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from Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Recipes from the Heart (page 238)by Pauline Nguyen and Luke Nguyen and Mark Jensen Vegetarian dipping sauce (Nuôc châm chay) This is one of my favourite dishes. This recipie calls for firm tofu (which I used). I prefer the silken tofu version which although harder to make sure it…

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*Favourites, Eggplant, Sauces, VIETNAM

*Chargrilled eggplant with shallot and chilli (Cà tím nuóŉg)

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February 24, 2025

*Chargrilled eggplant with shallot and chilli (Cà tím nuóŉg)

from Secrets of the Red Lantern: Stories and Recipes from the Heart (page 234) by Pauline Nguyen and Luke Nguyen andMark Jensen Vietnam National Day (September 2) Happy Ngày Quốc Khánh Love this dish! Served with: Dipping fish sauce (Nuóc măm châm) (p31) Spring onion oil (Mõ hành) (p37) Fried red Asian shallots (Hành phi) (p38) Roasted…

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*Favourites, MALAYSIA, Noodles, Prawns, Seafood

*Wok-fried rice noodles (Char kway teow) [Cheong Liew OAM]

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February 24, 2025

*Wok-fried rice noodles (Char kway teow) [Cheong Liew OAM]

from The Great Australian Cookbook: The Ultimate Celebration of the Food We Love from 100 of Australia’s Finest Cooks, Chefs, Bakers and Local Heroes (page 228) by Helen Greenwood WOW. This is my favourite version of the 3. MRS B: “Loved the dish. The basa trout and prawns livened by the tiny morsels of…

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Banana, Desserts, MALAYSIA

Banana fritters (Goreng pisang)

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February 24, 2025

from Be Inspired – A Month of Malaysian: Inspired by Simon Goh (page 60) by Roberta Muir and Simon Goh 2 types of banana. Normal plus Lady Fingers (Brown skin bananas were more tasty than the lady fingers) 2 sauces. Rice Malt and Canadian Maple (Rice Malt was a better match to the batter than Maple…

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Asian Greens, MALAYSIA

Sweet Potato Leaves with Sambal

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February 24, 2025

Recipe online: https://rasamalaysia.com/sweet-potato-leaves-with-sambal/#wprm-recipe-container-762806 Ingredients SAMBAL This is a different recipe to Sambal kangkong It includes lots of chilli 1 Tablespoon of balacan (yes 3x more, and whilst I made up a different batch from powder, I thought it only fair to use the batch in the kit for comparison) 1…

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MALAYSIA, Noodles, Prawns

Char Kuey Teow

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February 24, 2025

Recipe online: https://rasamalaysia.com/char-kuey-teow/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIokJNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfZrRK7MNXqa7NJKgQNRdpuzudxq02TfMt99pwL1XWS0PUB5-W294Ol61A_aem_op3W0aiHvQu24CxOjWngTQ Sauce: No lard so I used goose fat. Loved the dish, and went perfectly with Elizabeth Semillon 2017

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*Favourites, Cow, MALAYSIA, Noodles

*Stir-fried rice noodles with wagyu (Wagyu kway teow)

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*Stir-fried rice noodles with wagyu (Wagyu kway teow)

from Be Inspired – A Month of Malaysian: Inspired by Simon Goh (page 54) by Simon Goh and Roberta Muir Some thoughts. 1. Took the beef out of the fridge for a couple of hours and brought to room temperature 2. Cut the noodles into strips when straight out of the fridge (they cut easier). 3.…

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MALAYSIA, Rice

Chicken rice (Nasi ayam)

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February 24, 2025

from Be Inspired – A Month of Malaysian: Inspired by Simon Goh (page 43) by Roberta Muir and Simon Goh

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*Favourites, Ginger, MALAYSIA, Sauces

*Ginger and green onion sauce (Sos halia & daun bawang)

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*Ginger and green onion sauce (Sos halia & daun bawang)

from Be Inspired – A Month of Malaysian: Inspired by Simon Goh (page 49) by Roberta Muir and Simon Goh After watching the video, I have a suggestion re peeling ginger … use the edge of a teaspoon and the woody bit scrapes off easily. If the ginger is very fresh (no woody exterior), you can…

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