Kalsom Taib is the one half of the powerhouse duo (the other being Hamidah Abdul Hamid) behind the Gourmand Award-winning cookbooks, Johor Palate: Tanjung Puteri Recipes and Malaysia's Culinary Heritage. The chapter closes with a single page list of ‘My Essential Home-Kitchen Equipment’, including basics such as cooking pans and woks, knives, bowls, spatulas and that essential food processor. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Ping's passion for Malaysian food is evident and these recipes will give you are real sense of the spicy, tangy, aromatic and fragrance of Malaysian cuisine. Her award-winning cookbook features more than 60 recipes of the most famous Kristang dishes, from fiery debal curry and black sotong sambal to indulgent sweet sago biji gula melaka and pang su see (Eurasian sweet potato buns).Sambal Shiok is a brilliant collection of 75 Malaysian-inspired recipes that were handed down from Mandy Yins mother as well as those that she has developed for her cult London restaurant. I absolutely loved the flavours in this book (garlic, chilli, ginger, lemongrass, peanuts), but I struggled with the many ingredients and many steps for each recipie. Yin served this rendang at her stall in a brioche bun with sweet pickles and sambal but we had it for dinner over plain rice; comfort food in a bowl. His father's version of Mee Rebus - noodles in rich thick sauce - is something that you find in any good restaurants back in Malaysia.

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Now, she owns and runs cult restaurant Sambal Shiok Laksa Bar in London and is regularly featured in the national press. Don’t miss the simple Cucumber Pickles sub-recipe included in the Satay Burger – the addition of ginger and anise to the pickling liquid adds extra flavour to this classic overnight pickle.

Yin describes it as the king of Malaysian chicken curries, and on tasting, we immediately understand why.Queues for favourite sellers can be long, but people wait patiently and eagerly for their favourites. This is also a great recipe to batch cook and freeze, and it’s just as good if not better defrosted and reheated.