Chilli Anchovies (Sambal Ikan Bilis)

This dish is so versatile and most popular among Malaysian/Singaporean households. You can have it with plain rice, nasi lemak, roti prata, bread or even dried noodles. It can be served as a side dish too or as an appetizer as well. I can just have it with fried eggs and it is a very…

Canned Sardine or Mackerel Tomato Curry Flavour

This is my all-time comfort dish. I bought quite a few during the recent lockdown for fear it would run out. We like to call this dish the EMERGENCY as whenever we run out of fresh food, we fall back to the canned food. Anyway, I love my sardine cooked in curry sauce. I hope…

Baked Portobello Mushrooms

It had been awhile since I last cooked portobello. I have limited recipes using this ingredient but today, at the supermarket, the fresh portobello mushrooms caught my eyes. I stood there for awhile deciding whether I should get it and how I would want to cook it. Yes, this recipe came to mind and why…

Tomato Chicken

This is my Mauritian-inspired dish called TOMATO CHICKEN, also known as Rougaille. This is a home-cooked local dish among the locals. You only get to eat it at home as it is not served at restaurants. I tried cooking it using my imagination because I was told the hero of the dish is the tomatoes….