When the lady seller at the coconut milk stall in the market gives a positive response that I can put my cupcakes at her stall gives me a motivational impact. This is a starting point to be an entrepreneur. I start thinking on the way home from the market. Yes, I’m happy about this. In my mind, I think differently. There are 10 questions lingering … Continue reading An open invitation to opportunity
A special request When my son requested me to make a cake from coconut oil, it raised a question. I ask him why coconut oil?. I told him, all these years I make cake from butter and never coconut oil. “Well, now I can’t take dairy products including butter anymore. I’m allergic to it,” he said. My response is, “Well said, where I’m gonna find … Continue reading Experiences finding coconut oil in Malaysia
How many meals we normally have in a day There are three main meals a day. We call it breakfast, lunch and dinner. This set of meals is running down generation to generation. This is considered traditional meals time to a family. But along the way, as years went by, when people were busy with work, they chose not to take this set of traditional … Continue reading Simple Tips: Using onions in cooking
Pandan is a tropical plant native to Malaysia. The leaves are long, ribbed and lance-shaped and as a garden specimen it has a unique appearance and only about a metre tall. I grow pandan plants in my garden. Pandan plants are easy to grow in our tropical climate. It grows directly from the soil. If you trim the pandan leaves in the pot, it will … Continue reading How to use pandan leaves to cook Malay Cuisine
Edible coconut oil for cooking To be honest I never used coconut oil in my cooking before. The fact that my youngest son has an allergy towards dairy products made me realise that I need to learn using it. Searching for coconut oil in my localities is quite difficult at first. I didn’t know where to start searching. I even went to the northern … Continue reading Coconut oil in cooking
Shallots in My Cooking We use onions all the time in cooking. It is a very important ingredient in a dish and without onion, the food is not tasty. There is a variety of onion in the market but I use three types of onion which is the red onion, yellow onion and shallots. Specifically, I use shallots to make ingredients for sauteing and preparing … Continue reading Bawang Merah (Shallots)
Belacan is a condiment made of udang geragau (krill) that has been salted, dried and fermented. I prefer the pound of udang geragau that the maker manually pounds. Belacan is an essential ingredient in Malay cooking. The recipes that had belacan or also known as shrimp paste are sambal tumis, asam pedas, air asam or also known as a dip for grill fish and very … Continue reading Belacan (Shrimp Paste)
Firstly, we have an idea to make innovation of producing food of our own. The food is sambal. It has to be packed to reach the people. On the advice of the physician, we decided to use a glass jar to pack the sambal. The physician told us that Besides from the health benefits, it can be sterilized very quickly in boiling water and last … Continue reading Glass Jar and Benefits
