Recipes

  • Weekend Cooking: Roti Golok

    Weekend Cooking: Roti Golok

    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…

  • Weekend Cooking: Pressure Cooker Chicken with Chickpeas, Tomatoes, and Sausage

    Weekend Cooking: Pressure Cooker Chicken with Chickpeas, Tomatoes, and Sausage

    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.…

  • Ramadan Cooking: Lamb Makhtoum

    Ramadan Cooking: Lamb Makhtoum

    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…

  • Ramadan Cooking: Chicken Kabsah with Rice

    Ramadan Cooking: Chicken Kabsah with Rice

    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…

  • Ramadan Cooking: Chef Ammar’s Mandy Rice with Lamb Shank

    Ramadan Cooking: Chef Ammar’s Mandy Rice with Lamb Shank

    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…

  • Murtabak Maggi

    Murtabak Maggi

    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…

  • Ramadan Cooking: Chef Ammar’s Chicken Mandy with Rice and Arabic Salsa

    Ramadan Cooking: Chef Ammar’s Chicken Mandy with Rice and Arabic Salsa

    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…

  • Ramadan Cooking: Shorbat el Ads (Middle Eastern Lentil Soup)

    Ramadan Cooking: Shorbat el Ads (Middle Eastern Lentil Soup)

    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…

  • Weekend Cooking: Breakfast Mac and Cheese

    Weekend Cooking: Breakfast Mac and Cheese

    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…

  • Weekend Cooking: Breakfast Biscuits

    Weekend Cooking: Breakfast Biscuits

    For the Breakfast Mac and Cheese I needed a quick and simple breakfast biscuit recipe, because I just wasn’t willing to fork out 20-plus ringgit to buy the frozen ones from some upmarket grocer.  There are probably other better recipes out there, but this one gets the job done. I find rolling out the…