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Golden Sesame Fried Fish Bites: The Ultimate Crispy Asian Snack You Can Make At Home

November 08, 2026

Crispy Asian Sesame Fried Fish Bites : a quick and easy homemade appetizer. Whether you are craving a late-night snack, looking for a simple bite to share with family, or hosting friends on the weekend, this recipe delivers honest, high-quality flavor in under 30 minutes. Rolling the tender fish in a mixture of toasted white and black sesame seeds gives every bite a rich, nutty crunch that makes it hard to stop at just one. Best of all, because you are cooking at home using fresh, clean oil, you get all that golden crispiness without any of the heavy, greasy aftertaste of commercial takeout. What really turns plain fried fish into something special is sesame . Asian kitchens have used sesame seeds for generations, mostly because of the rich, nutty aroma they release as they cook. When you coat the fish in a light batter and drop it into warm oil, the seeds turn beautifully toasted right away, giving the crunchy crust with an amazing flavor from the very first bite. Don’t Worry Abo...

Moving For Good to Singapore

November 01, 2026

Looking back, it's been a couple of years now, a long beautiful season that quietly reshaped my entire world. Time has flown by, I moved to Singapore for good in December 2022, and it's felt like home ever since. Settling into a new country has been amazing, of course, it wasn't always a walk in the park. I've been through the sweet and the salty, the laughs and the tears. But then again, that's what makes this challenging adventure called real life. After all, life isn't perfect, its imperfections are how we learn and grow. and for now, I just let life go on 😊 Well, this is my first blog post after very long HIATUS and it wouldn't feel right without including a recipe, here im sharing a simple, easy recipe today-one of of those humble Indonesia snacks, added and tweaked a few ingredients based on what available here in Singapore Aku dan Cilok Ayam Kriwil Cilok Kriwil Ayam is a popular Indonesian street food snack made from minced chicken, tapioca ...

Tempe Mendoan. Tempe fritter recipe

November 22, 2019

Tempe i s identically Indonesia, a popular product of Indonesian that well known to most people across the country. As a staple of protein, most Indonesian knows how to make tempe to be their comfort food as side dishes or snacks. Tempe mendoan is basically an easy recipe to follow, a thin slices tempe coated with spiced batter and deep fried. Although I’m very strict with deep-fried snacks or anything deep-fried yet tempe mendoan is in my list to my home-cook side dishes/snacks that I’m not going to missed them. TEMPE MENDOAN Ingredients 250g tempe – thinly slices 1 cup flour 4 cloves garlic 2 candlenuts (kemiri) 2 teaspoons coriander seed 1 teaspoon whole white paper ½ teaspoon turmeric powder 3 stalks spring onion-finely slices Salt to taste Sufficient amount of water (its to make the batter) Oil for deep frying Direction Thinly slices ...

Sambal dabu-dabu from Manado Recipe

August 03, 2019

Sambal is chilli base, which is normally used as a condiment, its very popular in Indonesia and it can be very very spicy Sambal dabu-dabu is Manadonese style condiment and it has similar looks with salsa but the taste dramatically different, sambal dabu-dabu is giving fiery chilli in it and characterised by the adding of lemon basil ‘daun kemangi’ The basic method to make this lip-smacking sambal is very simple, cutting, slicing and mixing all up the ingredient Amongst to many different kind of Indonesian sambal, sambal dabu-dabu is one of the easiest Indonesian’s condiment to make at home, it can be serves along with other Indonesian’s main dishes such grilled fish, fried fish, kidney bean soup (sup brenebon) Sambal Dabu-Dabu serves 2 INGREDIENTS 2 medium size tomato, diced 5 Shallots, diced 5 Bird eye Chilli, thinly slice ½ Lime, take the juice Some lemon basil leaves (daun kemangi) Salt to taste ...

Sambal Sere Tabia Bali Recipe

July 25, 2019

Sambal sere tabia (Balinese pronounce as 'sambel' ) literally known as sambal terasi khas Bali, is one of fiery condiments amongst Balinese cuisine and also a common Balinese style sambal that every house of Balinese people in Bali know how to make, sere means terasi (Indonesian dried shrimps paste and fermented) while tabia means, chilli (cabe). Although there are some variations on how to make sambal sere tabia in which I know that is every family has its own method and preferable, but the basic ingredients are always the same. Im writing the recipe here in order to recall my culinary trips down to a popular local warung in Tabanan regency, which i can simply explain, warung is a traditional small restaurant, a family owned-business runs by family members. It was a moment, while on my way to the place, the exciting food trail offered me lush green padi field and beautiful sunset in front of me, we were experienced s...

How To Make Kkakdugi Radish Kimchi

July 20, 2019

Kkakdugi or diced radish kimchi is a variety of kimchi in Korean cuisine, it’s year around kimchi that included as one of popular banchan. There’s an origin history about it, which is written in Wikipedia and its worthy of note in Korean gastronomy. Its an easy kimchi to make with simple method too, somehow, the only time consume are the preps and fermentation dated, I don’t judge factually as I love fermented goods. Here is the recipe of Korean diced radish kimchi (Kkaduki), it is from my personal cook book collections “The kimchee cookbook, fiery flavors and cultural history of Korea’s dish” A highly seasoned pickle white radish with Korean chilli-peppers, featuring tasty and crunchy radish. Kkadugi 'cubed radish kimchi' INGREDIENTS 7 medium-sized white radishes 170 coarse salt 2,5 litter water 1/3 cup fish sauce ¼ cup Korean red-hot chilli peppers 2 tablespoons garlic paste 2 tablespoons ginger past...

How To Make Korean Kimchi

July 12, 2019

My interest to the Kimchi world begins when I start to live in other country about decade ago, in which my enormous interest to the home-cooking. Besides that, I also begin to like some tv program such food and travel, food history and also understanding cuisines from different countries, not too forget of collecting cooking book, It was amazing Kimchi is the most well-known Korean food out there and I love to read everything about that, including how to make Kimchi. I own a kimchi cooking book with 80 recipes inside, “ The Kimchee Cookbook” Fiery flavors and cultural history of Korea’s national dish, a book that giving me information of Korean gastronomic food. Making kimchi at home just like a ritual and I found it so much fun to do, from the preps until done. However, the most exciting moment when it’s done fermented, checking the bubbles on kimchi liquids, taste it and refrigerated. Last but not least, on this post, I referred kimchi recipe from...

Nasi Serai - Lemongrass Rice Recipe

July 11, 2019

When it come to rice, I mean steamed rice, I would include on my daily basis diet with proper portion in order not missing out on some essential minerals required for good health. It is often believed by common myth that eating rice daily, can lead to belly fat and build unhealthy fat in the body, but if you consumed in right quantities, it's nothing to worry about. Being an Indonesian, rice has been one of the most consumed staples on my diets, eating delicious Indonesian food with some variety side dishes along with sambal, it wouldn’t complete without rice. Instead of having regular steamed rice, here I will share some of personal recipe, homemade lemongrass rice with kaffir lime leaf, easy to make at home using a rice cooker NASI SERAI Ingredients 1 ½ cups premium jasmine rice 1/3 cup water 3 stalks lemongrass, lightly brush with any kitchen tool to release the flavour. 3 kaffir lime leaves, wash clean, torn Hima...