Lee Sook Ching’s Taste Malaysia Easy Recipes for Everyday Home Cooking

A timeless collection of favorite Southeast Asian recipes for everyday home cooking 

Recreate authentic Southeast Asian dishes at home with this treasury of recipes. With an extensive spread of Chinese, Malay and Indian recipes, this gem of a cookbook will provide you with endless ideas for whipping up delicious meals and snacks.

Never wonder what to cook again with choices such as:

• sweet sour spareribs
• Chinese beef steak
• duck stewed with ginger
• five spice chicken
• egg and fish roll
• mussels in preserved soy bean paste
• coconut cream
• yam puffs

Complete with an illustrated glossary and comprehensive notes on cooking techniques, this timeless collection will be a welcome addition to any home kitchen.

Includes conversion chart.

The late Lee Sook Ching was a well-loved home economics teacher. This treasury of easy home-style recipes stemmed from her years of experience imparting her knowledge and understanding of Malaysian cuisine to her students, family and friends. It was her belief that families should sit down together at the end of every day, to enjoy one another’s company over a tasty home-cooked meal.

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

Poultry
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
Glutinous Rice Balls)•145
Ondeh-Ondeh Keledek (Coconut-coated
Sweet Potato Balls)•145
Banana Pancakes•146
Jemput Pisang (Banana Fritters)•146
Vadai•147
Yam Puffs•149
Curry Puffs•149
Yam Cake•150
Rampa Udang (Glutinous Rice Rolls
with Prawn Filling)•150

Miscellaneous Favourites
Simple Fritter Batter•154
Soy Bean Milk•154
Roti Jala (Lacy Pancake)•154
Poh Piah•156
Kuih Pietee (Top Hats)•157
Steamboat•158

Cooking Tips•159
Glossary•165
Weights & Measures•175