Articles by Cinta

One of my favorite sambal is sambal sotong kering (dried cuttlefish). It’s quite hard to buy one that is delicious so I usually will cook it at home. To make this sambal, you have to soak the dried cuttlefish overnight […]

If you are running out of idea what to cook for dinner, maybe you can try this sambal ayam halia. I call it sambal halia because the dried chili (cili kering) is blended with onion and ginger. It’s really simple […]

One of my favourite savoury fried snacks is this vadai. It is really easy to make as well. You just need to soak the gram dal for a few hours. Then once the dal is soaked ( you can see […]

A Sarawakian friend came over and gave me 2 packets of pes laksa Sarawak from 2 different brands. A few days later, I decided to try making one using pes laksa Haji Manan. Since it was the first time I […]

I suddenly had the craving to eat sambal sotong kering a few days ago and decided to make nasi lemak to go with it. Plus I have some instant paste for goreng berempah given by a friend which I haven’t […]

Last month I bought a bunch of white beech mushroom (Bunapi Shimeji) after checking out the cover of the Korean instant ramen. It doesn’t taste really good with the noodle but it was tasty when I put them in tauhu […]

I have been making few rounds of soto ayam at home lately but so far this is the version which I think is almost complete. For this particular soto ayam, I fried rice vermicelli (soo hoon) in the hot oil […]

What can you make with raw sweet corns on cob? You can boil them, you can make some jemput jemput with bilis or udang kering or you can make bubur jagung with sagu and gula melaka. If you are using […]

Sometimes you just want to eat something home made but you don’t really have many ingredients to cook a dish that is so elaborate. The other day, I was hungry and would like to have something simple for tea. I […]