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Weekend Cooking: Kak’mbang’s Cek Mek Molek
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I bought some large sweet potatoes recently to make something else, but days turned to weeks and they were still sitting in the basket, sprouting whiskers. Kak’mbang asked when exactly am I planning to do anything with them, and being super lazy I decided to ask her to make one of my favourite traditional Malay…
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The Dinner Club: Chilli Con Carne and Chili Con Queso
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The last time I did a Tex Mex dinner party I made a Chilli Con Carne and Chilli Con Queso combination, and it was indeed a very good dish to have. I wasn’t blown away by the Carne, but the Queso was delish. This time, I decided to bring back the Queso, while putting…
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The Dinner Club: Taco Salad
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For the recent Dinner Club meet, I wanted to balance out all the cheesy goodness with some semblance of a veggie dish. It also has to be something that isn’t so “healthy” it ends up just being ignored the entire night. So I ended up with this taco salad, which turned out to be a hearty,…
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Chicken Bergedil Recipe
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My big brother once had an Indonesian helper named Jun, and she makes absolutely *amazing* chicken bergedil. Luckily Kak’mbang learned the recipe from her, although when she makes them at home, she makes a (way) healthier version, which are still delicious nonetheless. Here I’m sharing two versions, my own version using an air fryer…
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Weekend Cooking: Perfect Roast Chicken
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My search for the true Perfect Roast Chicken continues, and this time I’m trying out the recipe by Emeril Lagasse. I also surfed article after article trying to solve the dry breast meat problem, and I found an interesting article by Serious Eats which recommends butterflying, or spatchcocking, the chicken. So I decided to use that method to see…
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For Your Spice Rack: Baby Bam
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I’m trying out Emeril’s Perfect Roast Chicken today, which requires this Baby Bam spice mix. Looks like this spice mix is used in quite a few more tasty looking recipes I wanted to try, so I decided it was worth the trouble to make a batch. The only spice I didn’t have on hand was the…
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Nutella Chocolate Chip Cookies
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So recently I received a lot of Nutella. Like, a lot. Even worse, add it to the whole lot of Nutella I already have at home, and I have even more Nutella. Of course, this is by no means a tragic thing. The question is, what do I do with it? I recently also started…
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Project RayaFest 2014: Sambal Arab
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A Middle Eastern rice dish will not be complete without some type of Arabic salsa as an accompaniment, so for the Beef Kabsah I made during Hari Raya AidilAdha, I tried out Chef Ammar’s Sambal Arab. Hot and tangy, it was perfect to counter the greasy fattiness of the beef. Definitely a must, if…
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Weekend Cooking: Perfect Roast Chicken
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Nowadays, whenever I went to the supermarket, while I would usually have my fresh chickens cut into x number of pieces, I would usually leave one bird whole. This is so that I have more flexibility in deciding what new dish to try out, and I can cut it according to what is required by…
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The Dinner Club: Chicago-Style Deep Dish Pizzas
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The first ever Dinner Club meet was in session! Members come over to act as food tasters for new recipes I’m trying out, and leave a contribution in our Offering Jar to cover the cost of ingredients. Here’s to many more sessions to come! Date: 28 September 2014 Menu: Chicago-Style Deep Dish Pizzas Sweet and Spicy “Asian”…