week been so far? I am sure many of us have already started looking forward to weekend. So here’s a recipe for a traditional Malay delicacy ‘Jemput Jemput’ or otherwise known as ‘banana fritters’ to keep you going till […]
Lalitha KirsnanHello everyone! I am Lalitha Kirsnan originally from Singapore. I now live here on the Gold Coast with my lovely husband, Hasan. Our favourite past time is eating. Needless to say as we both come from a food paradise. I am currently pursuing my […]
View Recipe Details Below ‘Tempeh’ is fermented soy product originally from Java. It is made out of whole soy beans soaked overnight, dehulled and cooked partially (Source: Wikipedia). It looks like a mini cake slightly brown in colour. Vegetarians often use it as a meat […]
View Recipe Details Below ‘Asam Pedas‘ refers to sour/spicy fish stew made of tamarind base. ‘Asam’ means tamarind and ‘pedas’ spicy. It tastes quite similar to ‘tom yum goong’ from Thailand and the ingredients used are almost the same. With ‘asam pedas’, we usually cook […]
View Recipe Details Below ‘Sayur Lodeh‘ is vegetable coconut stew in Malay. This dish is similar to the Indian ‘sothi’ that my mum makes at home. However, the ‘sayur lodeh’ is more flavoursome with rich ingredients such as fresh turmeric, lemongrass and galangal. The origin of […]
View Recipe Details Below ‘Ikan Bakar‘ means ‘Burnt Fish’ literally in Malay. It refers to fish and any other form of seafood seasoned with spices and sambal belacan paste and placed on banana leaves to be grilled over the bbq or a hot plate. The juice from the sambal […]
View Recipe Details Below Here we go!!Finally the much awaited ‘Nasi Lemak‘ recipe. This is an all-time hit with my friends here especially our best friend Jeff. He practically lives on this dish and ever so often bribes Hasan for it each time Hasan needs […]
View Recipe Details Below ‘Ikan Bilis sambal‘ is anchovy sambal. It is a traditional Singaporean/Malaysian home dish. Anchovies for some reason are not very well-liked in Australia. I remember going to work one day with fried anchovies and the moment I opened my lunch box, […]
View Recipe Details Below ‘Cucur Udang‘ refers to fried prawn fritters. It is a common teatime snack in Singapore and Malaysia often sold by Malay street vendors. In Singapore with modernization having taken over the olden lifestyles, it is quite difficult to find authentic street […]
View Recipe Details Below I have chosen to provide my maternal aunt’s famous Nasi Goreng recipe as my first post. ‘Nasi’ refers to rice and ‘goreng’ refers to stir fried. So in English, we refer to it simply as ‘stir-fried’ rice. It is the national […]