The first dish The Wife made was a salad. Well, sort of. Just take some tender okra, steam them for 10 minutes, leave to cool and then drizzle on the dressing. That’s it, easy peasy.
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Purple is the colour of comfort food
To make the drink, peel the sweet potatoes, chop into rough chunks and steam them for around 15 minutes. While they cool, weigh and heat up the milk. Finally, dump everything into a heat-resistant jug, whizz it all up with an immersion hand-blender and enjoy.
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Home-grown vegetables make home-cooked food taste even better
You can’t rush Nature, but when you give it time to do its thing, the results can be quite delicious.
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Nothing beats the Deepavali muruku made by our neighbour
Tomorrow is Deepavali, the Festival of Lights, and we know when it’s approaching when our Indian neighbour starts preparing the front of their apartment to draw their annual art piece. It’s also when we eagerly anticipate receiving our annual gift of their lovely homemade muruku.
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Sorrowful rice of ecstasy 《 黯然销魂饭 》
1996 was a great year for Hong Kong movies. Because in 1996, the fantastic 《食神》 (God of Cookery) was released. There are so many classic scenes in that movie, but one unforgettable segment has to be when Stephen Chow made 《 黯然销魂饭 》。 It’s a challenge to translate the name of that dish to English, but “Sorrowful rice of ecstasy” is probably as close as it gets.
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It’s official, the internet is now our grocery store
It started innocently enough, back in April last year when the nationwide not-lockdown was announced. Faced with the prospect of hunkering down at home for more than a month, there was one immediate priority. No, not toilet paper, but snacks, lots and lots of snacks.
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The battle of the chai tows
In a head-to-head competition between Chinese 白萝卜 and Korean 무, which radish will reign supreme?
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Ugly fruits make yummy desserts
Of all the fruits in the citrus family, I’d say that the kaffir lime is probably one of the ugliest. It’s lumpy, wrinkly and doesn’t look particularly appetising. The rind is quite thick and the fruit itself doesn’t yield much juice. Its redeeming quality though, is that the zest is very flavourful and makes a wonderful ingredient for desserts.
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Hotpot at home using ingredients from Don Don Donki
To officially put our new induction cooker into service, we headed down to Don Don Donki at Orchard Central and picked up some fresh meats and vegetables for a simple home hotpot.
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Seven vegetables on the seventh day of the Chinese New Year
The seventh day of the Chinese New Year is known as 人日. It’s traditional to have lo hei (捞鱼生) on that day, but for Teochew people, it’s also the day that they cook seven vegetables (七样菜 or 七样羹).
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