Salted Fish Curry (Gulai Kiam Hu Kut) pictures (1 of 6)
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I don’t really have a recipe to share today, but I am going to show you some pictures of one of my favorite Nyonya curry dishes—salted fish curry or gulai kiam hu kut.
My second sister is here in the US and she brought me some instant curry paste for salted fish curry. We went to the market and gathered all the ingredients: eggplant, long beans, fresh pineapples, fried tofu puffs, and cabbage. Other ingredients include salted fish bones (kiam hu kut), shrimp, and coconut milk. With the instant paste, making a pot of salted fish bones curry was rather easy. In less than 30 minutes, we had a pot of aromatic and intensely flavorful curry…
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Tang Yuan (Gluntinous Rice Dumplings) pictures (1 of 3)
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Contributor: Ho Siew Loon
How time flies and we will be ushering 2010 in about 2 weeks.
December has always been my favorite month with so many festivals like Christmas, New Year and Dong Zhi (冬至) festival. Dong Zhi or winter solstice has always been a very important event in the Chinese custom. It is also known as Tang Check by the Peranakan which means the arrival of winter. It signifies the longest night in the year. Tang Check is a very important day in the Chinese calender and some people celebrate it on a bigger scale than Chinese New Year. On this day, the Chinese will make Tang Yuan (汤圆) or Kuih Ee to signifies the arrival of winter and by eating this we will be a year older. In Chinese custom, this round shaped rice ball symbolizes togetherness and completeness of the family. This year Tang Check will be celebrated on 21 December…(get Tang Yuan recipe after the jump)
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If you love or intrigued by the Peranakan culture and Nyonya Food, you have to come to Penang—a UNESCO World Heritage site and a cradle for thriving Peranakan and Baba-Nyonya culture.
Born and raised in a Peranakan or Straits Chinese family, I have always wanted to share the beauty and legacy of the colorful and uniquely special Penang Nyonya culture and food with the world. I am very happy to announce that my family has expanded our Penang private tour services to include a special “Penang Peranakan Culture and Nyonya Food Tour” for travelers, tourists, and foodies who wish to gain an insider insight into Nyonya culture, cuisine, and traditions in Penang….
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Spiral Curry Puff pictures (1 of 4)
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Contributor: Ho Siew Loon
I would like to thank my mother-in-law, a refined Nyonya cook for sharing this recipe with me. It is a very traditional way of making spiral curry puffs. As a traditional cook, her cooking is always based on estimation and last weekend, I have managed to get the recipe and the measurement down. The crispiness of the skin blended together with the spicy chicken curry and potatoes is just perfect for a relaxing afternoon tea…(get curry puff recipe after the jump)
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