Nyonya Chap Chye is braised mixed vegetables soaked in a gravy flavoured with fermented bean paste (tau cheo). The main ingredient for this Peranakan dish is cabbage and I’ve chosen white cabbage for its hardiness. The great thing about cooking this dish with my Instant Pot Duo Plus, an Electric Pressure Multi-Use Programmable Cooker, is […]
Category: Peranakan Cuisines
Pressure Cooker (Instant Pot) Nyonya Satay Babi Sum Chan Recipe – Faster and More Tender
Satay Babi Sum Chan is a classic Peranakan (Nyonya) pork belly dish. Despite its name, it is completely different from skewered and grilled Malay satay – there are no skewers and no peanuts. Instead, it features succulent pork belly slowly simmered in a rich, heavily spiced coconut gravy. The Meat: The term Sum Chan (or […]
Instant Pot Duo Plus Peranakan Babi Pongteh
Babi pongteh usually takes 1½ to 2 hours of braising over medium heat for the pork to be really soft and tender. Cooking with my Instant Pot Duo Plus, an Electric Pressure Multi-Use Programmable Cooker, can reduce the cooking time drastically to only 30 minutes of pressure cooking. The result is delicious and tender pork […]