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• Garlic Beef Salad with Watercress
  on May 22, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia Cuisine Vietnamese pepper Salad sauce Type Salad vegetable Vietnamese white
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 6 Type: Salad Ingredients 500g beef sirloin, cut into 2cm cubes 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 red chilli, finely sliced 2 tbps fish sauce 1 tbsp sugar Pinch salt 3 tbsp vegetable oil Salad 1 red onion, thinly sliced 1...
• Banh Xeo
  on May 21, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia butter coconut coriander Cuisine Vietnamese golden Lisa Featherby perfect pork rice sauce season spring vegetable Vietnam Vietnamese
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 6 Ingredients 160 ml vegetable oil or lard 1 onion, thinly sliced 450 gm pork belly, thinly sliced 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced 2 tbsp hoisin sauce 1 tbsp fish sauce, or to taste Pinch of caster sugar 18 cooked tiger pra...
• Beef Pho
  on May 21, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia bird coriander Cuisine Vietnamese February March fragrant noodles rice sauce soup spice spring Vietnamese wedges
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 8 Ingredients 1.5kg oxtail, cut into 3cm pieces 1 garlic bulb, unpeeled 1 large onion, unpeeled 4 shallots, unpeeled 150g ginger, unpeeled 1.5kg beef brisket 150ml fish sauce 1 tbsp salt 50g rock sugar 1.6kg fresh rice noo...
• Vietnamese Beef Curry
  on May 20, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coconut coriander Cuisine Vietnamese fragrant golden Indian sauce steak Type Easy Curry vegetable Vietnamese wedges
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 4 Type: Easy-Curry Ingredients 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 750g beef chuck steak, trimmed, cubed 1 large onion, sliced 4 garlic cloves, crushed 2 long red chillies 2cm piece ginger, peeled, grated 2½ tablespoons curry p...
• Mini Pork Banh Mi
  on May 20, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia cardamom coriander cucumber Cuisine Vietnamese golden light pork roll root sandwich sauce spring vegetable Vietnamese
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 10 or more Ingredients 750 gm piece boneless pork belly, skin on 2 Lebanese cucumbers, thinly sliced on a mandolin For deep-frying: vegetable oil 24 mini soft rolls, halved, or 1 baguette, cut into 4cm pieces 120 gm chicke...
• Caramelised Banana Cake with Tamarind and Coconut Ice Creams
  on May 19, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia butter cake coconut cream Cuisine Vietnamese golden light loaf Type Cake Banana Vietnamese
  Cuisine: Vietnamese Serves: 8 Type: Cake-Banana cake Ingredients 4 eggs 125 ml (½ cup) sweetened condensed milk 125 gm butter, melted 1.5 kg bananas 350 gm finely grated light palm sugar 200 gm plain flour, sieved Tamarind ice-cream 250 gm finely...
• Duck with Cumin (Itik Jintan Putih)
  on May 19, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coconut coriander Cuisine Malaysian golden light Malaysian pepper rice roasted sauce season spice vegetable
  Cuisine: Malaysian Serves: 6 Ingredients 60 gm (½ cup) cumin seeds, roasted 2 tbsp black peppercorns 2 onions, coarsely chopped 2 heads garlic, peeled and coarsely chopped 100 ml vegetable oil 800 ml light coconut milk 8 duck marylands 25 gm (1/3...
• Tomato Salad (Salat Tomat)
  on May 18, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coconut Cuisine Malaysian fragrant golden Malaysian Salad season Type Salad
  Cuisine: Malaysian Serves: 6 Type: Salad Ingredients 2 tbsp desiccated coconut 60 ml (¼ cup) kecap manis 1 tsp finely grated dark palm sugar (gula melaka) 3 small red chillies, finely chopped 6 vine-ripened tomatoes, thickly sliced Preparation met...
• Vegetable Laksa
  on May 18, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia butternut coconut coriander Cuisine Malaysian Asian Diabetic Low fragrant green noodles root Type Soup vegetables
  Cooking time: More than 1 hour Cuisine: Malaysian-Asian Healthy options: Diabetic-Low carb-Low cholesterol-Low fat-Low GI-Healthy Serves: 6 Type: Soup Ingredients 700g piece butternut pumpkin, diced into 2cm pieces 5 baby eggplants (300g), sliced thi...
• Spicy Chicken Laksa
  on May 17, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia breast chicken breast Chilli coconut coriander cream Cuisine Malaysian fragrant Malaysian noodles soup tofu vegetable vegetables Vietnamese
  Cuisine: Malaysian Serves: 4 Ingredients 750 ml (3 cups) chicken stock 375 ml (1½ cups) coconut cream 4 pieces (80gm) fried tofu cubes, thickly sliced 1 stalk of celery, thinly sliced on the diagonal 2 carrots, 1 halved and thinly sliced on the di...
• Malaysian Table Salad (Ulam)
  on May 17, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia cucumber Cuisine Malaysian Malaysian rice Salad sauce season Type Salad
  Cuisine: Malaysian Serves: 6 Type: Salad Ingredients Salad 3 Japanese eggplants, cut into 5cm chunks (see note) 8 small okra 150 gm snake beans, cut into 5cm lengths 1 Lebanese cucumber, cut into batons Sambal relish 500 gm dark palm sugar 150 ml fis...
• Chicken Curry (Kari Ayam)
  on May 16, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia cardamom Cuisine Malaysian Curry fragrant Indian Malaysian potatoes rice soft Type Curry vegetable white
  Cuisine: Malaysian Serves: 4 Type: Curry Ingredients 2 tbsp vegetable oil ½ small brown onion, finely chopped 3 cm piece of ginger, finely chopped 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped 1 cinnamon quill 1 star anise ½ tsp cardamom seeds, crushed 2...
• Laksa Lemak
  on May 16, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coconut coriander Cuisine Malaysian fragrant green Malaysian noodles olive root seed soup spice Vietnamese wedges white
  Cuisine: Malaysian Serves: 4 Ingredients 1/3 cup olive oil 400 ml coconut milk 1 tbsp caster sugar 800 ml fish or chicken stock 2 sprigs of Vietnamese mint 400 gm firm white fish fillets, such as snapper or mahi mahi 2 small squid, cleaned and cut in...
• Butter Prawns (Nai Yow Ha)
  on May 15, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia butter coconut Cuisine Malaysian fragrant green light Malaysian pepper sauce season vegetable white
  Cuisine: Malaysian Serves: 6 Ingredients 500 gm medium green prawns For frying: vegetable oil 2 egg yolks, lightly beaten 90 gm butter, coarsely chopped 50 curry leaves 5-12 small red chillies, coarsely chopped 1 clove garlic, finely chopped ½ tsp...
• Malay Style Beehoon Noodles
  on May 15, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coriander cucumber Cuisine Malaysian fragrant John Dory Malaysian noodles rice roll sauce swirl vegetable
  Cuisine: Malaysian Serves: 4 Ingredients 3 cloves of garlic, halved 2 fresh red birdseye chillies 4 red shallots, halved 2 cm piece of ginger, peeled and sliced 100 ml vegetable oil 2 eggs, lightly beaten 600 gm John Dory, skinned and cut into 3cm pi...
• Fluffy Pancakes with Roasted Peanuts and Sesame Seeds (Ban Chang Kuih)
  on May 14, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia butter Cuisine Malaysian icing Malaysian roasted soft Type Pancake vegetable
  Cuisine: Malaysian Serves: 8 Type: Pancake Ingredients Roasted peanuts and sesame seeds 50 gm raw peanuts, roasted ¼ cup sesame seeds, roasted 2 tbsp caster sugar 50 gm unsalted butter, softened To serve: icing sugar Batter 250 gm plain flour 3 ts...
• Roast Pumpkin Laksa
  on May 14, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coconut coriander golden noodles rice sauce season soup Type Soup
  Cooking time: Less than 60 minutes Cuisine: Malaysian-Asian-Modern Australian Healthy options: Healthy Serves: 4 Type: Soup Ingredients 400g pumpkin, peeled, cut into 2cm cubes sesame oil, to drizzle 12 vine-ripened cherry tomatoes 150g rice stick no...
• Roti Chanai
  on May 11, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia butter Cuisine Malaysian golden Malaysian roll roti
  Cooking time: Less than 15 minutes Cuisine: Malaysian Serves: 8 Ingredients 3 cups (450g) plain flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar ½ cup (125ml) milk ¼ cup (60ml) water 40g butter, softened ½ cup (125ml) peanut oil, plus extra for frying...
• Fragrant Coconut Rice
  on May 10, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coconut Cuisine Asian Malaysian Easy Fried rice Type Easy
  Cooking time: Less than 15 minutes Cuisine: Asian-Malaysian Serves: 8 Type: Easy Ingredients 2 cups (400g) long-grain rice 2 cups (500ml) coconut milk 2 cups (500ml) water 2 fresh (or frozen and thawed) pandan leaves, each tied in a knot Fried shallo...
• Sago Pudding
  on May 10, 2013 in Thai and South East Asia coconut Cuisine Asian Malaysian Easy fruit soft Type Easy wedges
  Cooking time: Less than 30 minutes Cuisine: Asian-Malaysian Serves: 8 Type: Easy Ingredients 8 cups (2L) water, plus ½ cup (125ml) extra 1½ cups (300g) sago pearls 1 eggwhite ¾ cup (200g) palm sugar, chopped 1/3 cup (110g) caster sugar 1 cup...