Lemon Grass Chicken Wings

I love the aromatic and succulent lemon grass chicken wings we get from the restaurant, but with today’s soaring prices, I thought I’d better try frying some myself. Ingredients: 5 chicken wings, cut into two pieces each 3 stalks lemon grass 2 shallots 2 pips garlic a small piece galangal 5 stalks curry leaves 2 [...]

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Lemon Myrtle Roast Chicken

I’ve had my lemon myrtle plant for more than a year, so it was definitely time to venture beyond lemon myrtle tea. I’d found many exciting recipes on the net but there was one I had to try first; Petunia’s Lemon Myrtle Roast Chicken. Pet had introduced me to lemon myrtle and had given me [...]

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Moist Dark Chocolate Cake

I love chocolate cake, especially if it is rich and dark. My colleague’s dark chocolate cake tastes superb; really moist and chocolatey, and it seems to fulfil all the requirements of what I think a good choc cake is. We were amazed that it was steamed and asked for the recipe. But when we saw [...]

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Chicken Mushroom Pie

I’d just taken a helping of Jennifer’s incredible mushroom pie filled with creamy mushrooms, and topped with a lovely potato crust. It was delicious!! I told myself then that I had to learn how to whip up treats like that. It’s been years since Jennifer shared her recipe with me, and I’ve baked the pie [...]

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Dry Curry Crabs

It’s been a while since I bought mudcrabs. Then I saw two basketsful of crustaceans this evening; one basket of river crabs and one of mudcrabs. The latter were just RM15 a kilo. I chose three firm ones and rushed home. We’re having crabs for dinner tonight! Here’s my version of dry curry crabs: 3 [...]

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Barbecued Ribs

My sister posted photos of the BBQed ribs she made recently. They looked so good I just had to try them myself! I asked her for the recipe and got it. But what I saw made me balk; the list of ingredients was daunting. I wasn’t about to get every ingredient so I improvised – [...]

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Garlic Butter and Herb Field Mushrooms

I can never have enough mushrooms. I love them fried, sauteed, grilled, baked, stewed … whatever. Years ago, dad bought some mushroom plugs and tried cultivating them. I was envisioning a mushroom farm, but it turned out to be a one-off experiment. We’ve also had edible mushrooms pop up mysteriously under a fruit tree after [...]

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Crunchy Cereal Prawns

This is one of the easiest dishes to prepare. I could eat one crunchy cereal prawn after another if it wasn’t for the cholesterol. It doesn’t take long and it doesn’t require a long list of ingredients either. You can skewer the prawns if you have a bunch of bamboo skewers handy. . 15 big [...]

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Fragrant Yam Rice

The yam was protruding above the ground and was ready to be pulled. I had used the last few for yam cake so it was time for a change. Yam rice would be good, I thought. Gran used to make lovely yam rice and we always had seconds. This is one of those fuss free  [...]

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Macadamia, Pistachio and Cranberry Biscotti

I love pistachio biscotti and I wanted to make some. This was something I’d never baked before but since my sister had, I asked her for a recipe. She gave me two. I followed the recipe which used egg whites as that promised to be lighter. Then I added cocoa, cranberries and extra nuts.  ……… I wish [...]

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