Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Dried Sambal- Malaysian and Singapoean Cooking Class

If you have too much fresh chillies, don't worry. Make dried sambal, it can stay in the fridge for many months.



Monday, February 20, 2012

Fresh & Hot Chilies- Cooking Class

Fresh chilies from the garden. There are too much to finish. I've decided to make chillies sambal which can be kept in the fridge for very long. Whenever I am busy, I can just put two tablespoons of it and stir-fry with prawns, lady fingers, kankung, fish and others.

Monday, February 6, 2012

Papaya Salad- Thai Cooking Class Melbourne

Learn how to make papaya salad in traditional way in our coming Thai cooking class.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Shrimp Paste- Malaysian Cooking Class

Shrimp Paste

Shrimp paste called 'Belacan' in Malay, 'Ka-pi' in Thai and Khmer.

Shrimp paste is one of the common ingredients in South-East Asian cooking. It is made from salted and fermented shrimps and has very strong smell. It is normally available in Asian grocery shops in a jar or in a tub.

It can be use straight, dry roasted or toasted in aluminium foil. The different is toasted shrimp paste produced stronger fragrant that the fresh one.


Note: Although it has a very strong smell, it bring very nice flavour in cooking.

Monday, January 9, 2012

Wet Market in Asia- Asian Cooking Class



Lady was busy selling fresh coconut milk in the market.