Food & Fun

Fujian Dishes

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Fujian dishes come in beautiful colours and the dishes are fragant beside being sweet, sour, light and fresh. Celebrated dishes include " Buddha Jumps Over The Wall ", " Shark Fins Soup ", " Snowflake Chiken ", " Sea Cucumber Stewed Pork Legs " and many others.

The main condiments are sugar, vinegar and shrimp sauce. While frying, simmering or stir-frying is usual with the cooking styles, slicing of the seafood products is important.

Spaghetti

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A home made spaghetti.

Melon and Shredded Ham Soup

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1 x 600g piece Chinese winter melon or cucumbers
100g ham
5 cups chicken stock
1 tablespoon finely sliced ginger
2 tablespoons finely sliced spring onion
1 1/2 tablespoons light soy sauce

Peel the melon. Cut into thin slices and then into 4cm cubes. Slice the ham into long thin strips. Place stock in a medium pan and bring to boil. Reduce heat to simmering and add the melon, ginger, spring onion and soy sauce. Simmer for two minutes until melon is tender. Then add ham to soup, simmer for another one minute until warmed through. Serve 3 warmly.

Banana Leaf Rice

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SOURCE: thestaronline

Coconut Jelly

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Firstly, prepared;
400ml coconut cream
1 cup milk
2 cups water
1/2 cup sugar
1 x 12g sachet agar-agar powder
1/2 cup desiccated coconut

1 Pour the coconut cream, milk and water into a saucepan. Add sugar and agar-agar and mix well.

2 Bring to the boil and simmer, stirring, for 3 minutes. Stir in dessicated coconut.

3 Pour into a wet sandwich tin and leave to cool and set. Cut into squares. Serve cold.

Preparation time: 15 minutes plus 1 hour setting time.
Cooking time: 5 minutes.
Makes 24 squares (serves 10)

Malacca Nyonya Pancakes

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Nyonya Food

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Chinese Civilization Part 3 of 3

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Chinese Civilization Part 2 of 3

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Chinese Civilization Part 1 of 3

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Malacca Nyonya Food Cuisine

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Malacca Chicken Rice Balls

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Malacca Chinatown

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Malacca Vegetable Roll

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Flying Fried Flour Bread in Malacca

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Malacca River Cruise

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Colorful Christmas in Malacca

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Colorful Christmas in Malacca. (by chankooncheng)

Watch the making of Rice Noodle Roll !

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Malacca Rice Noodle Roll

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Malacca's rice noodle roll is tender and soft and not gummy.

Glutinous Rice Cake

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Glutinous Rice Cake is a favourite in Malacca. Served with coconut egg mixed jam, one slice is not enough but to yearn for more is usually the case. One place, you can get glutinous rice cake is along Jalan Hang Kasturi.

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Take a view of a Fried Oyster Stall in Malacca !

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Braised Sea Cucumber with Fish Maw

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Source Image : http://www.rabbitsimsparadise.blogspot.comn/

Ingredients :

1 tbsp oil
6 pips garlic, skinned
5 slices ginger
6 black mushrooms, soaked and cut into half
200g sea cucumber, cut into pieces
30g fish maw, soaked
10 slices carrot
1/2 can baby abalone

Seasoning :

2 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1/4 tsp salt
Dash of pepper
500ml water

Method :

Heat up oil in multi cooker over high heat, saute garlic and ginger until fragrant. Add in mushrooms and stir fry until aromatic.
Add in sea cucumber, seasoning and bring to boil. Cover with lid and simmer at medium to low heat for 20 minutes. Add fish maw, carrot and simmer for another 10 minutes.
Before dishing up, add in baby abalones and stir fry until well mixed.

Multi Tasks Electric Cooker

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This multi task electric cooker is a good buy. It does multiple cooking tasks.

Where to find for a Chicken Rice Shop in Malacca ?

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Take a view of a Chicken Rice Shop in Malacca !

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