Blogs Posts on "Asian Dishes"

XO Sauce by My Kitchen Snippets on Nov 19, 2009What is XO sauce? XO sauce is a spicy seafood sauce origin from Hong Kong Cantonese cuisine. It is made from dry scallop; dry shrimps, ham, chilies, shallots and garlic are cooked over medium heat for some time. It’s spicy, salty and sweet and if y...

Fried Vermicelli with XO Sauce by My Kitchen Snippets on Nov 17, 2009This is simple fried vermicelli with XO sauce. XO sauce is a spicy seafood sauce. It was developed in the 1980’s in Hong Kong for Cantonese cuisine. This sauce is made from dry scallop, dried shrimp, ham, shallots, garlic, dried chili etc. XO sauce...

Braised Pork Ribs with Dry Bean Curd by My Kitchen Snippets on Nov 8, 2009This is very popular home-style Hokkien dish which we called ‘Hong Bak’ or 'Tau Yew Bak'. I learned making this dish from my mother but she normally uses pork rather than ribs. Since I am not a fan of fatty pork I used ribs for this dish. This di...

Spicy Turmeric Beef by My Kitchen Snippets on Nov 1, 2009Turmeric is one of my favorite spices to use. Besides many health benefits, including anti-inflammatory properties, it makes food taste good and I love the yellow hue it gives a dish. I used it a lot when I cook our Malaysian dishes. One of the dishe...

Salted Egg Yolk Tofu by My Kitchen Snippets on Oct 26, 2009The first time I tried this dish was when I went back to Malaysia early this year. Cooking with salted egg yolk is very popular at the restaurant there. They will cook crab, prawns and also chicken in it. For today I am trying to re-creates this dish...

Yam/Taro Rice by My Kitchen Snippets on Oct 25, 2009I still have half of the yam left the other day from my Taro meatballs. So I decided to make some Yam Rice. I like this type of quick and easy all in one dish meal as you don’t really need to cook anything else. All you have to do is make a simple...

Asian Potstickers/Dumplings by My Kitchen Snippets on Oct 21, 2009Potstickers is a Chinese dumpling, typically consist of a ground meat and/or vegetable filling wrapped into a thinly rolled piece of dough, which is then sealed by pressing the edges together or by crimping. You can just buy the wrappers now from mos...

Wanton Soup by My Kitchen Snippets on Oct 15, 2009We are having some cold winter blast for the past few days’ and man, it can get pretty cold. What can be better than slurping up a bowl of warm and comforting delicious wanton soup. This is a simple, light 'Chinese dumpling' classic that can be fou...

Grilled Fish/Shrimp with Sweet Dipping Sauce by My Kitchen Snippets on Oct 11, 2009I have been craving for some Malaysian style grill fish for the longest time. I never fail to get this type of grill fish from the Ramadan market when I was living in Malaysia. I like the simplicity of the grill fish with just a touch of salt, pepper...

Shrimp Fried Rice by My Kitchen Snippets on Oct 8, 2009Shrimp fried rice is a great dish for nights when you're looking for a quick way to use up leftovers in your fridge. Feel free to experiment with using fresh mushrooms or other vegetables to place of the peas, and roast chicken or ham if you don't ha...