Tempeh is fermented soybean packed in banana leaves, folded in rectangular shape. It is a traditional food in Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Tempeh is made from partially cooked soybeans and let to ferment before packing. It is high in protein and dietary fiber as well as vitamins. Here is a simple fried dish of tempeh to try.

Ingredients:

1 packet tempeh, cut into small rectangles
20 gm dried prawns
2 red chillies, sliced
2 green chillies, sliced
5 shallots, sliced
Oil for frying

Method:

Heat a non stick pan with oil. Shallow-fry the tempeh until crispy. … read more

Nowadays busy moms can cook a dinner in a jiffy when they come back home from work with Maggi ready mixes, In less than half an hour she can prepare her dinner for her family. Here is a simple dish using Maggi Keruntuk paste.

Ingredients:

75 gm Maggi Kerutuk Paste
6 hard-boiled eggs
4 large cooked potatoes, skin removed and cut into half
1 red chilli
1green chilli
1/2 cup thick coconut milk
1/2 cup ready fried shallots
1 1/2 cup water

Method:

Combine Maggi Kerutuk paste with water in a sauce pan over medium heat. Bring to the boil … read more

Pickled papaya is an appetizer that goes well with curry, preserved eggs or add into salads and you can just eat it alone without accompanying any dish. Raw papaya which is just turned pinkish but not ripe yet is more suitable to prepare this pickle.

Ingredients:

1 raw papaya
2 red chillies
2 thin pieces ginger cut into strips
2 tablespoon salt
150 ml vinegar
salt and sugar to taste

Method:

Peel skin and slice the papaya thinly. Season papaya, chillies and ginger with salt and set aside for at least half an hour. Rinse papaya together with chillies and ginger strips. Squeeze out … read more

This isn’t your normal lunch treat; it’s a homemade good dessert pizza.

Ingredients:

* find any kind of sprinkles you have
* Chocolate sauce
* Nutella, or custard sauce
* A tortilla

Method;

1. Spread Nutella on a tortilla (you can cook the tortilla if you wish).
2. Put chocolate sauce on it.
3. put on your sprinkles

Tip: Hershey’s chocolate sauce would go great with it.

Salted duck’s eggs are best eaten with plain white rice, rice congee or soup. Here I use salted duck’s eggs prepared in a nyonya style pickle. As the eggs are saltish , you can keep in the refrigerator if cannot finish. This recipe serves 3 to 5 persons.

Ingredients:

5 salted ducked’s eggs, boiled and shelled
2 cucumbers seededand cut to pieces
1 carrot, peeled and cut into strips
2 green chillies , slit
2 red chillies, slit
1 cups vinegar
6 cloves garlics, peeled and sliced
Salt and sugar to taste
1 teaspoon tamarind
4 tablespoon cooking oil
2 tablespoon olive … read more

Pajeree is a spicy, sour and sweet taste of pineapple in thick gravy sauce which is just superb when eaten with crispy salted fish, freshly fried from the frying-pan. Well, do try this on a not so busy day.

Ingredients:

1 pineapple, cut in slices
1 coconut- half for the santan and the other half to be make into fried, shredded coconut
1 packet meat curry powder
1 tablespoon jintan mainis (aniseed)
1 inch cinnamon
3 pips garlics
100 gm small shollots to be grinded
5 shallots for fring
1/2 inch ginger
10 dried chillies soaked and claen
1 tablespoon sugar
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