Easy Malaysian home cooking with air fryer and stovetop recipes, and smart shortcuts
My best – and most innovative – recipes usually start from my dislike of food wastage, and this Airfryer Tuna Potato Pie with Crispy Potato Skin Crumble is a perfect example. Why You’ll Love This Recipe A delicious way to use up leftover boiled potatoes. Gives potato skins a second life instead of throwing them…
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Every now and then, I open the fridge to find a few onions that have been sitting there a little too long. Not enough to spoil, but enough that they really should be used – that’s when I make this caramelised onion and anchovy relish. Four onions may sound excessive, but they cook down into…
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When these cheat Korean hotteok popped up on my feed, I suspected they would be good. I just didn’t expect them to be this good! Inspired by Instagrammer @onetable365, this shortcut version of Korean hotteok transforms one of Korea’s most beloved street snacks into something you can make at home in under 15 minutes –…
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I learned to make sardine puffs using frozen roti during MCO. You know, when every other human was inventing all sorts of wild things with Kawan Food roti …. (their share price must have gone through the roof. Should have bought their stock, aiya!) To my surprise, I discovered that frozen roti is a really…
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If you’ve been scrolling food videos lately, chances are you’ve seen the scoop cookie. It started popping up all over my feed about two weeks ago, and naturally my curiosity was piqued. Thick bakery-style cookies, scooped into a mound instead of flattened, sometimes stuffed with chocolate or spreads. The promise is always the same: a…
Some of my favourite kitchen experiments happen when I’m trying to clear leftovers from the fridge, like this no-bake Greek yogurt “cheesecake”. You’ve probably seen the viral two-ingredient cheesecake trend by now. This version uses just one extra ingredient, and honestly, it tastes even better. I’m speaking as someone who has tried the viral cheesecake…
Like many people, I discovered pajeon, the Korean savoury pancake, through K-dramas. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were stuck in our apartment for weeks. Nowhere to go. Nothing much to do. From Crash Landing on You, I watched another .. and another…and another. Somewhere in between all the plot twists and…
I love me some hummus but tahini is SO expensive in Malaysia – then one day I thought, can I make hummus WITHOUT tahini? Turns out you can! The secret lies in a pantry staple familiar to every Asian kitchen: sesame oil. While it may not replicate the exact taste of tahini, it’s a great…
I’m not much of a baker and measuring ingredients with precision ain’t my style. However, I will make an exception for this chocolate banana bread. I have made it over and over again – partly because it’s just that good, partly because it’s so forgiving. I’ve made it using weighing scales. I’ve made it using…
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When it comes to brownies, I’m strictly #teamfudgy. After eating my way through a mountain of (mostly) cakey ones, I decided to try making my own. Many experiments later, I’ve come up with a formula that works! Here’s everything you need to know to achieve that perfect, gooey texture. The Key to Fudgy Brownies Get…
Loving my keto lemon loaf so much! … keto? How did I, inveterate lover of carbs, end up on the keto bandwagon? This was partly inspired by a chat I had with a dietician when my parents came down in KL for medical appointments. She posited that adopting a low-carb diet can reverse diabetes. Or…
I keep making ’em, these things called Dutch baby pancakes. What exactly are they, you ask? And do they have anything to do with the Dutch or the Netherlands? I posed this question to my cousins who live in the Netherlands and they said no. To be more accurate, the Dutch have Dutch MINI pancakes…
How can a banana cake recipe be brave? Well, the baker has to be brave … when she declares that you don’t need weighing scales to make it. … say what? Yup, you heard right. You can make this moist, tender, amazingly delicious banana cake using just measuring cups and eyeballing. Now, I’ve been told…
Pengat pisang is one of the simplest and most comforting Malaysian desserts you can make — a warm pot of bananas simmered gently in coconut milk, sugar, and pandan. I fell in love with it back in my Universiti Sains Malaysia undergraduate days, when Desa Cahaya’s canteen would rotate different types of pengat every day:…
A savoury cake that Malaysians eat as a traditional snack, yam cake or woo thau koh is the ultimate flavour bomb. We’re right smack into the 2nd phase of the COVID19 MCO as I write this. Last week, I was getting bored of the usual Chinese dishes and pastas, and started fantasizing about some kopitiam…
