This Sarawak Kolo Mee is a classic Malaysian street food dish featuring springy egg noodles tossed in fragrant shallot and garlic oil, then topped with savoury minced pork, char siu, Chinese greens and pickled chillies. Simple, comforting and packed with flavour in every bite.
Crispy Vegan Kung Pao Cauliflower is a bold, spicy plant-based twist on the Sichuan classic. Blanched cauliflower is coated in a seasoned panko crust, roasted until golden and crisp, then finished with a punchy kung pao sauce packed with chilli, garlic and Sichuan peppercorns.
The key is keeping the cauliflower crispy by roasting separately and pouring the sauce over at the end, rather than tossing it through the wok.
Chinese Prawn Dumplings, also known as Har Gow, are one of the most iconic dim sum dishes. Recognisable for their delicate translucent pastry and juicy prawn filling, these crystal dumplings showcase the natural sweetness of prawns wrapped in a soft yet slightly chewy gluten-free dough. Mastering Chinese Prawn Dumplings is all about balancing moisture in the filling and handling the hot-water starch dough correctly.
Quick and Easy Mongolian Beef is a bold, takeaway style stir fry known for its glossy caramelised sauce and tender chunks of beef. This Quick and Easy Mongolian Beef recipe follows a restaurant method of oil blanching the beef first to seal in juices, then finishing it in a bubbling soy and brown sugar glaze infused with ginger, garlic and spring onion.
Despite its name, Mongolian Beef is widely considered a Chinese American creation. The key to its success is balancing savoury light soy with rich brown sugar, allowing the sauce to reduce to a sticky coating that wraps around every piece of beef.
Braised Chilli Tofu is a simple Korean-inspired home-cooked dish that’s all about gentle heat, mellow spice and deep savoury flavour. Firm tofu is pan-fried until golden to seal in moisture, then slowly braised in a sweet, spicy soy-based sauce infused with gochugaru and garlic. The result is tofu that’s soft inside, lightly crisp outside and completely soaked in a rich chilli broth – perfect with steamed rice to mop up every last drop.
