Nasi Lemak – The unofficial national dish of Malaysia
Nasi Lemak Nasi Lemak is a Malaysian term. Nasi means rice, and lemak means fragrant rice cooked in rich and creamy coconut milk with scented leaves, i.e. pandan. It [...]
Don’t wait until major festivities to connect!
Now that all the major seasonal festivities are over, all the celebrations, baking, cooking, and entertainment are behind us. After Christmas, we kept and stored the Christmas tree and [...]
Pungat and Bubur Cha Cha, are they similar?
Photo courtesy of my cousin Gunn Kean Keat Pungat or Pengat is how we call this Nyonya dessert in Penang. It is usually eaten on the final day of [...]
Don’t throw away your leftovers…
Fried Rice from a combination of leftover chicken dishes I came from a family where no food goes to waste. My grandmother especially is very good with the phrase [...]
Gearing up to the year of the Dragon
Preparing to welcome the Lunar New Year It is that time of the year again... straight after Christmas, everyone is back to preparing and welcoming the Lunar New Year. [...]
Kiam Chye Boay
Kaim Chye Boay - a melting pot of delicious leftovers!!!!! This is an amazing dish to make using your leftovers! "Kiam chye" - is salted vege and "boey" is [...]
What to cook after the festivity?
It is straight after the festivities and holiday season… after all the planning for family gatherings, family gifts, and family food festivities. And right now, the kids are enjoying [...]
Simple and easy oven baked curry puffs
Simple oven baked curry puffs I hope you guys had a wonderful long weekend. Over the long weekend, my children were busy preparing for gatherings with their friends and [...]
Glutinous Rice Balls (Kuih Ee)
Glutinous Rice Balls Making Kuih Ee (Tang Yuan or 汤圆), or in English - Glutinous Rice Balls, was one of the highlights of the many festivities we [...]
Malaysian Coffee or Kopi
Malaysian coffee is known as "kopi" in Malaysia. The local "kopi" is normally served in the local coffee shop or known locally as Kopitiam. "Kopi" is local language for [...]
Pandan – What is it? How to use it and what are the benefits?
Pandan is also known as skrewpine or “fragrant leaves” in Asia and is used for cooking. It can be seen growing abundantly, especially in South East Asia, and you [...]
The best of the best of Penang Hawkers
When I met up with a few friends recently, we were reminiscing about Penang Hawkers’ food. One of them posed an interesting question - Why would people want to [...]
The love of Char Koay Teow
Do you notice when we talk about what to eat in Penang, the first thing people would say is Char Koay Teow! So what actually is Char Koay Teow? [...]
One of my childhood favourites – Bak Kwa
Bak Kwa/Pork Jerky grilled over charcoal Bak Kwa, or Chinese style pork jerky, is one of our childhood favourites growing up and it is still a favourite for many [...]
Gearing up to the year of the Rabbit
It is only less than 2 weeks before the biggest event for the Chinese community all over the world – welcoming the spring festival. It’s Chinese New Year - the [...]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023
I hope all of you are keeping safe and well. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of Nyonyalicious and to wish you [...]
The many creative ways to use your leftovers
I love leftovers, especially leftover meat dishes. Not only is the meat well cooked, but the gravy has been infused with flavours. So we do not need to add lots [...]
Quick and Easy Steamed Fish
Steaming fish is one of the simplest and easiest dishes you can prepare. This dish is light and soothing on your stomach, and we normally had steamed fish (when growing [...]
What is Gula Melaka?
Gula Melaka or Palm sugar is an integral ingredient in Asian cooking. The terms "palm sugar" or "coconut palm sugar", are often used interchangeably, even though each type of palm [...]
Dried shrimp relish
Spicy dried shrimp relish If you love porridge, especially plain rice porridge, this is the dish that I would highly recommend you want to have with your porridge. This dish [...]
Char Koay Teow
Fried Koay Teow / Char Koay Teow Today we are going to talk about char koay teow. It is one of many top famous street foods in Penang. "Char" means [...]
Barley Drink
Barley drink or water - Perfect antidote for the hot hot weather that we were experiencing the past few days in Sydney. In my household, when the weather is hot [...]
Nyonya Curry Chicken
Authentic Malaysian dishes made simple with readymade pastes Curry Chicken is a unique “Nyonya” cuisine as developed using typical Malay spices. Besides the usual steamed white rice, this dish is [...]
Chicken Rendang
Rendang is traditionally prepared by the Malaysian and Indonesian community during festive occasions such as traditional ceremonies. Rendang is rich in spices. Along with the main meat ingredient, rendang uses [...]
How to host a Tok Panjang when you are time challenged?
In another words, what Nyonya dishes will you be serving on your long table and you don't have much time to cook those dishes? First, let me explain a little [...]
Is there such a thing like a perfect Assam Laksa?
The reason for today's blog post is because I had been talking a lot about Assam Laksa for the past few days with friends and families. And I ended cooking [...]
Assam Curry Fish in under 30 minutes
Back to the meals that I cooked for our overseas guests – for the first night, we had steamboat with the family, where all the fresh ingredients were prepared prior and we added several [...]
Introducing Nyonyalicious
I have been working behind the scenes for a while and now would like to take this opportunity to introduce Nyonyalicious to you! Before I do that, I will share [...]
Roast Pork
I grew up with this Penang famous Pok Oy Thong mixed spice - which is made up of finely ground cinnamon, aniseed, star anise, lime peel, cloves, coriander seeds, nutmeg, rice [...]
Penang Assam Laksa
One of my many favourites - Penang Assam Laksa Penang Assam Laksa ranked at number 7 on World’s 50 Most Delicious Food compiled by CNN Go in 2011. In Penang, we [...]
Pulut Inti
Peranakan Kuih - Pulut Inti made simple with Butterfly Pea Powder Putut Inti is a sweet dessert of steamed glutinous rice with coconut milk and topped with palm sugar [...]
The Amazing Butterfly Pea Flower and the Peranakan Heritage
Growing up in a Penang peranakan family, we use this amazing butterfly pea flower for our nonya kiuh, such as pulut inti and pulut tai tai (surprisingly not many other [...]
3 fun and easy ways to use the Little Nonya Hainanese chicken rice mix
The Little Nonya Hainanese Chicken rice mix is one of our most popular pastes in our range - and I can tell you why...It is authentic in taste! If you [...]
Beans and carrot omelette
Mixed vegetable omelette What to pack for school lunches...? This may be one of the many creative challenges parents will be figuring out every school day. When my children were [...]
Chicken fried rice
Chicken fried rice using leftover soy sauce chicken I was brought up with the philosophy of "no wastage" of food: finish not only everything on my plate, but never throw [...]
Start your day strong with this simple and sumptuous breakfast made in under 30 minutes
Home cooked ramen in under 30 minutes Have you heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? I grew up with sumptuous, healthy and hot breakfast almost [...]
#Day3 Nonya Cuisine Made Easy – Freezing up curries, which one to freeze?
Authentic Nonya Curries in under 30 minutes I can't speak for everyone, but if you are serving more than 10 people, I would normally prepare my dishes prior (or at [...]
#Day 2 Nonya Cuisine Made Easy – Otak Otak
Otak otak in baking dish Ok - this is one dish that I have been experimenting with the most - and I think it is one of the most successful [...]
Nonya Cuisine Made Simple – Mee Siam
Mee Siam Will you be hosting the family this coming festive season? Have you thought of what to serve your guests? Would you like some ideas on quick and easy [...]
Butterfly Pea Flower (Bunga Telang)
Butterfly Pea Flower (Bunga Telang) I am truely excited to come across the butterfly pea flower and the powder in Australia. I have added it to my collection of ingredients [...]
Thanks giving special
From today, 25th November until midnight Monday 27th November, 2017 Thanksgiving is a time of joy, a time to celebrate with family and friends, and a time to be thankful. [...]
Three must have premade ingredients for any Asian kitchen
Time consuming when you have to prepare them from scratch I am all for fun and efficiency in the kitchen, so when it comes to certain must-have ingredients in the Asian [...]
Nonya Assam Pedas Prawn
Simple easy nonya assam prawn This is a classic Malaysian/Nonya dish that is sour and spicy, and it can satisfy your taste buds as well as your stomach. Assam means [...]
Sambal belachan
Someone gave me some calamansi, and straight away it reminded me of sambal belachan. Sambal belachan - this is a must have Malaysian condiment with most of our dishes and [...]
French toast mee koo
French toast mee koo The best gifts that you can give anyone will be the gifts that come from your heart, don't you agree? For example, home-cooked dishes, handmade soaps, chilli [...]
Sambal Udang Petai
I am going to try this dish - Samabal Udang Petai - which is also sambal prawn with petai. (Refer to the post on how to make sambal prawns with [...]
Sambal Prawn
Sambal Prawn - One of many Malaysian delights Today we are going to look at preparing sambal prawn. Sambal prawn is a popular dish in Malaysia. It is a combination; [...]
What is belachan?
What is belachan and what is it used for? "Belachan" is a shrimp paste. It is primarily made from finely crushed shrimp and mixed with salt, and then ferment for [...]
Curry Fish in under 20 minutes using left- over salmon
Want do you normally do with leftover fish? You see, I had pan-fried salmon leftover and was wondering what I could do with it? I could shred it and make [...]
Sambal Ikan Bilis
Nasi Lemak is a very popular dish in Malaysia, so much so that even most Malaysian airlines will serve it on their flights. This dish is accompanied by hot and [...]
20 Minutes Penang Hokkien Mee
This Penang hokkien mee paste is one of more authentic pastes I have tried, and it is seriously simple and delicious. First I pre-cooked the pork stock and froze it. [...]
Spam Fried Rice
This is a very simple fried rice recipe for busy GoParents – Spam Fried Rice! Whip it up for afternoon tea, breakfast or for school lunches. It is not the [...]
Steamed fish with Chinese cabbage
Steaming fish is one of the simplest and easiest dishes you can prepare. This dish is light and soothing on your stomach, and we normally had steamed fish (when growing [...]
Penang White Curry Mee
I am going to introduce to you Penang Curry Mee. In Penang, this dish is known as curry mee. It is a mixture mix of yellow / egg noodles and [...]
Penang Hokkien Mee (Har Mee)
My favourite – Penang Hokkien Mee! Also known as Hokkien Har Mee. One of the famous hawker food at Penang. It is a dish serve with yellow mee and rice [...]
Mee Sua Soup
Today I am sharing another of my favourite Malaysian dishes – Mee Sua Soup. It is a very light version of noodle soup, with minimal ingredients and light on [...]
Home Made Pork Dumpling
This is a simple yet delicious dish that you can whip up within half an hour. I used to make this for my children's afternoon tea after school. You can [...]
Baked Tuna Roll
Today I have a great recipe for you and some good connection tips. Food and cooking open the door to communicating with your kids. This is an easy recipe that [...]
From Disastrous Fish Dish to Fish Fried Rice
Fish fried rice After writing about planning your grocery shopping and weekly dishes, last night was one of those nights where I totally failed. I was running late coming home, [...]
Fish Porridge
Simple comfort dish using left over steamed fish and over night rice This is a very simple dish you can cook whenever you feel like something light and savoury. The [...]
How to make simple, delicious and nutritious meals from your leftovers?
Make rice or noodle dishes from leftovers Leftovers are my best friends!! I have relied on leftover steamed pork, stir fry vegetables, stir fry chicken to make many wondrous breakfasts [...]
Chicken Corn Soup
Sharing another of my favourite Malaysian dishes – Chicken Corn Soup. This is very simple and delicious soup, great to go with your rice/dinner or as an afternoon meal for [...]
How to Prepare Chicken Stock
I love soups and stocks, and they normally go well with our main rice meal. I like to make my own home brewed vegetable stock, chicken stock or pork stock, [...]
Home Made Fish Ball Soup in under 30 minutes
Simple home made fish ball soup This soup dish is something you can whip up within 30 minutes. I was running late with dinner preparation and the only thing I [...]
How to cook roti chanai in under 5 minutes?
This is something simple, and I can guarantee your family will love this simple Malaysian delight. You can enjoy this dish as a main meal, or just for breakfast - [...]
Traditional Chinese Steamboat the Australian way
Even though I left home almost 30 years ago, I still practice the one of the Chinese New Year rituals – cooking a traditional Chinese steamboat. But first, what is [...]