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Gochujang is a red savoury sweet and spicy fermented chili paste that is used in Korean cooking. It’s made from glutinous rice, fermented soybeans, red chili pepper flakes, and salt. It’s pretty domineering and a small amount add intense flavour to your dish. Gochujang offers an umami note and heat to your plate. To elevate...
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If you love crispy chicken strips, you will love this sriracha oven baked recipe. Nothing beats a crispy and crunchy chicken strips marinated with a little bit of the glorious sriracha hot sauce. You have the option to oven bake or fry the chicken. I like baking it. It’s easy and healthier for you too....
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Quick and easy rarely relates to good food but in this case it doesn’t apply. As the weather cools down drastically, it’s time to grow your heartwarming bank of comfort meals. This recipe is a super easy turbo charged meal to add to your repertoire. It is quick, balanced, healthy, power packed with flavours and...
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Everyone needs a simple Thai inspired dish that can be whipped up within an hour. With the work from home situation, people tend to work more hours as there is no reason to say you’re outta of here to pick the kids, or you need to rush home to cook dinner for the family etc....
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After having a really good ayam bakar for dinner last week I was determined to create my own version of it. I was looking through the pantry and was totally stoked when I found some sambal belacan! Nothing beats having fried chicken with sambal belacan rempah (spices). It is the ultimate power pack flavoured meal....
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There is nothing more indulging than having a succulent crackling roast pork. Biting into the crunchy crackling and super moist meat is the best roast pork combo. Most often that not, the crackling is crunchy but the meat ends up a little too dry. This perfect recipe from Sarah Tiong is the best roast pork...
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This South East Asia chicken is packed with flavour and is an easy hearty meal. Depending on your preference, you can have it as a grilled chicken or curry. Besides being packed with flavours, the star of the dish is the super food, turmeric. Turmeric is used in a lot of Asian and Mediterranean cooking...
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It’s been a while now that I’ve cooked our Friday night dinners. I used to tell people that I can’t cook as I never needed to cook back home. I’ve always felt that I did not need to worry about domesticated stuff as my focus has always been my career growth. Plus why worry about...
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Date nights are different these days with the current Covid 19 crisis. No more dressing up to head out for dinner. It’s either Uber Eats or DIY cooking (which I’m not complaining). So to spice things up and break the norm of the current situation I initiated a ‘home’ date night. The idea is to...
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Kimchi, a staple food in Korean cuisine is made out of napa cabbage, radish, and Korean spices. Kimchi has numerous health benefits that I’ve categorised it as a superfood! Well here’s why it deserves a place in the superfood category. Benefits of kimchi. 1. It provides probiotics that promotes good digestion and regular bowel movement....
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I was chatting with my best friend Jo yesterday while waiting for my partner to get home from work when it dawned on me I should pamper him with a hot meal. We already have some chicken that we were going to have for dinner but I thought why not have it with some aglio...
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Steam pork with anchovies is a modification of steam pork with salted fish. I substituted salted fish with anchovies and the result was as good if not better. The amount of anchovies used for this dish is really dependent on how much you love anchovies. In my case, anchovies are my best friend. This dish...