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…
Category: Vegan
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…
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…
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…
Malay Traditional Banana Pancake – ‘Village Style’ (Lempeng Bakar Daun Pisang)
Throughout my childhood, I was raised up in kampung (village) by my late grandmother. My mother was working back then so grandmother voluntarily took the ‘duty’ off from her. I was her first grandchild afterall… so, she had always looked forward to nurture me and excited to have me around her… keeping her occupied and…
Job’s Tears with Ginger & Lemon
Job’s Tears, also known as ‘Coix Seeds’ or ‘Pearl Barley’ has been known to be used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for ages. According to an article which I found on chinesemedicineliving.com, Job’s Tears are known to “promote diuresis and invigorate the spleen, relieve dampness obstruction and eliminates the phlegm. They can also clear the heat away and…
Broccoli Manchurian
Gobi Manchurian is my favorite Indian-Chinese cuisine which is popular in India, and can be found easily at Indian restaurants. It is an adaptation of Chinese cooking combined with Indian flavors that make this dish have a unique taste. Sweet and sour taste of the tomato sauce is given that extra ‘kick’ by the tolerable…
Easy Tomato Sauce (for Asian cooking and stir fry recipes)
Many of popular Asian takeaway recipes such as Sweet & Sour dish or Manchurian requires the use of store bought tomato ketchup and sweet chili sauce as the recipe base. These are what you would normally find in the dishes either from Chinese takeaways or restaurants, as they are quick and cheap substitute for a…
Afro Asian Cooking 