I used to hate beetroot… seriously! I would cringe at even the slightest sight of it in any of my dishes and ended up refusing to eat the whole dish altogether. To me, it has this weird metallic, soapy taste that I simply could not tolerate with. However, my opinion of this fancy, ruby colored…
Fusion Recipe: Singapore Chow Mein with Nigerian ‘Agoyin’ Sauce
Singapore Chow Mein is one of the most popular ‘Chinese Takeaway’ dish in the UK. Just like chilli garlic Chow Mein, this noodle stir fry dish is made using a special oil sauce; chili-garlic oil as the base, with added touch of curry powder. The sauce can easily be found in asian groceries, even on…
Vegan Garden Egg Sambal Stirfry with ‘Tempeh’
This Garden Egg recipe is inspired by Indonesian ‘Minang’ dish which is called ‘belado‘. Belado literally means ‘with chilli’… so next time if you visit an Indonesian restaurant or eatery, and you happen to see the word ‘belado’, this is what it actually means, cooked ‘with chilli’! The degree of spiciness varies from one cook…
Nigerian ‘Party’ Jollof Rice
Jollof rice is a dish that I personally feel is a ‘trademark’ of West Africa. It is a dish consist of rice steam-cooked with onion, pepper and tomato based stew. A very ‘controversial’ dish, it has once sparked ‘debate’ among Jollof purists when Jamie Oliver tried to create the dish using his creative interpretation of the…
Angled Gourd in Mild Spicy Coconut Soup (Malay ‘Lodeh’ Inspired Vegan Coconut Soup)
If you ever been to Malaysia, you will realize that we have so many different dishes that we proudly claim as Malaysian food. That is because, our country is made up of three major ethnicities and other minor ethnicities too. The dish that I am sharing with you today is inspired by ‘Masak Lodeh’ a…
Longan and Red Dates ‘Beauty Tonic’
Longan fruit, also known as ‘Cat’s eye’ or ‘Dragon’s eye’ fruit is extremely popular in Asia. It is sweet and delicious, once you start eating it you will not want to stop! It is highly nutritious; high in iron therefore been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine as the key ingredients in making ‘blood tonics’ combined…
‘Ila Alasepo’ – Nigerian Seafood Okra Soup
I love seafood and okra is one of the only few of my favorite vegetables. There’s something unique about this plant that makes me like it. I’m not sure if it is the slimy part or the fuzzy peach-skin like exterior but any recipe that incorporates okra have somehow always managed to win my heart….
Vegan Sweet Potato & Spinach Broth
Sweet potato and spinach are native vegetables to the Southeast Asian region. Tubers such as sweet potato and tapioca (cassava), leafy vegetables such as spinach and water spinach just grow easily therefore considered as wild plants in ‘jungle’ parts of Malaysia. Other than tapioca, we use sweet potato in most of our cooking especially in…
‘Masala Chai’ inspired Vegan Breakfast Semolina
I woke up today feeling a bit under the weather and lethargic. My body feeling sore possibly due to over exercising (really?? 🤔) the previous day. I was not really in the mood to have anything for breakfast but since I need to have my usual go-to Enchinacea drops whenever I’m feeling sick, and it’s…
Nigerian ‘Ewa Agoyin’ – Mashed Black Eyed Beans with Hot Palm Oil Sauce
‘Ewa Agoyin’ is basically a dish made of mashed black eyed beans, topped with palm oil and chili flakes concoction called Agoyin sauce. It is a type of Nigerian ‘street food’ that was introduced to me by my significant other. The way he raved about it enough to make me drool saliva and begin to…
Afro Asian Cooking 