Recipes by Gadget

  • Three-flavored Barramundi

    Three-flavored Barramundi

    As I’ve mentioned before, I am a fan of a la Thai Malay cooking. However, I never imagined I would able to make all these wonderful dishes myself, until I discovered Che Nom’s YouTube channel. Today, so many of Che Nom’s recipes feature regularly on my daily menu, one of them being this tri-flavored…

  • Chicken Congee: One-pot Recipe

    Chicken Congee: One-pot Recipe

    Kak’mbang used to make the best Chinese-style chicken congee. Typically, congee is simply plain rice porridge which we pile on with various toppings, but her version was a very flavorful one-pot meal full of meat and veggies. Mummy used to have this every day for breakfast, and Kak’mbang provided an endless supply of it.…

  • Thai-style Steamed Fish

    Thai-style Steamed Fish

    When going out for dinner with family and friends, steamed fish is a typical dish we’d order at Chinese Muslim or a la Thai Malay restaurants. The problem is, fish and seafood prices keep going up, and a plate of steamed fish like sea bass can easily set you back MYR75 a pop. Ouch.…

  • Barley Milk Using a Pressure Cooker

    Barley Milk Using a Pressure Cooker

    My mom only has one functioning kidney right now, and even that kidney has greatly reduced functionality. While I am grateful that she is still eating well and has been generally healthy for her age, I also needed to make sure her diet is kind to her precious remaining kidney. Barley milk does wonders…

  • Pizzaman (Japanese Steamed Pizza Buns): Halal Version

    Pizzaman (Japanese Steamed Pizza Buns): Halal Version

    I’ve always loved Japan and so many things about it, the language, the culture, and of course their food. Japanese konbini or convenience store food is practically a whole unique segment of Japanese cuisine, and one of their most fascinating food items is pizzaman (a contraction of the words ‘pizza’ and ‘manju’), literally a…

  • Air-fryer Donat Susu

    Air-fryer Donat Susu

    As always, during the month of Ramadan, the uber-famous Malaysian cooking content creator Khairul Aming (@khairulaming) shared a video of him making Donat Susu, which apparently went viral for some time. Honestly I didn’t even know this was a thing until I saw his post, nonetheless the idea of using sweetened condensed milk in…

  • Roti Paung Terengganu

    Roti Paung Terengganu

    When I was younger, afternoon tea was pretty much a daily routine.  Mummy would drive out (practically every place in Kuala Terengganu was only a 5 minutes’ drive away) and buy cakes or snacks for our afternoon tea, such as banana fritters, traditional Malay kuih, and occasionally, freshly baked roti paung.  A favorite place for us to buy…

  • Chocolate Swirl Bread

    Chocolate Swirl Bread

    When I was a kid, there was a local bakery which sold a two-colored white and chocolate bread loaf, a ‘chocolate swirl bread’, so to speak. We called it ‘roti kahwin’ (literally translates to ‘married bread’) at home, for some reason. This was a misnomer, as roti kahwin usually refers to two pieces of…

  • Vietnamese Duck Noodles in Soup (Mi Vit Tiem)

    Vietnamese Duck Noodles in Soup (Mi Vit Tiem)

    Back when I was living in New Haven, I used to frequent a wonderful Vietnamese restaurant called Pot au Pho. Especially on those cold winter afternoons, mi vit tiem, egg noodles with braised five-spice flavored duck and shiitake mushroom, was my go-to order. I think the restaurant has closed down now, and even here…

  • Lepat Pisang

    Lepat Pisang

    Achievement unlocked: lepat pisang! I generally love bananas and every form of dessert or snack we can make with bananas, and lepat pisang is one of my favorites. The thing is, this Malay kuih isn’t as common as some others, and quite often the ones I get are quite disappointing.