Archive for the ‘Home Cooked Food’ Category
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Aunty Julie’s Pie-Tee
Some days, I get really lucky and a tinful of Aunty Julie’s Pie-T shells and fillings is delivered to my doorstep. On a recent trip back, this happened on my second last day in Malaysia. In editing the photos and …
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Leeds Market Tiger Prawns
This is what 4 days of sunshine will do to you.
BBQ #1 for the year – tiger prawns from Leeds Markets.
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Honey Roasted Cashew Nuts
Having brought back a bag of raw cashew nuts from India, I’ve been saving them for some time wondering what to do with them. I decided on a honey roasted treat, and this certainly was worth it. Mix together about …
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Sweet Potato, Bacon & Spinach Salad
Sunny days call for sunny food… and it doesn’t get any sunnier than this.
There’s no real recipe, just cook some sweet potato (mine were roasted with the skin on), fry some nice bacon, fry caramelised red onion, get yourself some …
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Fried Steak and Potato Wedges
When the opportunity for a fresh farm shop steak came up this Saturday morning, there was almost no doubt what our dinner plans was going to be. It was a bit of a cobbled ‘mon-coction’ (e.g. mon’s food concotion) which …
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Hash Browns for Breakfast
It’s usually in bed on Saturday mornings that you get these fanciful ideas that you will make something SPECTACULAR on the weekend. Well this Saturday morning after staying in bed till hunger pangs start to kick in, we decided on …
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Rehydrated Shiitake Mushrooms
Dried shiitake mushrooms are one of those things that I often dip my nose into and marvel at how it reminds me of home. We had a go at making some spring rolls and dumpling this weekend, both which requires …
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Black and White Cookies
Soo… I’ve been trying to find something to do with this 80% dark chocolate that I know is absolutely amazing in cookies. So I came across this interesting cookie which you make to refrigerate or freeze and cut like cookie …
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Slow Cooked Lamb Shank
The perfect Sunday dinner after a walk in the park.
Recipe for the lamb shank:
Brown 1 piece of lamb shank per person eating in a pan. Stick it in the slow cooker with red wine, whole shallots, garlic, onion, …
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Homemade Rissoles
Nothing quite says ‘you’re home’ than about 3 or 4 rissoles with a coffee or tea. Wrapped in a thin spring roll skin which is then breadcrumbed and fried is a creamy mixture of chicken meat and vegetables. Really one …
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Char Kuey Teow
Char kuey teow – friend flat noodles with prawns, chinese sausage, beansprouts and spring onions at a hawker centre somewhere in PJ.
Also see my home made version, part of my Malaysian hawker stall food fest: …
