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Quick midweek suppers for one or two

  1. Shortcut bun rieu cua
  2. Steamed rice
  3. Fennel pad ka prao with fried egg
  4. Mum’s sesame oil chicken
  5. Brussels sprouts with smashed garlic and oyster sauce

Vegetarian alternative

  1. Spring vegetable pho
  2. Fried hor fun with kale and beansprouts
  3. Dry-tossed egg noodles with purple sprouting broccoli
  4. Cold dressed tofu with spring onion and peanuts

Lazy weekend brunches

  1. Lacy pancakes/roti jala
  2. Any leftover curry
  3. Congee with hot smoked salmon, ginger and chives
  4. Fried rice vermicelli with wild garlic (or spring onions), mushrooms and egg strips/char bee hoon

Vegetarian alternative

  1. Kaya toast with half-boiled eggs
  2. and coffee
  3. Congee with preserved radish omelette and cabbage
  4. Sizzling rice flour pancakes stuffed with chestnut mushrooms and herbs/banh xeo

Autumn/Winter dinner party

  1. Coconut rice/nasi lemak
  2. Ox cheek and venison rendang
  3. Tamarind pork belly/babi assam
  4. Cabbage apple slaw with sweet tamarind dressing
  5. Peanut coconut rice dumplings in sweet ginger soup/tang yuan

Vegetarian alternative

  1. Malay herb rice/nasi ulam
  2. Nyonya achar
  3. Son-in-law eggs
  4. Vegetables stewed in coconut milk/sayur lodeh (skip the dried shrimps and shrimp paste)
  5. Coconut custard filled pumpkin

Spring/Summer dinner party

  1. Lettuce cups kueh pie tee
  2. Thai glass noodle salad with rainbow carrots and cucumbers
  3. Roasted butter prawns
  4. Classic roast pork belly
  5. Thai sweet chilli sauce with mint
  6. Peach on sticky rice, with sweet and salty coconut cream

Vegetarian alternative

  1. Courgette and spring onion fritters/a kyaw sone
  2. Chilli honey tamarind sauce
  3. Plain steamed rice
  4. Home-style braised tofu with sugar snap peas
  5. Sweet soy sauce marinated aubergines
  6. Honeydew sago with coconut milk and mint

Seafood feast

  1. Plain steamed rice
  2. Teochew steamed sea bream in a parcel
  3. Sambal clams/sambal lala
  4. Steamed egg with crab and peas
  5. Stir-fried runner beans with fermented shrimp paste
  6. Raspberry and coconut jellies/agar agar

Barbecue

  1. Glass noodle salad with rainbow carrots and cucumbers
  2. Squid stuffed with minced pork, with dill nam pla prik
  3. Sticky spicy soy sauce wings
  4. Barbecued corn on the cob with Thai basil and chilli butter
  5. No-churn rhubarb condensed milk ice cream
  1. Malay herb rice salad/nasi ulam
  2. Barbecued sambal lemon sole
  3. Nyonya grilled quails with coconut and spices/ayam panggang
  4. Kohlrabi som tum
  5. Sweetcorn and coconut popsicles

DIY parties

Make your own summer roll party
Ideas for crazy stuffings: