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Weekend Cooking: Lamb Haneeth with Rice
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During a rare trip to Berkat Madinah, a Middle Eastern grocer, I bought a jar of Chef Ammar’s haneeth spice. We love the haneeth served at Half Moon, our favorite Arab restaurant, so I figured I’d try making it on my own. However recipes I found online were very different from what I thought…
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Potluck: Emeril’s Potatoes a la Boulangere
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Our friend Marissa will be jetting off to Jakarta soon for a new job, so Elina had us over for potluck dinner and card games last Sunday. Danial made roast chicken and Elina made rotkohl, so I decided to bring some form of starch as a complementing side dish. It was either the baked…
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Weekend Cooking: Roti Golok
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I saw this recipe on Facebook some time back. Apparently it was something that was going viral here in Malaysia. Looking through the ingredients it did seem quite yummy, so I started writing this post, with some small adjustments and notes. It took me two tries to get this right, using my trusty old…
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Weekend Cooking: Pressure Cooker Chicken with Chickpeas, Tomatoes, and Sausage
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After having my morning coffee and having finished this week’s copy of The Edge, I wandered into the kitchen and saw Kak’mbang staring at the chicken she just cut up. I asked her what was on her mind, and she said she had trouble figuring out what to do with it for lunch today.…
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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: 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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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: 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…