Category: Asian Dishes

Asian Dishes, Malay, Rice

Nasi Goreng Kampong Hijau: Green Fried Rice

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Nasi goreng kampong hijau or village green fried rice in its literal translation, is a typical Malay home cooked dish when you’re just too lazy to cook white rice with all its accompaniments. You know Malay cooking is tedious. You have the rice but you need a protein gravy dish. And if that’s not enough, it needs to be accompanied with a vegetable dish and sambals. So when tired or lazy, this one dish fried rice is a fixture once a week 😌

I love eating the green chilli version. It’s more fragrant.

In a chopper or blender, blend not too finely green chillies, some green chilli padi (for fiery heat), 3-4 garlic, onions (1 large) and a handful of ikan bilis or dried anchovies and a tablespoon of ground belacan (fermented shrimp ubiquitous is SEA cuisine).

Once the paste is done, the rest is easy. Fry paste in oil over medium heat till cooked and then add an egg in and rice. Mix well.

I use basmati rice hence the longer grains. And to serve, vegetables fried with beef and omelette. It’s usually served with keropok, or fish crackers but now is not the time for frying because of our busy work schedules.

Asian Dishes, Japanese/Korean, Snack

Chicken Gyoza

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I posted once on meat dumplings but after that I’ve never made them anymore until today. Yes, it’s the one week term break and I have to start cooking again. 😂

Ingredients for today’s chicken gyoza:

1. 300g minced chicken

2. 1 cup finely shredded cabbage

3. 1 tbsp light soya sauce

4. 1 tbsp yonzu sauce

5. Two dashes of white pepper

6. 1 tsp salt

7. 1 tbsp sesame oil

The method is to simply pan fry in a tablespoon of oil and when there’s colour at the bottom of the gyoza, add a swirl of tepid water around the pan and cover to steam. It’s done when all the water has evaporated.

I didn’t make any sauce to go with it because I ran put of fresh ginger but the usual Singaporean chilli sauce style that goes with every snack works well for me. 😌

Make some🥟 🥟 🥟 today and freeze! (In fact, I froze the remaining to give to a friend later on for helping to babysit).

Asian Dishes, Japanese/Korean, Meat

Stir Fried Japanese Sweet Sauce Beef

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This is so simple to make especially if using the bottled Japanese sweet sauce. I think it’s almost like a teriyaki sauce?

I think this will be great served with Japanese white rice but since the Hubster doesn’t like Jap white rice and for his lunch it’s usually wraps, I wrapped these beef with romain lettuce and raw crisp juicy sweet yellow peppers.

1. Heat oil in pan and add garlic.

2. Add beef which has been marinated with the sweet sauce overnight.

3. Add sesame seeds.

4. Make a cornstarch slurry using half a tablespoon of cornflour and two tablespoons of the liquid in the pan from the beef.

5. Make wraps or serve with rice.

Asian Dishes, Japanese/Korean, Rice, Seafood

Japanese and Salmon Furikake Rice Balls

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I’ve been forced to cook now for my meals at work.

So last night I made a simple dish I learnt from my friend.

Cook Japanese rice. And then fry breaded salmon. The air fryer works perfectly! I used Louisiana Fish Fry crumbs (no need to add water) to my salmon pieces and then air fry till golden and cooked.

Then mix fish and rice together. Add furikake (one satchet) and one teaspoon of Japanese mayonnaise. Add salt to taste.

Shape into balls, but for me, I used the plastic star mold bought from Daiso years ago when the kids were little.

At work today, I ate it with the salmon spread which I should have mixed un with the rice. Next time, I will do this once I’ve purchased this delicious spread!

Asian Dishes, breakfast, food, Places

Singaporean Breakfast: Ya Kun

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I posted years ago my breakfast of soft boiled eggs. But I noticed in that post it was a picture of the steamed sandwich version.

A typical home-style favourite in Singapore, especially for the Chinese here, is soft-boiled eggs with kaya toast. Kaya being a coconut pandan jam. However if you’re a true blue Singaporean, regardless of race, you’ll tend to incorporate the other cultures into your homes and for many Malays, eating soft-boiled eggs for breakfast wasn’t the exception.

I remember eating this when I was young and so did The Hubster. I think many Singaporean mothers back in the 80s and 90s believed in the nutritious value of eggs on their children’s intellect.

A few days ago, I had the opportunity to eat this again at Ya Kun for breakfast on a weekday before work. What bliss.

And this time, I made sure I took a snapshot of it with the crispy and creamy and buttery kaya toast that goes along with it. Sipped with coffee, this is the go-to breakfast of champion Singaporean kids who rule over PISA scores and our humble taxi drivers.