Beansprouts, nonya paste and kefir – whose fridge is this?
Baker Helen Goh’s fridge is chock-full of far-eastern flavours – but with a few fusion surprisesCurry leavesI used to freeze fresh curry leaves, but then [the chef] Romy Gill said you lose all the aroma when you do this. So now I fry them and you get curry leaf oil, which keeps them fresh. You can then crumble them into things like dal.TofuI’m addicted to tofu – I have firm, medium, soft, and puffy. But this is my breakfast tofu in ginger syrup; it’s like junket but made with soya beans. Someone taught me how to make this, but the secret ingredient was plaster of paris, so I get it from the Asian grocers. I’m not a big breakfast person, but I could easily eat a whole tub of this. Continue reading...
Helen Goh as told to Anna BerrillFoodMalaysian food and drink
