Quick and easy “An Indonesian cuisine, oxtail soup, also known as sop buntut is a popular dish. It is made of slices of fried or barbecued oxtail, served in vegetable soup with rich but clear beef broth. A relatively new variant is called Sop Buntut Goreng (fried oxtail soup), where the oxtail is seasoned, fried and served dry, the soup is served in separate bowl. The dish is commonly eaten with rice and accompanied with […]
Quick and easy “This is a dish created by my grandma, May. Similar to the chinese pinnaple dish, to me the pinapple gives a sweet taste to the chicken.” Recently learning the dish while moving to London, whenever I miss my grandmother I cook making pinapple chicken.
Quick and easy “A type of rice porridge popular in many Asian countries. Porridge is thick rice largely disintegrated after prolonged cooking in water. In some cultures, congee is eaten primarily as a breakfast food or late supper; in others, it is eaten as a substitute for rice at other meals.” Every thursday morning, at my grandparents house back in Perth, it has become tradition for my grandpa to prepare porridge for breakfast. So whenever […]
Quick and easy “Is a Central Thai variety of curry. A green curry originating from Thailand, the reason for it’s name is because of the colour of the curry paste. Based from green chillies and coconut milk.” My mom’s Thai friend from when I used to live in Mauritius used to always make Thai green curry, knowing very well how much my brother and I loved her dish. Whenever she would make it, she would […]
Quick and easy “It’s main ingredients consist of chicken, chicken bone stock and rice. A dish adapted from early Chinese immigrants originally from the Hainan province in southern China. It is considered one of the national dishes of Singapore. Hainanese chicken rice most commonly associated with Malaysian, Hainanese and Singaporean cuisines, although it is also popular in Thailandand Vietnam.” Hainanese chicken rice is one of my all time favourite dishes, I personally think this dish represents Singapore. Having cooked this dish for all the kitchen staff during […]
Quick and easy “Steamed rice stir-fried in a wok, often mixed with other ingredients, such as eggs, vegetables, and meat. As a homemade dish, fried rice is typically made with leftover ingredients (including vegetables, meat) from other dishes, leading to countless variations.” Studying and working in Perth, a lot of the times I would come home quite late and fried rice would be one of the quickest dishes to whip up for both my brother and I.
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