Sweet sour chicken

This is easily prepared but will require a bit of deep frying

Ingredients
Chicken breast - sliced into bit size
Sweet & sour sauce
Onion, tomatoes, pineapple, celery
Flour and oil for frying

Deep fry the chicken breast which has been coated lightly with flour. Remove and drain once golden brown. Prepare the sweet & sour mixture - add tomato ketchup, vinegar, chili sauce to get the right sweet & sour balance. Add the vegetables including a bit of the pineapple juice. Mix with the chicken when ready to serve.

Smoked salmon

Here's a simple dish that you can prepare easily as a starter. What you need is good smoke salmon which you can get at any supermarket - i would go for the norwegian salmon.

Ingredients
Smoke salmon
Lemon
Dill
Capers
New potatoes
Vinegar
Onion

Parboil the new potatoes, removing the skin first. Then cut it into bite size before mixing it with vinegar, mustard, onions and capers while it's hot. Serve it with the smoke salmon with a bit of lemon juice.

Peach cheesecake

Made by my wife.... all i know is that there's cream cheese, peaches, biscuit base and loads of love!!!

Nasi Ulam!

This is pretty much a salad made out of rice and tons of herbs!

Ingredients

Rice with tumeric

Mixture of herbs such as mint, ginger, lemongrass, etc

Fish (shredded)

Fried shallots

Cook the rice with a bit of tumeric powder. Once cooked, let it cool down to room temperature. Then mix it with all the herbs that you prefer - all chopped up. Add some sugar, lime juice and mix it all up. You can make any nasi ulam with any ingredient you want!

Sago Gula Melaka

Delicious dessert that you can make at home!

Ingredients

Sago

Gula Melaka, coconut cream

Pour the sago in a pot of boiling water. keep on stirring till all the sago have become clear in color. You will notice that the liquid has become very starchy. Let it rest for a while and then armed with a sieve and room temperature water, sieve the sago while pouring it with the water. This is to remove the starchiness from the sago. Place the clean sago in a bowl - and continue with the rest.

Melt gula melaka (or brown sugar) in a pot with a bit of water till it becomes watery. Let it rest after all the sugar have melted.

Serve it with coconut cream and the melted sugar.

Nonya laksa

Loads of flavor in this recipe but worth the try!

Ingredients

Prawns (fresh and dried)

Lemon grass, galangal, tumeric, ginger, red chile (deseeded), shallots, garlic, kaffir lime leaves, chili paste, laksa leaves

Sugar, salt, lime juice, coconut cream

Stock (chicken or fish)

Fish cakes, prawn

Cucumber, coriander leaves (for garnish)

Noodles

Make the rempah by blending all the spice, herbs together with some water in a food processor. In a deep pot, add a bit of olive oil and fry the mixture till fragrant. Then add stock and simmer. Pour in the coconut cream and then put the right amount of salt, sugar, lime juice till you have that sweet and sour taste.

Once the soup is cooked, add fish cakes, prawns and tofu slices.

Serve in a bowl with noodles and garnish with cucumber.

French toast!

You've gotta try this! Simply delicious

Ingredients

Any bread (used ciabatta for this recipe)

Vanilla ice cream (optional)

Eggs

Cream, fine sugar, marmalade

Slice the bread in to thin slices (remove the crust)

In a pan, whisk eggs (2), cream and sugar. Place the bread in the mixture and let it soak both sides.

On a pan, place a knob of butter and pan fry the toast both sides till cook and golden brown

Serve it with marmalade jam (heated up in a pot with a little bit of orange juice and zest) and ice cream. Sprinkle some toasted nuts of your choice!