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You are here: Home / Archives for Recipes / Recipes by Cooking Style / Old-School Heritage Recipes

Old-School Heritage Recipes

Snowskin Mooncake

Snowskin Mooncake (冰皮月饼)

Traditional Mooncake

Traditional Baked Mooncake (传统烘月饼)

Lotus Seed Paste 16x9

Homemade Lotus Seed Paste (莲蓉馅料)

Dragon Playground Bubur Chacha 16x9

Homemade Bubur Cha Cha (Inspired by the Dragon Playground)

Chicken that is smoked to golden brown perfection on the outside, juicy and tender on the inside. The flavours of the sugarcane and brown sugar are infused into the chicken through the smoking process, resulting in a rich, layered flavour profile!

Sugarcane Smoked Chicken

Home made bak kwa and Feng He Garden sauces

Bak Kwa (Chinese Barbecued Pork Jerky) & Feng He Garden Sauces

Christmas-themed Thai Mango Sticky Rice in white, green and red

Mango Sticky Rice (Khao Neow Ma Muang)

Sambal Terasi in a blue patterned bowl with slices of lime

Sambal Terasi (Indonesian Shrimp Paste Sambal)

Homemade Pineapple Tarts (凤梨挞 / 黄梨挞): These highly addictive pineapple tarts are made from scratch using homemade chunky spiced pineapple jam, which sit atop a tart pastry that is buttery and crumbly. One piece will not be enough!

Highly Addictive Homemade Pineapple Tarts (凤梨挞 / 黄梨挞)

Homemade Pineapple Jam (Pineapple Tart Filling): Nothing beats homemade pineapple jam where you can take ultimate control to get your preferred texture, sweetness level and spiced flavour. This recipe teaches you how to make your own pineapple jam from scratch using 5 ingredients: fresh ripened honey pineapples, sugar, cinnamon, cloves and star anise, and it is super duper delicious and very satisfying to make!

How to Make Spiced Pineapple Jam for Pineapple Tarts

Kueh Lapis on wooden cutting board

Steamed Kueh Lapis (Jiu Ceng Gao / 九层糕) and Panasonic Cubie Oven Review

Thai Red Ruby in Fresh Coconut Milk (Tub Tim Grob): If you love Thai desserts like Mango Sticky Rice, you will probably love this refreshing and and vibrantly coloured dessert with its ruby-hued crunchy water chestnuts coated in tapioca jelly, swimming in a soup of freshly squeezed coconut milk. We like to call this the Thai version of bubur cha cha! 

Thai Red Ruby in Fresh Coconut Milk (Tub Tim Grob)

Fried Hokkien Prawn Mee (Fried Hae Mee / 炒福建虾面)

Prawn Noodles (虾面/Hae Mee) With Pork Ribs: In the old days, people would bring their tiffins to buy this from street peddlers who would carry their entire 'stalls' on long wooden poles across their shoulders. Nowadays, its so convenient to go out to a hawker centre to enjoy this local favourite, or you can even cook it at home!

Prawn Noodles (虾面/Hae Mee) with Pork Ribs

steamed tapioca cake coated in grated coconut on white plate with accompanying chinese tea cup and pot

Steamed Tapioca Cake (蒸木薯糕 / Kueh Ubi Kayu)

Crispy Chinese Money Bag Fritters: One of my childhood favourites, the distinctive money bag shape of these juicy golden meat dumpling fritters is deeply nostalgic of an era long past when Chinese people used to keep their money in little pouches like these!

Crispy Chinese Money Bag Fritters

Traditional Clay Pot Rice with Chicken

Traditional Claypot Chicken Rice: How to Get that Crispy Golden Layer of Rice

Tender Steam-Grilled Stuffed Squid: The steam-grill method gives you the best of both worlds - the extra moisture and flavour infusion from steaming, and the smoky bbq flavours from grilling! This delicious squid dish is literally packed with surprises inside out!

Tender Steam-Grilled Stuffed Squid

Steamed Rice Cake (白糖糕 Bái Táng Gāo or Pak Tong Gou in Cantonese) is a traditional sweet Chinese steamed rice cake made with rice flour and white sugar.

Steamed Rice Cake (白糖糕 Bái Táng Gāo)

Bak Kut Teh (Pork Rib Tea Soup): This clear peppery soup with fall-off-the-bone-tender pork ribs goes best with a bowl of steaming white jasmine rice, fried dough fritters (you tiao) and chilli soy sauce dipping sauce. So yummy!

How to Make Bak Kut Teh with Homemade Spice Mix

Chap Chye (Braised Mixed Vegetables) come in many styles - Nyonya... Hokkien... Cantonese... each with their own unique flavours and favourite ingredients. Which style is your favourite?

Chap Chye Recipe (Braised Mixed Vegetables)

Traditional Soy Milk Recipe

Traditional Soy Milk Secret Recipe

Braised Pork Buns (Kung Bak Pao)

Braised Pork Buns (Kung Bak Pao 扣肉包)

Vegetarian_Bee_Hoon_Zai_Mi_Fen

Vegetarian Bee Hoon (Zai Mi Fen)

Fried_Chee_Cheong_Fun_Recipe_And_Step_By_Step_Photo_Tutorial

Fried Chee Cheong Fun (Rice Rolls) Recipe

Teochew Steamed Chinese Pomfret – Version 2

Teochew Steamed Pomfret (Dao Chior)

Hainanese Tang Hoon with Chives and Dried Cuttlefish Recipe

Mini_Meat_Omelettes_Pouches – Version 2

Mini Omelette Pouches (Hor Pow Tan) Recipe

Penang_Laksa

Penang Assam Laksa with Salmon

Peranakan Dry Mee Siam: This local favourite boasts a unique blend of sweet, sour, savoury, spicy and tangy flavours that is sure to tantalise your taste buds and keep you coming back for seconds!

Nonya-style Dry Mee Siam

Fish Perkedel (Indonesian Croquette)

Begedil / Perkedel (Fried Potato Patty with Fish)

Singapore style hainanese chicken rice with accompanying sauces and chicken soup

Hainanese Chicken Rice

Dim Sum Steamed Cabbage Roll with Minced Pork: If you love Dim Sum and are a bit of a health nut, you will love these adorable mini cabbage rolls masquerading as Dim Sum, giving a new interpretation to a nostalgic childhood food.

Steamed Cabbage Roll with Minced Meat

Ngoh Hiang cut into pieces on a white plate

Ngoh Hiang (五香 / Lor Bak)

Ah Ma's Sweet Potato Leaves in Fermented Beancurd

Ah Ma Sweet Potato Leaves in Fermented Tofu Sauce

Eight Treasure Celestial Duck 八宝鸭: This 'melt-in-your-mouth' stuffed duck takes 6 hours to cook over a charcoal stove, and is an elegant dish fit for a king - the perfect centrepiece dish for special occasions like birthdays and Chinese New Year!

Celestial Eight Treasure Duck 八宝鸭

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