Simple Braised Chicken in Dark Soy Sauce
I’d just returned from my short holiday, in time to scrape through an entry for the $100 contest on Delicious Asian Food. Like Mother Hubbard, my cupboard was bare except for some fresh chicken legs in the freezer. So, I trawled through the Chicken archives and spied an easy recipe - Stewed Chicken in Dark [...]
Touch of nostalgia: A simple homecooked meal
When I last cooked some Sweet Potato Rice Porridge (Congee) I made sure that I had the right nutrition balance for the rest of the dishes accompanying the meal, because a meal consisting of pure carbohydrates isn’t quite the healthy meal I strive for. Besides my sister was feeling under the weather and I was [...]
Stirfried Bittergourd Omelette
A bittergourd or bitter melon is a gourd with a bitter taste. The bitter taste varies with each gourd. I am told that the gourds that look less wrinkly are less bitter while those with more wrinkles on the surface are more bitter. The smaller dark green ones are very bitter while larger gourds [...]
