Italian salad is quick and easy to make and is very refreshing to serve before your main. Any veggies can go into the salad and a typical Italian salad will have olives in it. Italian salad using a vinaigrette-based dressing to keep it light and appetising and it usually doesn’t contain any meat.
Nasu Dengaku is a traditional classic Japanese side dish. It is eggplant cut into half and is grilled with a sweet miso glaze. It is extremely easy to make and looks very presentable for serving guests.
This tiny balls made from sweet potatoes resembles mini doughnuts and its extremely addictive! The texture is light and airy after deep fried. You can make these balls in advance and keep them chill in the fridge.
A quick and easy non bake dessert that you can impress your guests. This recipe only take you less than 10 mins to prep and cook. The coconut cream and gula melaka drizzed over the starchy sago pearls is such a heavenly match that will make you can’t stop eating.
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.
Rendang is a rich and flavorful spicy stew cooked with thick coconut cream and is usually braised with beef or chicken. Brinjal tends to abosrb moisture very well, which makes it the prefect vegetables to subsitute meat for vegetarian option.
A quick and super simple asian-esque dessert. Enjoyed chilled and can be prepared way in advance for you dinner party. As long as the fruits a fresh and everything is chilled, we’re ready to go!
The red ruby dessert because the water chestnuts are coloured red. Accompanied by a sweet coconut milk pandan scented sauce.
Mochi is made from glutinous rice flour and usually stuffed with red bean paste. You can find different variations of mochi in different regions of Japan.
English term it is called dough stick and Yau Char Kway in dialect term. Popular breakfast snack that goes very well with porridge or dipped in soya milk.
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