Whip It UP

Soto Ayam With Bergedel (Spicy Chicken Soup With Potato Patty).  Photos: Geraldine Chee. By Geraldine Chee Soto Ayam is comfort food. It’s a classic Malay speciality comprising compressed rice cubes or noodles served in...

Breakfast In Bed With Smoked Salmon Scrambled Eggs By Lena St George-Sweet, Editor, Writer, Tarot Life Coach This recipe, adapted from Gordon Ramsay’s scrambled eggs, was one my husband cooked for...

Japanese Aspic In Wasabi Dressing By Catherina Hosoi A light and tasty appetiser with Japanese accents that is best enjoyed chilled with a palate-perking dressing.   Total time: 30 minutes Difficulty: 1/5 Cost: $5 Servings: 4 portions A: Aspic 500ml...

Basque Burnt Cheesecake – Whip It UP! DON'T judge a cake by its looks. This cheesecake gets burnt, deliberately, in its final 5 minutes of baking! Scorched and with a...

FLUFFY, light and delicate, chiffon cake is perfect with a cuppa and even soya bean milk! A well-made chiffon cake perfumed with pandan extract is hard to resist. Apart...

TURMERIC with its mildly spicy with gingery overtones, has potent and powerful anti-oxidant properties. The tuber’s vibrant orangey-yellow hues not only flavours but also livens up curries and even...

Laksa Kuala Kangsar By Nazlina Hussin, cookbook author and cooking teacher   This laksa hails from Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia. One of the simplest laksa soups to make, it’s a skilful blend of aromatic...

Crispy Chicken Rendang.  Photos: Lauren's Kitchen.    By Lauren Tan, Lauren’s Kitchen  Rendang is never usually served crispy, at least not until a MasterChef UK episode earlier this year where the judges, Gregg...

Satay Goreng with Ketupat By Deputy Executive Chef Daniel Teo, and Sous Chef Muhammad Aslam, CulinaryOnCooking time: 30mins Difficulty: 3/5 Cost: <$5 Ingredients Ketupat 300g               rice 20 pieces        fresh coconut leaf (young) Satay Goreng For marinade: 150g               shallots (roughly...

Sambal Udang  (Prawns in Spicy Paste) Cooking Malay dishes need not be labourious. A homemade sambal and fresh prawns are what’s needed to whip up a tasty meal on busy working...