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Black glutinous rice pudding with coconut milk

Bubur Pulot Hitam

  Black glutinous rice pudding with coconut milk or more commonly known as Bubur pulot hitam is a popular dessert in Asia, traditionally made by cooking the black glutinous rice with water. Once cooked, palm sugar (gula melaka) is added to the pudding. It is then topped with coconut milk. Simple to make but crazily delicious. It is one of my…

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Angel Hair Aglio Olio with Shrimps

The weekend literally flew by. Cream cheese still sitting pretty in the fridge. Yup, cheesecake didn't happen. That has to happen soon though. Soon can be tomorrow or next week. Nobody knows, not even yours sincerely.  The weather is pretty weird right now. I hope God isn't upset or something because it's the same almost everywhere apparently? My cousin in…

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Chef Wan's Nonya squid sambal

Chef Wan’s Nyonya Squid Sambal

  Chef Wan's Nyonya squid sambal is a dish that originate from the Peranakan (Straits chinese). The "Peranakan" refers to people of mixed Chinese and Malay/Indonesian heritage. They are also well known as the "Baba nyonya".  Peranakan males are known as Babas while the females are known as Nyonyas. My brothers and me are years apart in age, thus I grew…

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Cranberry Cream Scones

Cranberry Cream Scones

It has been quite a while since I baked with Riya. For those of you who are new here, Riya is my paternal cousin. She and her 2 other sisters are my BCF. #bestcousinsforever.  Riya and me share a lot of things in common. Baking is just 1 of those things. I won't talk about the crazy bollywood moves that we are…

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Apple Crumb Cake Recipe

Yes, I am a fan of adding fruits to my bakes especially when it comes to cakes and that explains this Apple Crumb Cake. Perhaps it could also be an unconscious effort to try and mask that guilt of eating cakes. So here is the theory, fruits are healthy right? Fruits in cakes, would make the cake healthier. So it is…

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Easy Chicken Stir Fry

Before I share this awesome yet easy chicken stir fry recipe, let me briefly tell you about the fun weekend I had. My uncle rented a resort for all the family members to spend some time together. It was a potluck thingy, thus everyone brought food. We also had a BBQ on Saturday's evening. Preparations obviously started a few days…

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Bubur-Chacha

Bubur Chacha Recipe

Don't you feel at times researchers are over-researching things? Initially we were told to cook with olive oil due to it's immerse benefits. A few years down the road, they "found" out that olive oil, when heated gets altered. It is said that high frying temperatures isn't suitable for olive oil as when it is heated,it gets toxic. Then you had…

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Refreshing Strawberry Lassi

  Whenever I'm talking to my online friends and I mention that I am cooking curry or any other Indian dishes, they would be surprised. Apparently, we Singaporeans are all Chinese and Chinese don't eat curry. I guess if you have not visited Singapore, I don't blame you for your lack of knowledge regarding Singapore and it's people. I blame…

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