This noodle dish is ‘dry fried’, means the sauce is ‘sizzled up’ by the wok’s high heat or in Chinese, it is call ‘wok-chi’.
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Steamed pork belly and leek buns
Chinese Steamed pork belly buns with leek, ginger, sesame oil and oyster sauce.
Pickled white radish 甜酸萝卜 and the story of a once-beautiful little girl from Waterloo
Chinese side salad – sweet, sour, crunchy pickled white radish
Blasting of a cattleman’s roast (FODMAP friendly)
Unbelievably delicious – a 2kg cattleman’s roast rubbed with oil, salt, cumin and turmeric; blasted in oven at 240°C/ 460°F before turning off the heat . The roast was cooked for further 2 hours with the remaining heat. Unbelievably delicious.
Prosperity toss 捞生 for Chinese new year (FODMAP friendly)
In Chinese, ‘yee’ means fish, a symbol of plenty. ‘Sang’ shares the same pronunciation of 升, means uplifting. With a name like that, no wonder ‘yee sang’ is one of the most popular dish for Chinese New Year around Singapore and Malaysia.
Chinese New Year – crispy peanu astry with sesame and coconut (花生芝麻角仔)
Chinese New Year – sweet pastries with a delicious filling of peanut, sesame seed and coconut. Two methods are used – baked and fried.
Century egg and smoked ham congee
Comfort food – slow cooked rice porridge with preserved duck eggs and smoked ham.
Dipping sauce – light oyster sauce
A light oyster sauce suitable for dipping – omelets, chicken etc
Pan fried spring rolls with vegetables and shrimp shells
Malaysian Chinese style spring rolls with cabbage, carrot, bamboo shoot, shrimp shell, fried shallot and mung bean vermicelli.
Grilled ginger pork with wine sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Grilled pork marinated with ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, served with wine sauce.
Tofu, pumpkin, ginger and tapioca dessert (FODMAP friendly)
A delicious Asian dessert with tapioca, tofu, pumpkin and ginger.
Tofu chop suey with okra, eggplant and radish (FODMAP friendly)
A chop suey with pan fried firm tofu, enhanced by vegetables with interesting and gentle textures – okra, eggplant, radish, red capsicum; complimented by ginger, chili and coriander.
Chicken chop suey of vegetables, egg and peanuts (FODMAP friendly)
Chicken stir fried with capsicum, green bean, tossed with egg and coriander, topped with peanuts.
Quinoa potato hash (FODMAP friendly)
Yummy little snacks with quinoa, shredded potato, capsicum, tasty cheese, coriander, marjoram, tarragon and rosemary – you can make them into balls, or flat hash browns.
Glutinous rice balls with beef and potato, spiced with cumin and turmeric (FODMAP friendly)
Steamed then pan-fried glutinous rice balls with beef, potato, coriander, cumin, turmeric and oyster sauce .
Barramundi in an Asian spiced broth (FODMAP friendly)
This simple & light barramundi broth is gentle and tasty, perfect for a lazy lunch. Ingredients (Serves 2 as a FODMAP friendly recipe) 200g boneless
Peanut, sesame and coconut slice
Golden sesame and peanut slice with coconut, coasted with honey.
Sweet glutinous rice balls with walnut and black sesame filling, coated with peanut and coconut
Sweet glutinous rice balls with a walnut and black sesame filling, coated with peanut and coconut.
Pork grilled on lemongrass sticks (FODMAP friendly)
Ingredients – kebab (Serves 4 as a FODMAP recipe) 250g pork mince (with a little fat to keep the kebab moist) 1.5 tsp fish sauce
Pan fried garlic chive and egg pockets (韭菜盒子) *** Memories of a TV set made of a heart-rate monitor
Chinese pan-fried garlic chive pockets with chicken, Chinese mushrooms, mung bean vermicelli and eggs.
Asian style omelet with cabbage and oyster sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Asian style omelet with cabbage, green beans, carrot, oyster sauce and sesame oil.
Fried glutinous rice with Chinese sausage and Chinese mushroom 炒糯米饭
Glutinous rice with Chinese pork sausages, bacon and Chinese mushrooms
Pan fried fish with chili tomato sauce (FODMAP Friendly)
Many years ago I cooked for a elderly relative while his family was away on holiday. I found an inexpensive fish in his freezer and
Homemade rice noodles (FODMAP friendly)
Homemade rice noodles FODMAP friendly, gluten free
Gnocchi with baby spinach (FODMAP friendly)
Homemade gluten-free gnocchi, tossed with baby spinach
Chicken and green bean stir fry with Sichuan chili bean paste
Chicken and green bean stir fry with Sichuan chili bean paste.
Chilled beef shank poached in an Asian ‘laosui’ master stock 酱牛腱
Beef shank poached in a ‘lao sui’ master stock, served with a cucumber salad and tangy soy-vinegar dipping sauce.
Egg and ginger soup – grandmother’s cough remedy (FODMAP Friendly)
My grandmother used to make me this egg and ginger soup when I had ‘cool’ coughs – referred to as dry coughs at night when the air is chill. A few bowls of this soup over a few days work like magic.
Potato and pumpkin cake with cumin lamb (FODMAP Friendly)
Potato and pumpkin cake with cumin spiced lamb – crunchy outside and soft inside, thanks to the glutinous rice flour.
Chicken and seaweed soup (FODMAP friendly)
This is probably the quickest, nutritious and the most delicious soup I could cook in 10 minutes.
Stir-fried prawns with eggs and garlic chive (虾仁炒蛋)
Simple, tasty and moist stir-fried prawns with garlic chive and eggs.
American ginseng soup with goji berries and pork ribs
American ginseng soup with goji berries, longan fruit and pork ribs. An energy tonic.
Egg and seaweed rolls (FODMAP friendly)
Seaweed roll of eggs, green bean and carrot.
Beef and rice rissoles (FODMAP friendly)
Sometime we crave for a tasty meal that is also gentle on our tummies. Rissoles are simple to make, satisfying and may offer many varieties.
Parmesan eggplant with cayenne pepper and panko
My husband likes most food except for tomatoes and eggplants. So I was determined to try out a few more eggplant dishes – may be
Sambal eggplant with dried shrimp
I love eggplant. The best eggplant dish I ever tasted was a sambal belacan stir fry. Sambal is a delicious chili paste with garlic, ginger
Healing herbal soup ‘Qin Bu Liang’ (清補涼)
Traditional Chinese herbal soup with pork, goji berries, fox nuts, Chinese yam, lotus seeds and pearl barley. A healing soup literally translated as refreshing, nourishing and cooling.
Green bean noodles (粉皮) with sichuan spicied pork
Traditional green bean noodles with pork mince spiced with two soy bean pastes – chili and sweet.
Brown rice congee with salted pork and peanuts (FODMAP Friendly)
For a Chinese southerner, what food can be more warm and comforting than a hot bowl of pork congee (粥)? The humble congee is the
Cloud ear fungus, celery, capsicum, peanut and mung bean vermicelli salad
Refreshing Asian ‘liangban’ salad with black fungus, capsicum, celery, mung bean vermicelli and peanuts, served with a soy sauce, sesame oil and balsamic vinegar dressing.
Spiced lamb and pumpkin puffs
These puffs was bursting with the beautiful lamb and pumpkin, looked so delicious and tasty so good. Ingredients 200g lamb, diced 50g leek, sliced 1/2
Chicken fried rice with ginger, garlic, coconut, kaffir lime leave, turmeric and lemomgrass
Chicken fried rice with ginger, garlic coconut, kaffir lime leaves, turmeric and lemongrass
Creamy seafood chowder with a hint of turmeric
Seafood chowder
Homemade plain steamed buns ‘man tou’ (馒头)
This is a heart warming plain steamed bun that is soft and fluffy when served warm or at room temperature. Great for sandwiching spicy twice
Chinese tea eggs 茶叶蛋 (FODMAP friendly)
The soy sauce and tea-infused eggs is a popular street snack food across Asia.
Spicy lamb in a Chinese bun sandwich
Spicy lamb with chili soy bean paste and leek, served in a Chinese steamed bun.
Asian inspired Christmas stuffing
I saw some lovely quails at the butcher the day before Christmas. I could smell the aroma of quails baking in my oven with an
Chilled carrot soup with kaffir lime leaf, ginger, turmeric and coconut milk (FODMAP friendly)
We have a small kaffir lime tree growing in a pot next to the swimming pool. It was growing so wildly I have to give
Rice cake with potato, cheddar cheese, rosemary and coconut milk (FODMAP friendly)
Ingredients 300g mashed potato 300g rice flour 100g cheddar cheese 1/2 cup coconut milk (from can) 1/2 cup lactose free milk 2 eggs sprig of
Asian spiced chicken drumsticks (FODMAP friendly)
Growing up in Southern China, chicken drumsticks were the most desirable parts of a chicken. This is because the meat on the drumsticks is juicy
Rice flour pancake with eggs, zucchini and coconut milk (FODMAP friendly)
Asian style pancake with egg, rice flour, zucchini, capsicum coconut milk and a dash of fish sauce.
Flaky shallot pancake (蔥油餅)
Pan fried Chinese shallot cake
Malaysian chicken curry and leek pie
Malaysian chicken curry and leek pie with coconut, lime and karffir lime leaves
Pork and leek pastry ‘cha siu su’ style
I like the buttery ‘cha siu su’ at yum cha, but found them a bit too sweet for me. For the school fete, I made
Eggs with a spicy, tangy, sweet and salty sauce
There was a fete in my little boy’s school and I made some of these for the Asian food stall. It was a fusion of
Cloud ear fungus, tofu and garlic chive salad
A school mum originally from Dalian., a city from Northern China taught me this dish.
Chicken chop suey with Chinese vegetable, my father’s memories of radish meals during the Great Famine in 1961
Chicken chop suey with sweet-salty radish, Chinese mushroom, lily buds and bamboo shoots.
Golden beef balls with pumpkin, potato and herbs (FODMAP friendly)
Beef balls with pumpkin, potato, capsicum rice vermicelli, rosemary, thyme and parsley.
Poached chicken in Chinese rice wine
Poached chicken with a Chinese rice wine and soy sauce dressing, drizzled with sesame oil and shallot oil.
Chickpeas with bacon, tomato, turmeric, garam masala and cumin
I love my ‘ordinary’ chickpeas stew with spicy chorizo. The other day, I was feeling a bit bored so I ditched the chorizo for bacon
Simple lunch – quinoa with roasted pumpkin and herbs (FODMAP friendly)
Some days I just crave for a very simple meal that is refreshing and tasty. After holidaying with kid at Fiji with buffet breakfasts and
Crunchy lettuce wrap of pepper beef and pickled carrot, with Vietnamese style dipping sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Tender pepper beef lettuce wrap with pickled carrot, coriander and sesame seeds. It is crunchy, juicy & satisfying. Best of all, very easy to make.
Steamed oysters with green shallot, coriander and chilies, a soy sauce, sesame oil and wine dressing, topped with a splash of hot oil
Chinese steamed oysters topped with green shallot, coriander and chili, dressed with a white wine, soy sauce and sesame oil sauce, then finish with a hot splash of cooking oil on top of the herbs to bring out the flavors & freshness.
Rice cooker One-pot meal – steamed chicken with lemongrass and ginger on coconut rice (FODMAP Friendly)
One-pot turmeric chicken rice with coconut milk, lemongrass and ginger.
Chicken broth with ginger and bok choy (FODMAP friendly)
10-minute chicken and bok choy broth with ginger.
Traditional Chinese watercress and pork bone broth, with honey dates and almonds 西洋菜汤 (FODMAP friendly)
There was always plenty of rain in Southern China where I grew up. This means watercress was always fresh and cheap from the market. My
Deep fried rice balls with kimchi, spicy pork and panko crumbs
I like Kimchi, I like gochujang, I like rice, and I like pork – roll them up in a ball with crispy panko crumbs,deep fried
Pork belly braised with spicy bamboo shoot
Pork belly braised with spicy preserved bamboo shoot, ginger, dark soy sauce and wine.
Slow poached whole chicken with ginger and vinegar sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Gently poached chicken with a dressing of ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil and vinegar, top with coriander.
Green beans and eggs, with oyster sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Egg, green beans and capsicum stir fry with oyster sauce.
Asian inspired seafood bisque
Asian inspired seafood bisque with lemon grass, coriander, ginger and turmeric.
Stuffed chili pepper with lamb, with oyster sauce and sesame oil 煎釀辣椒 (FODMAP friendly)
Pan fried chilies stuffed with lamb, with oyster sauce and sesame oil.
Gluten-free Chocolate meringue biscuits (FODMAP friendly)
Gluten-free and FODMAP friendly chocolate biscuits with rice flour, egg white and cocoa powder.
Pork and bok choy dumplings with homemade rice flour wrappers (FODMAP friendly)
Steamed pork and bok choy dumplings with homemade gluten-free wrappers
Egg ‘pancake’ with Asian style meat balls, vegetables and fish sauce (FODMAP friendly)
Rice flour pancakes filled with pork meat balls, bean sprout, cucumber, carrot and capsicums, served with a fish sauce and vinegar dressing..
Twice-cooked pork belly with dry salted Chinese mustard greens 梅菜扣肉
Steamed pork belly with preserved Chinese vegetables (dry mustard greens).
Tofu skin rolls with chicken, bamboo shoots and Chinese mushrooms (鮮竹卷)
Traditional tofu skin rolls with chicken, tofu, onion, ginger, garlic and coriander.
Hometown (Zhong Shan 中山) style steamed rice cake with radish, chinese sausage and dried shrimps – A recipe of my grand-uncle ‘Chi’
Hometown style (ZhongShan region, Southern China) steamed glutinous rice cake with Chinese sausage, white radish dried shrimps.
Eggplant ‘lasagne’ with lamb, roasted capsicum and a homemade tomato sauce (FODMAP friendly)
A stack of sliced eggplant, roast capsicum, carrot, green bean and lamb cooked in homemade tomato paste.
Rice and pumpkin cake with broccoli, roasted capsicum and basil (FODMAP friendly)
Vegetable stack of pumpkin, capsicum, broccoli, lettuce and basil.
Pie tees with jicama, carrot, pork and dried shrimps
A traditional Nonya (Malay-Chinese) food, these cute & crispy little cups are filled with whatever your heart desires.
Chocolate, dates, coconut and sesame balls
Quick and delicious energy food with chocolate, dates, coconut and sesame.
Mango pudding with coconut and kumquat
The Kumquat plant is bearing fruit in the garden – super juicy and adds lots of flavor to a mango & coconut pudding.
Hot and sour soup 酸辣湯
When I first arrived in Australia in late 1980s, I studied full time & worked part time in an upmarket Chinese restaurant serving northern style
Golden coconut flan
Delicious flan with coconut milk and condensed milk.
Cucumber salad – memories of a ‘wine house’ restaurant (FODMAP friendly)
Asian ‘liang ban’ style cucumber salad with soy sauce, sesame oil and sesame seeds.
Chicken San Choy Bow
Chicken san choy bow – delicious lettuce wrap with chicken, Chinese mushrooms, bamboo shoot and oyster sauce.
Bok choy with ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil and wine- memories of my grandmother’s chicken coop (FODMAP friendly)
Sauté bok choy with ginger and wine.
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