The Health Guru

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Nutrition Info: Calories in Lard

"Wet" Lard - Yuck!

What is Lard? Lard is pig fat.  It can be used ‘wet’ and looks similar to butter and is often used in pastries or it can be used in a ‘dry’ form that is similar to crackling on a pork roast. Why is it used? It’s used for cooking, frying, is popular in baking and […]

Nutrition Info: Calories in Mee Rebus

Mee Rebus

Mee Rebus is a local dish that consists of yellow egg noodles (mee) and is covered in a spicy, tangy but sweet curry sauce.  ‘Rebus’ means boiled – so this dish translates easily enough to boiled noodles.  It is found across Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore and each region prepares the dish with its own flair […]

Nutrition Information: Wonton Soup

Wonton Soup

  ‘Wonton’ is a word transcribed from Cantonese. In mandarin, it is called 馄饨 (pronounced as “hoon toon”) which simply means irregularly shaped dumpling. The other more simplified name is 云吞 (pronounced as “yun toon”), directly translates to cloud swallow. Either way, they all mean tiny dumplings! The wonton skins or wrappers can be made […]

Nutrition Info: Yong Tau Foo

Some of the items to choose from

One of the most healthiest eating options you can find in a Singapore Food court is Yong Tau Foo.  Essentially it is a clear soup containing a variety of food. It’s particularly healthy as you have the option to choose the food and vegetables that are put in (kind of a-la-carte), the clear soup is […]

Nutrition Information: Cendol

cendol

Cendol is a sweet, icy dessert found across most parts of Asia.  The very simple recipe consists of only five ingredients and can be purchased at road side vendors, hawkers, food courts, coffee shops and restaurants. It consists of a mound of shaved ice with green chewy pandan-flavoured cendol on top that resemble green worms, […]

Nutrition Info: Murtabak

Murtabak

Murta-what? Never heard of Murtabak?  (Pronounced Mer-ta-buck) If you’re reading this from somewhere outside of Singapore/Malaysia then chances are you have no idea what I’m talking about. If you’ve never tried them they are fried  dough  filled with either chicken, mutton or sardines with egg, garlic, onion, vegetables  and curry.  It’s is folded into …


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