Sweet Potato Rice Porridge (Congee)

Some days, all you want for dinner is simple wholesome comfort food. Times like these I turn to the humble sweet potato. The sweet potato is also known here in Malaysia as ubi keledek (Malay), faan shi (Cantonese) or han cher (hokkien). It is also found elsewhere in the western world.
Other than having it [...]

Chicken Rice cooked in a rice cooker

This is a very easy recipe for chicken rice, which I cook in a rice cooker. It is a variation of claypot chicken rice which I might adapt for use in cooking in a clay pot once I get my pot! For now, all you need is a rice cooker, which every asian household will [...]

Tips for a delicious fried rice

It isn’t hard to get a great tasting and great looking fried rice just like the Ginger and Prawn fried rice I dished up before in the picture above.
Here are some tips to help you always get a nice fluffy plate of fried rice:

Make sure your wok or frying pan is hot before you start. [...]

Ginger and Prawn fried rice

I’m sorry I’ve neglected this site for a while. To commemorate my return to cooking and eating, I present a simple and quick fried rice dish. Fried rice is one of the easiest meals to make and one of the tastiest too. It can be easily made with leftovers and you should use leftover rice [...]