Contents Preface* 9 Rice Chicken Rice in Clay Pot*12 Chicken Rice, Hainanese Style*12 Savoury Rice*14 Fried Rice*14 Rice with Long Beans*15 Salted Fish Rice*15 Savoury Glutinous Rice*16 Loh Mai Kai (Chicken in Glutinous Rice)*16 Lontong (Rice in Banana Leaves)*17 Nasi Lemak (Coconut Milk Rice)*18 Nasi Briyani (Spiced Rice with Chicken)*18 Nasi Kunyit (Yellow Rice)*20 Pork Broth*21 Fish Broth*21 Chicken Broth*22 Meat Satay 25 Mui Choy Chee Yoke (Pork with Preserved Spinach)*26 Shredded Pork with Szechuan Vegetable*26 Minced Pork Steamed with Mushrooms*29 Tow Cheong Chee Yoke (Shredded Pork with Preserved Soy Bean Paste)*29 Barbecued Spareribs*30 Char Siew (Chinese BBQ Pork)*30 Sweet Sour Pork*33 Sweet Sour Spareribs*33 Yuen Tai (Stewed Pork Shoulder)*34 Spring Rolls*34 Beef in Clay Pot*35 Chinese Beef Steak*35 Fried Beef with Oyster Sauce*36 Fried Beef with Spring Onion*36 Braised Beef with Radish*38 Beef Kurmah (Mild Beef Curry)*38 Beef Rendang*39 Beef Curry*40 P oultry Duck Stewed with Ginger*43 Teochew Duck*43 Mild Chicken Curry*44 Chicken Curry*44 Ayam Golek (Roast Chicken)*47 Chicken Casserole*47 Steamed Chicken with Sausage*48 Chicken Legs Stewed with Mushrooms*48 Almond Chicken*49 Paper-wrapped Chicken*51 Chicken Boiled in Soy Sauce*51 Chicken Baked in Salt*51 Spicy Fried Chicken*52 Crispy Fried Chicken*52 Fried Spring Chicken*52 Chicken Fried with Dried Chillies*55 Fried Chicken Strips with Button Mushrooms*55 Five-spice Chicken*56 Fried Chicken in Oyster Sauce*56 Seafood Fried Fish with Turmeric*59 Ikan Masak Lemak (Fish in Spicy Coconut Gravy)*59 Steamed Grouper*60 Sweet Sour Fish*60 Acar Fish (Pickled Fish)*61 Gulai Asam Pedas (Spicy and Sour Fish Curry)*62 Gulai Tumis (Fish Chilli Curry)*62 Otak-Otak*63 Fish Paste (Basic Recipe)*64 Steamed Bean Curd with Fish Paste*64 Steamed Tilapia with Preserved Soy Bean*65 Fried Stuffed Hardtail*66 Fish Cakes*66 Thai Fish Cake (Tod Mon Pla)*67 Egg and Fish Roll*68 Prawn Sambal*69 Fried Tamarind Prawns*69 Prawn and Pineapple Curry*70 Fried Prawns with Garlic Salt*71 Yong Towfoo (Stuffed Bean Curd)*71 Seafood Tom Yam*72 Mussels in Preserved Soy Bean Paste*73 Sambal Ikan Bilis (Dried Anchovies Sambal)*74 Bean Curd and Eggs Mah Poh Towfoo (Bean Curd in Chilli Sauce)*77 Bean Curd with Vegetables*77 Sun Kong Towfoo (Bean Curd with Crabmeat)*78 Egg Sambal*78 Scrambled Eggs with Crabmeat*78 Bean Curd in Clay Pot*80 Vegetables Stuffed Fried Bean Curd with Chilli and Plum Sauce*83 Bean Curd Fried with Angled Loofah*83 Braised Vegetable Marrow*84 Stuffed Marrow*84 Fried Shredded Vegetable Marrow*86 Chinese White Cabbage with Crab and Egg Sauce*86 Eggplant with Crab Sauce*87 Gado-Gado (Vegetables with Peanut Sauce)*89 Fried Eggplant*89 Loh Hon Chye (Mixed Vegetables)*89 Fried Diced Long Beans*90 Kerabu Kobis (Cabbage Salad)*90 Masak Lodeh (Vegetables in Coconut Gravy)*91 Acar Awak (Vegetable Pickle with Sesame and Peanuts)*92 Acar Timun (Cucumber Pickle)*93 Chinese Pickle*93 Kerabu Timun (Cucumber and Dried Prawn Salad)*95 Fried Bean Sprouts with Prawns*95 Vegetarian Spring Rolls*96 Pecal (Boiled Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce)*96 Bitter Gourd Kerabu*99 Lady''s Fingers Fried with Prawns and Sambal*99 Daun Keledek Masak Lemak (Sweet Potato Greens in Coconut Milk Gravy)*100 Sambal Kelapa (Spicy Dried Grated Coconut)*100 Sambal Kangkung (Water Convolvulus Fried with Sambal)* 100 Soups Watercress and Pork Soup*103 Steamed Melon Soup*103 Chicken and Corn Soup*104 Szechuan Vegetable and Pork Soup*104 Pork, Liver and Chinese Spinach Soup*104 Sweet Sour Soup*107 Pork Balls and Bean Curd Soup*107 Beef and Radish Soup*108 Beef Soup*108 Wonton Soup (Dumpling Soup)*111 Sui Kow Soup*111 Fish Ball Soup*112 ABC Soup*112 Noodles Laksa Asam (Rice Vermicelli in Spicy and Sour Gravy)*115 Laksa Lemak (Rice Vermicelli in Spicy Coconut Gravy)*115 Mee Siam (Fried Rice Vermicelli in Tangy Sauce)*116 Mee Rebus (Yellow Noodles in Curry Gravy)*116 Fried Mee, Cantonese Style*119 Vegetarian Fried Bee Hoon*119 Wonton Mee*120 Har Mee (Yellow Noodles in Prawn Soup)*121 Lam Mee (Penang Birthday Noodles)*123 Fried Hokkien Mee*124 Wat Dan Hor (Beef Fried with Flat Rice Noodles)*124 Desserts and Snacks Pulut Tai-Tai (Glutinous Rice Cakes)*127 Kuih Bengka (Custard Cake)*127 Serikaya (Egg Custard)*128 Microwaved Serikaya (Microwaved Egg Custard)*128 Pulut Inti (Steamed Glutinous Rice with Sweet Coconut Topping)*129 Shanghai Pancakes*131 Coconut Cream*131 Peanut Cream*131 Agar-Agar Gula Goreng (Caramel Jelly)*132 Agar-Agar Ubi Santan (Sweet Potato and Coconut Milk Jelly)*132 Almond Jelly and Fruit*133 Mah Tai Kung (Water Chestnut in Syrup)*134 Pak Koh Fu Chok Tong Sui (Ginko Nut and Bean Curd Skin in Syrup)*134 Kuih Jagung (Cream Corn Cake)*135 Lime Cordial*135 Pineapple Tarts*137 Pineapple Jam*137 Bubur Cha-Cha (Sweet Potato and Yam Pudding)*138 Cendol (Rich Green Pea Flour Pudding)*138 Kuih Bengka Ubi (Tapioca Cake)*139 Kuih Kosui (Sweet Rice Cake)*140 Kuih Rose (Crispy Sweet Rose)*140 Kuih Lapis (Layered Steamed Cake)*141 Kuih Keria (Sugar-coated Sweet Potato Rings)*142 Kuih Kochi (Glutinous Rice Cake with Sweet Coconut Filling)*142 Kuih Talam (Pandan Layered Cake)*143 Sago Pudding*143 Ondeh-Ondeh (Coconut-coated G.