tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:44:48 +0000MeatNoodlesSavoury SnacksBakingMessageDessertSeafoodRiceEggSoupVegetablesTofuSimple Recipes taken from mysimplefood.comhttp://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)Blogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-6152390928904607896Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:53:00 +00002010-09-20T15:53:28.792-07:00BakingSimple ingredients :1 1/2 cups all purpose flour1/2 cup sugar1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder1/4 teaspoon salt1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 large)1 large egg1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted1/2 cup milk3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips or more :)Simple steps :1. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Mix mashed bananas, egg, melted butter and milk in another bowl.2. Stir banana http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2010/09/banana-chocolate-chip-muffins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-3399491643664850841Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:59:00 +00002010-08-12T19:59:56.518-07:00MeatSimple ingredients :Pork Balls1 lb of minced pork1 big onion or 3-4 shallots. (diced fine)Some diced water chestnut (as desired)1 TSP of salt and 1/2 tsp of pepper, 1 TSP of soy sauce, 1 TSP of rice wine2 TSP Corn starch to bind the meat and ingredients togetherOther ingredients8 pcs of big Chinese mushroom - (Soak in water till tender) - Cut half or quarters depending on mushroom size.2-3 cloveshttp://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2010/08/fried-pork-balls-in-mushroom-broth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-4664229440746364833Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:12:00 +00002010-07-30T06:12:21.677-07:00SeafoodSimple ingredients :1. 8 - 10 Big Prawns (keep the shells and head intact). You can use tiger prawns.2. 1/2 Stick of Butter (60gm)3. 200gm Evaporated milk4. 3-4 Small chilies (chilli padi)- reduce if you cannot take the spice5. 5-6 strands Curry leaves6. 2-3 cloves oof garlic (chopped till fine)7. 5 tablespoon of oil for fryingSimple steps1. Heat oil and fry the prawns with some curry leaves tillhttp://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2010/07/buttered-prawns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-5961595242245067858Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:51:00 +00002010-07-30T06:17:21.386-07:00BakingSimple Ingredients :1. 3 eggs2. 3/4 cup sugar3. 1 1/4 cup flour (sifted)4. 1/4 teaspoon baking powder5. 1 teaspoon vanilla essenceOil to brush the mouldSimple Steps :1. Preheat kuih bahulu moulds in the oven for about 10 - 15 minutes. I brush the mould with some cooking oil before putting it into the oven.2. Next, whisk the eggs and sugar with a hand whisk or a stand mixer until light and fluffy.http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2010/07/kuih-bahulu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-2886042666294382838Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:09:00 +00002010-07-30T06:18:24.339-07:00NoodlesSimple Ingredients :Soup base :-1) Prawn's heads and shells - from 1-2 pound of prawns2) Pork ribs -1 pound3) Water - 10 bowls (approximately 2 liter)4) Rock sugar - 2-3 small pieces.5) 2-3 cloves of garlic and ginger (chopped fine)Chili Paste :-1) 20 dried chilies (soaked to soften)2) 5 fresh red chillies3) 6 shallots (peeled)4) 4 cloves garlic (peeled)5) 2 TBSP of water6) Dried shrimp - http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2010/07/prawn-mee-mee-yoke-har-mee-penang.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-6470082244007549795Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:47:00 +00002010-07-30T06:18:58.265-07:00BakingSavoury SnacksSimple ingredients : Part 1 Filling:1/2 cup of finely diced chicken breast meat2 large potatoes (boiled and diced)1 medium red onion (finely chopped)Curry mix - mix together with 1/2 cup of water to make paste2 tablespoon of meat or chicken curry powder1/2 teaspoon chili powder (as desired if you want it spicy)1/2 teaspoon turmeric powderSeasoning1 teaspoon sugar1/2 teaspoon black pepper1/2 http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2010/07/homemade-curry-puffs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-6524652930627014803Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:44:00 +00002010-06-30T08:47:59.786-07:00MessageYou see, I can't move on.I am sentimental and I just can't give this up.So what am I going to do with this site.This will be filled with just recipes for all the dishes I make.You will find photos, recipes - ingredients & how to make in this blog.If you wanna know more details of my details culinary adventures or mis-adventures, please continue to support me at http://www.mysimplefood.com/http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2010/06/food-made-simple-mysimplefoodcom-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-4917000431554093995Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:01:00 +00002010-07-30T06:21:07.984-07:00MessageI am not good at break-ups. I don't handle them well. I usually try to avoid them.So even though I should have parted with you a long time ago after finding someone new, I still hung on.Hanging on because I don't want to hurt you and I don't want to feel hurt.But I know I am not being fair to either of you. I am not able to devote my love and time equally. More often than not, I am confused on http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-am-moving-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-6866919894350439103Sun, 03 May 2009 02:54:00 +00002009-05-02T19:54:25.501-07:00NoodlesHave you heard of Chili Pan Mee? Please read my posting on MySimpleFood for the most popular Chili Pan Mee in KL. This posting on how to make homemade chili pan mee is dedicated to Chiro who has been waiting for me to post this recipe like...forever. I just did not have the time to post it up. But at last, I did.When I was in the States, I gave myself a challenge that I will make Chili Pan Mee. Ihttp://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2009/05/homemade-chili-pan-mee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-3089861653452108601Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:22:00 +00002009-02-22T05:22:19.175-08:00DessertKaya in Malay means Rich! But in Malaysian food context....it is the name for coconut egg jam. I searched wiki and it's explanation of using the word "rich" in Malay is based on its golden color. Hmmm...is that true??Anyway serikaya (called in Indonesia) or simply just "kaya" (in Malaysia) is made from coconut, milk, pandan leaves and sugar. This is my second posting on making this. I can't http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2009/02/kayaor-rich-coconut-jam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-4043810862417560896Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:27:00 +00002008-11-29T04:27:28.596-08:00Vegetables Sayur lodeh is a popular Indonesian vegetable stew in coconut curry. This dish is also very popular in Malaysia and Singapore and essentially served in Malay homes and restaurants. Honestly, I have never been a fan of this dish as I prefer chicken or meat curry vs vegetable curry. But then, my Hubby-D loves this dish and I had an easy solution to make it, thus I made it much to his surprise! http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/11/recipe-sayur-lodeh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-4730809874792495767Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:06:00 +00002008-11-19T22:07:23.156-08:00BakingI can't believe I made this! Doesn't it look lovely? Please click here to read how I got this inspiration.Below is the step by set recipe. Trust me, it is easy.Simple ingredients - ( I have made some changes to original recipe)Dough : 4-ounce package yeast 1/2 cup warm water 1/2 cup scalded milk 1/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter or shortening 1 teaspoon salt 1 egg 4 cups of all-purpose flourFilling: 1http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/11/recipe-cinnamon-rolls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-1329221775430735235Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:47:00 +00002008-11-16T18:47:40.250-08:00MeatHomemade meat balls. Ahhh!! For as long as I can remember, since young I only had homemade meat balls. My family do not eat out very often and even if we ate out it would be mostly Chinese food. Therefore, I have always had the impression that meat balls are made at home. Of course now, you can get pre-packed meatballs from supermarkets easily.I will share with you my simple recipe of homemade http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/11/homemade-meat-balls-with-water-chestnut.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-2897129280107321759Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:13:00 +00002008-11-10T08:13:49.334-08:00Rice I wrote about "How to cook the perfect fried rice" in mysimplefood.com a few weeks ago. I realized that I never did a posting on fried rice despite cooking in regularly in my kitchen. To me, fried rice is such an easy dish. All I need is overnight rice and then I can throw in whatever ingredients into the fried rice. This time, it will be a very basic and simple fried rice. I only need 4 http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/11/simple-fried-rice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-1957800873994560828Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:46:00 +00002008-11-08T04:51:25.279-08:00NoodlesI have to thanks Precious Pea for this inspiration. I tried to make my own prawn mee a few months back but I was making an abridged version aka "the cheat version". Link here. I used the soup base from an instant noodle but added all the condiments so that it looked like a prawn noodles that I was ordering from a hawker stall in Malaysia. It was a nice Saturday morning breakfast thrill to http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/11/homemade-prawn-mee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-5450743053393122871Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:19:00 +00002008-10-31T04:11:07.894-07:00Noodles Mee Siam, which means "Siamese noodle", is a dish of thin rice noodles (mee hoon, vermicelli) in spicy, sweet and sour light gravy. Honestly, I have never really eaten a proper mee siam with gravy. This is because I love fried mee hoon and I don't like it with gravy. So in Malaysia, whenever I have mee siam, I always decline the gravy.Thus, when I decided to make mee siam, I searched the net forhttp://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/10/mee-siam.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-84688566044969580Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:12:00 +00002008-10-29T06:57:35.387-07:00MeatRiceI should call my recipe Rice Cooker Chicken Rice as I don't have a claypot and I just use the easy way out of a rice cooker. Since it is home cooking, I think the rice cooker is the easiest way to bluff my way through for this rendition of claypot chicken rice. Simple ingredients -1) Chicken Thighs (2 pieces) - cut up to smaller pieces. You can opt for just chicken breast too. Marinade with darkhttp://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/10/claypot-chicken-rice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-1256656522857751477Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:09:00 +00002008-10-27T00:41:28.729-07:00SeafoodPrawn Sambal or know more as "Sambal Udang" in Malaysia is traditionally a Malay dish. "Sambal" is a spicy condiment used especially in Indonesia and Malaysia, made with chili peppers and other ingredients eg pounded shallots/garlic or coconut.I had a packet of Brahims "Sambal Tumis" and it's expiring soon so I just had to cook it. I can't remember when I bought it (must have been from my mom's http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/10/prawn-sambal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-4246350272176882193Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:38:00 +00002008-10-25T08:08:53.390-07:00SoupWhat is lotus root? To put in plainly it is the root portion of a lotus plant. :) It a commonly found in Asia primarily Chinese cooking. The exterior of this root is covered with a peel that is a reddish brown color and it has a whitish interior. The meat of the lotus root has a texture that is slightly crunchy, and mildly sweet. Lotus root can be eaten raw in salads, stir-fried with vegetableshttp://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/10/lotus-root-soup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (mysimplefood)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-3515913911592819980Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:59:00 +00002008-10-24T18:10:59.575-07:00I am super excited. I bought my own domain name!!So now I have http://www.mysimplefood.com/ that solely belongs to me! On this site, I will capture my passion for food, from restaurants that I visit, food that I eat, vegetables from my simple garden and definitely simple recipes from my simple kitchen.So what's gonna happen to this current site. Hmmm, I am gonna keep it and keep updating my http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/10/birth-of-mysimplefoodcom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-7434345989573748864Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:00:00 +00002008-10-17T01:02:35.252-07:00MeatAhhhhh.....siew yoke (Cantonese for roast pork) is really one of my favourite pork dish. I just love the texture (of fat and thin meat) and the crunchiness of the crust. After consulting many recipes, I decided to go ahead and put them all to good use. Let's see how my "siew yoke" turned out.Step 1- Prepare 3 long slices of pork belly. Washed and dried. Just rub with some salt, pepper and five http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/10/roast-pork.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-3747758441525099613Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:12:00 +00002008-10-15T02:14:08.505-07:00I like preparing simple dinner at home but yet it looks like we are eating in a restaurant. Or at least I try to make it look like we are having a beautiful dinner at a fancy restaurant. But I make sure it requires just minimal work.This time, I did not need to even fry anything, just boil and also using the oven.Step 1 - Get a baked rotiserrie chicken from your local supermarket. The ones I gethttp://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/10/simple-yet-beautiful-dinner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-3520222600348048385Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:36:00 +00002008-10-05T21:53:11.750-07:00I can't help it. I just needed to share about this. I feel like a proud parent. The first "fruit" of my vegetable garden. My chilli plants are sprouting babies!! I started a vegetable garden in my back yard 3 months ago. I wasn't sure if anything would come out of it. But slowly and surely my vegetables started sprouting. I have since eaten 2 type of veges grown from my garden. One is potato http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-very-first-chilli-plant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-7815639647400272584Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:21:00 +00002008-10-03T03:32:31.355-07:00MessageI started a food blog out of interest and with the intention of archiving my recipe for future reference. I am so happy that many of you like my blog and thank you for constantly visiting and giving me your feedbacks via emails and also comments on my blog.Thank you Foodbuzz for inviting me into the Foodbuzz family. I am so happy with my very first payment for my blogging and it came from http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/10/thank-you-foodbuzz.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698968517380468999.post-7603571393041768299Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:39:00 +00002008-10-27T05:42:20.383-07:00Noodles I never thought of cooking myself a plate of Char Kway Teow. When I was in Malaysia, it was readily available in nearly every hawker center. So all I needed to do was drive out to any hawker stall and just order "1 char kway teow, no 'si ham', yes chilli" and within minutes I would be enjoying a hot yummy sizzling plate just like picture above. But now here in US......it is just not the same. I http://foodmadesimple.blogspot.com/2008/09/char-kway-teow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0