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Ramadan Cooking: Lamb Makhtoum
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It’s almost the end of Ramadan, and I was hoping to cook a few more dishes before I’m no longer allowed to leave work an hour earlier. I found a YouTube channel called Saudi Food Eman, and I really liked her videos. This lamb makhtoum looked simple enough to make, and I happened to…
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Ramadan Cooking: Peri-peri Cornflakes Chicken
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It was the last few days of Ramadan, and things were reaaaally slowing down at work. As I was staring at my laptop screen wondering what work I should do for the day, an email came in from Nando’s with the subject line, “Take PERi-PERi sauce balik kampung this Hari Raya okay!” I clicked…
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Ramadan Cooking: Chicken Kabsah with Rice
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Usually during Ramadan I try to cook more often for my family. Sometimes I make snacks and appetizers, and sometimes I try to make one-pot meals. This year’s Ramadan, one of the first buka puasa dishes I made was this chicken kabsah. My family loves Middle Eastern cuisine, but our favourite nasi Arab restaurant, Half Moon, is just…
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Ramadan Cooking: Chef Ammar’s Mandy Rice with Lamb Shank
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Bought a few really nice lamb shanks (and a bunch of other things) from B.I.G. last Friday! They cost a lot more than from the TTDI wet market, but the quality looks top notch. This weekend was quite busy for me to cook everything I bought, but at least I managed to make this…
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Ramadan Cooking: Potato Croquettes
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Ever since Ramadan started, I’ve been taking my quick breaks walking through the aisles of Ben’s Independent Grocer (B.I.G.) almost every working day. Sometimes (very rarely) I leave empty handed, but most of the time I would buy some fruit at half price or bread or some ingredient I could use to make something…
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Murtabak Maggi
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Back in boarding school, every year the Form 4 seniors would organize a food carnival to raise funds for their Graduation Night. Every class would set up stalls selling all sorts of food, from the normal stuff like pasta or nasi goreng, to the more creative stuff like banana with Milo drizzle (my first time learning that…
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Ramadan Cooking: Air-Fried Banana Spring Rolls With Nutella Drizzle
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I bought a bunch of pisang mas last weekend, and they were quite green then so I thought they would last a while. By mid week they’ve started to become overripe, so Kak’mbang asked me to try out this recipe by Chef Kamarul from his book, Resepi 30 Minit Chef Kamarul. Overall recipes from his book look…
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Ramadan Cooking: Chef Ammar’s Chicken Mandy with Rice and Arabic Salsa
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I’ve been quite good about making something for buka puasa almost every day now, usually appetizers and snacks on weekdays, and a full meal on weekends. I had a giant whole chicken in the freezer waiting for me to do something with, so I decided to try out Chef Ammar’s chicken mandy with rice. I…
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Ramadan Cooking: Shorbat el Ads (Middle Eastern Lentil Soup)
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Ramadan mubarak, everyone! Because of the fasting month, we get to leave work an hour early, and this has given me the opportunity to be home early enough to make something for buka puasa. When Mummy went for her umrah earlier this year, the place she was staying at served a nice lentil soup that she…
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Weekend Cooking: Breakfast Mac and Cheese
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One day Khairil sent me a link on Facebook messenger to this really yummy looking recipe by Spicy Southern Kitchen. It looked simple enough, and I just received a bag of shredded Cheddar from Merv, so I thought it’d be nice to make this over the weekend and invite Adik over for brunch. So…