Chinese Four Herbs Tonic Soup 古早味四神汤【具有健脾开胃、清热祛湿、补中益气等功效】

Commonly known as Si Shen Tang aka 4 herbs tonic soup, this soup is good for strengthening our digestive system and spleen, improving appetite, and our overall health. It's sweet in taste and well-loved by children.

This is a simple herbal soup that you can easily cook for your family. All you have to do is gather the ingredients, give the herbs a quick rinse, and then pop them into the soup pot and let it cook! 

Chinese Four Herbs Black Chicken Soup
Replaced chicken carcass with black chicken
Photo updated: March 2023

This steamy bowl of herbal soup brings a deep sense of comfort!

Photo updated: September 2024 

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Ingredients: (Yield 3 servings)

1 Kampong Chicken Carcass, blanched

30g Dried Lotus Seeds

20g Dried Chinese Yam/ Huay san 

30g Poria/ Foo Lin

20g Euryale Seeds/ Qian Shi 

Handful of Wolfberries (optional)

1 litre Hot Water

Some Salt (add to taste)

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Method:

1. Place all ingredients (except wolfberries and salt) into a soup pot. 

2. Pressure cook for 15 minutes (NPR). Add wolfberries (if using) and salt to taste, and simmer for 10 minutes. If you do not have a pressure cooker, you can boil the soup over the stovetop for 2 hours.

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Panda Bento ~ Meatless| Vegan LunchBox 超萌熊猫便当【素食】

Rice-based food art ~ Cute Panda onigiri bento with plant-based beef stir-fry in Miso sauce, along with some veggies. 

It has been a while since I made my last bento. Made this adorable Panda bento to celebrate World Environment Day 💕 Check out my Instagram for the recipe and details <<Tap here 点击进入食谱>>

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Sea Coconut Longan Sweet Soup | Tong Sui Dessert 海底椰龙眼糖水【润肺止咳、清热滋阴、养颜抗衰老】

Sea Coconut Longan Sweet Soup aka Tong Sui in Cantonese, a cooling and refreshing dessert which helps to nourish the lungs, soothes cough and good for the skin, tastes fabulous warm or chilled. 

Cooling and refreshing when serving it chilled 
Photo updated: Apr 2023

Ingredients: 
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4pcs Sea Coconut, peeled & sliced

50g Dried Longan

2pcs Honey Dates

6pcs Red Dates

Water

Rock Sugar, add to taste

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Method: 

1. Add the first 4 ingredients to the cooking pot. Add water to 8 cups level.

2. Close the pressure lid, seal. Set Pressure Cook （HI）for 20 minutes.

3. After natural pressure release, add sugar to taste, simmer until the sugar is fully dissolved. Serve warm or chilled.

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Vietnamese Lemongrass Pork Skewers 香茅猪肉串【家常简易食谱】

Grilled Lemongrass Pork Skewers is a classic Vietnamese street food snack with a delicious aroma of lemongrass and garlic combined with the umami flavour of fish sauce marinated pork. 

It's not difficult to recreate this dish at home if you're following my simplified recipe. Simply marinate the meat, then rolled into a sausage shape around the lightly pounded lemongrass, which lends a wonderful aroma to the meat. Spray or brush a little oil on the meat skewers and grill for 10 minutes, and you'll get these tasty, flavourful and juicy pork skewers.

Ingredients: yield 9-10 skewers
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250g Ground Pork

5 Lemongrass, halved & lightly pounded

Marinade:

1 tbsp Tapioca Flour

2-3 tbsp Shredded Carrot

2 cloves Garlic, mashed

1 tsp Shallot Oil

1 tbsp Fish Sauce

1 tsp Sesame Oil

1 tsp Brown Sugar

A dash of White Pepper

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Method: 

1. Mix all ingredients (except lemongrass), stir in one direction until gooey, cover and chill for an hour. 

2. Divide into 9-10 portions, rolled into a sausage shape around the lightly pounded lemongrass. Spray/ brush some oil on the pork skewers and the cooking basket. Grill for 10minutes, serve warm and enjoy! Note: Flip once halfway through cooking. 

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Fruit Jelly Zong Zi aka Dumpling Jellies 果冻水果粽子

The Dragon Boat Festival is around the corner, it's time to indulge in your favourite Zong Zi aka rice dumpling. A twist on the usual rice dumpling, I've made these light and refreshing dumpling jellies for the family. These are the perfect desserts to mark the festivities, not only are they delicious and healthy for all ages, they're eye-catching and insta-worthy! 

Ingredients:

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250g Konnyaku Premix Jelly Powder

1250ml Water

1 tsp Chia Seeds

1 Red Dragonfruit

1 Mango

1/2 pkt Nata De Coco

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Method:

1. Heat water, gradually stir in jelly powder, and bring to a boil. Turn off heat, continue stirring for a minute, set aside to cool then stir in Chia Seeds.

2. Peel and cut the fruits into small cubes. Fill each bag with fruits and carefully pour in the jelly liquid. 

3. Fold and seal. Tie on the string then refrigerate until set. Serve chilled. 

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Stir-fry Curry Clams aka Curry Lala 香炒咖喱花甲/啦啦

Fresh flower clams stir-fry in savoury curry sauce, it's so flavourful with the right amount of creamy coconut milk. This simple dish can be made at home with my easy recipe that I've adjusted the taste to suit the whole family, it's mildly spicy even the kid can enjoy it!

Ingredients:

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1kg Flower Clams

3 cloves Garlic

3 Shallot 

1 Onion

Handful of Curry Leaves 

Thumb size Ginger 

1 Red Chilli 

1 stalk Lemongrass

Some water and oil for cooking

1 stalk Coriander for garnishing 

Seasoning:

1 tsp Curry Powder

2 tbsp Curry Paste

4 tbsp Coconut Milk

1 tsp Fish Sauce

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Method:

1. Add some water to the wok and bring to a boil over high heat. Add in clams and let it cook until most clams have opened, remove from heat. Discard any unopened clams and set them aside. 

2. Add some oil to the wok and turn on medium heat. When the oil is heated, add garlic, shallot, and ginger, stir fry until fragrant. Add onion, chili, curry leaves, and lemongrass, continue to stir-fry until aromatic. 

I cooked this dish using Song Cho stainless steel wok, 

a multiply stainless steel wok without chemical coating, 

it's safe to use in any cooking including deep-frying. 

For more information about the product, visit Song Cho e-shop for details.

3. Stir in seasoning, add in some water and coconut milk, turn on high heat and bring to a boil. Add the clams, and stir to coat with the curry sauce. When the sauce has thickened, remove from heat, garnish with coriander, and serve right away.  

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Strawberry Melon Pan 草莓味日式菠萝包

Japanese Melon Pan is one of our favourite bread I often bake at home. This strawberry flavour is specially made for my boy who loves PINK melon pan. The outer crust is strawberry flavour, and the soft bread is filled with sweet strawberry bits. 

Made original, melon and strawberry flavours Melon Pan for my parents and sis.
Photo updated: 28 April 2022

Love these sugar-coated crispy crusts, soft and fluffy Japanese Melon Pan filled with sweet melon bits. This is similar to the strawberry melon pan recipe, replace the strawberry bits with melon bits.  Photo updated: Oct 2022 

Ingredients:

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Bread Dough Recipe

Melon Pan Toppings:

80g Cake Flour

1/4 tsp Baking Powder

25g Salted Butter

35g Icing Sugar

25g Egg

Some Castor Sugar 

Strawberry Paste & Bits

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The preparation/ method is the same as the original and Matcha Melon Pan recipe that I've shared previously, tap here for the steps. 

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Tender & Tasty Pork Ribs Curry 香浓咖喱排骨 【简易家常食谱】

This tender and delicious pork rib curry is absolutely to die for! A comforting dish that goes well with steamed rice, You Tiao, noodles, bread or anything that you like. 

This isn't a new dish in my home cooking menu, I've been cooking non-spicy pork rib curry for my kid since 2015. Just that now I have pressure cooker at home, I have stopped using the conventional method that took longer cooking time, slow-simmering to tenderise the meat. Sharing on this blog post is a simplified recipe, cooked in a much shorter time that yield flavourful and thick gravy with tender meat that fall-off-the-bones! 

Pork Curry Rice cooked using the same recipe. 

Rainy day, just nice for a warm bowl of Pork Curry
Photo updated: Nov 2025 

Photo updated: Nov 2025

Pork Ribs Curry, along with some simple side dishes. Rice for the boy, toast for me... but after dipping the bread into the curry, we both ended up having more toast to mop up the curry.
Photo updated: July 2026

Tender and packed with flavour Pork Ribs Curry. Delicious with steamed rice, or served it with toasted bread to soak up every last drop of the rich curry sauce.
Photo updated: July 2026

Ingredients:

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600g Pork Ribs

70g Curry Paste

200g Water

1 Onion

1-2 Potatoes

100ml Coconut Milk

Marinade:

1 tbsp Tapioca Flour

1 tbsp Meat Curry Powder

1 + 1/2 tbsp Curry Paste

1 tbsp Light Soy Sauce

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Method：

1. Combine the pork ribs with the marinade ingredients, let marinate for an hour or overnight. Place marinated pork ribs, curry paste and water into the cooking pot, pressure cook for 30 minutes (Quick Pressure Release). 

After cooking the curry and rice, I air-fry some You Tiao,
this tastes excellent with the curry sauce.

2. Add onion, potato and coconut milk. If cooking with rice, use the reversible rack and place the rice on top. Rice and water ratio is 2:3. Pressure cook for 10 minutes, natural pressure release. Serve warm and enjoy! 若喜欢我的食谱，可以LIKE和追随我的面书专页，不要错过最新食谱发布。If you like my recipe, click here, LIKE & follow Miki's Food Archives Facebook page or follow us on Instagram: mfa_dingoozatfood  to receive more recipe updates. Don't forget to favourite my pages if you wish to see my post on your news feed.