Easy To Follow Recipes
Pork is normally used for a typical Nyonya Satay dish but I’m using chicken meat for this recipe. This simple dish is one of many Peranakan comfort foods that goes very well with steaming hot rice. Chicken breast or leg meat are cut into bite size portions and marinated in a mixture of spices for … Read more
This Peranakan Satay Babi dish was specially cooked by my 90 years old mother recently. I just assisted and in the process learned how to cook a new Peranakan dish. This is not your typical satay barbecued over charcoal fire. This simple meal is one of many Peranakan (Nyonya) comfort foods that goes very well … Read more
Babi pongteh is a popular dish among the peranakan household and usually served during festive occasions. Originally this dish was cooked with bamboo shoots but this recipe is with potatoes, as I already have a recipe for Babi Pongteh with bamboo shoots. Pork belly is used in this recipe and in most recipes the potatoes … Read more
Don’t have bamboo leaves to make bak chang? No worries, you can still make it by steaming without the leaves. This is a steamed version of Nyonya Chang for those who are unable to get bamboo leaves where they live. It’s also for those who dread wrapping with bamboo leaves the traditional way. An easier … Read more
Love Peranakan rice dumplings but intimidated by the prep? This is my personal take on the classic Nyonya Bak Chang, designed for the modern home cook. Instead of tedious hand-dicing, I use minced pork belly to save time while keeping the filling incredibly juicy. You’ll still get that signature sweet-savory punch from candied winter melon … Read more
Rempah Titek is a spice paste consisting of red chillies, shallots (small onions), belacan (fermented prawn paste) and buah keras (candlenuts) This forms the base for most peranakan dishes by adding other spices like kunyit (turmeric), lengkuas (galangal), ketumbar (coriander), assam (tamarind) to make rempah for Geram Assam, Buah Keluak, Laksa and other well known … Read more