No doubt, many local Singapore food can’t go without sambal chilli. Singaporeans love our chilli! A good sambal can elevate a dish or be used as a master sauce in creating many more dishes. It is definately labor intensive as it requires long hours of cooking time over stove. But trust me, it is all worth the effort!
Ayam Pengyat is a indonesian dish where ayam stands for chicken and pengyat means smashed. It is a deep fried chicken that is seasoned and marinated in spices. When eating ayam pengyat, it is a must to have some fragrant coconut rice and a super spicy sambal chilli!
Ubi Kayu is a traditional Nonya kueh that is made using grated tapioca, coconut cream and eggs as the base. It looked like a steamed kueh but it is cooked using an oven. It is extremely laborious as you need to hand grate the tapioca. It is a great part dessert snack to impress your guests!
Rempah is a Malay word that means spice paste and it is a blend of asian spices and herbs. Many asian recipes especially Singapore, Malaysian and Indonesian cuisine will require a rempah base. Dishes like laksa, curries, chillies, rendang etc will all require rempah. A good rempah recipe is what you will need to get you started in Asian cooking.
Chicken rendang is a traditional malay dish that is chicken stew with exotic spices and simmered in coconut cream. People often mistaken chicken rendang to be the same as chicken curry. They are similar in flavor as they uses the same kind of spices in their recipes.
Ondeh Ondeh is a popular Malay sweet snacks that is made using glutinous rice flour infused with pandan flavouring and coated in grated coconut. The tiny balls make it very addicitive to keep eating them without realising the calories. You might find some of the Ondeh Ondeh is orange in color instead of the usual green ones we find outside.
This is our version of Ikan Pepes – straight oven roasting! But you can do it the old way too. Whole fish, or fillets marinated in awesome chilli based paste, packed with flavour and smoke!
Nasi Lemak is a Malay dish where rice is cooked in coconut milk infused with pandan fragrance. The key ingredient is the sambal chilli that come with it.
A classic Malay dish that we will find in almost every hawker centers and a comfort food that everyone would like to have on a rainy day!
Curry puff is a pastry usually wrapped with potato cubes fried in curry spices. Try this recipe at home see what you can put in a typical curry puff!
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