South east asian recipes with 500 or fewer calories costing less than $2.5 per serving

Adobo Chicken

This is my variation of a popular Filipino dish. Most people fry it and dry. I like it with more juices. This is easy to make. Serve this dish…

Orange Spiced Tofu

Tofu is one of those meat alternatives.... made from the soy bean that is so versatile because it absorbs the flavors of anything it's marinated in.…

Express Chicken Curry

Here is the first dish I managed to cook in Singapore. I call this Express Chicken Curry cause I am not using fresh curry paste but instead I use…

Eggplant Toast

Asian Ginger Apricot Sauce/Glaze

This recipe is adapted from one by Julie Campoy in her book Julienne. The original called for more Asian chili…

Pandan And Coconut Cupcakes

Made with fresh grated coconut and scented with pandan/screwpine leaves

Pandan Cake

Cake pandan is one of the favorite flavours of southeast asia. Most of our local delicacies especially in dessert are using pandan leaf. The floral…

Chicken Afritada with Pineapple

My Pork Dumplings

These are my lovely Chinitas!..after the heat and outside their dominion. Now, they are ready so come on, get your chopsticks, grab them, eat them…

Oats And Raisin Cookies

Crunchy with natural sweetness of honey and raisins.

Noodles In Thai Sauce

Packs a punch - noodles with prawns, cabbage and eggs in a spicy tangy Thai sauce.

Giggling Gourmet's 'Stir, Fry & A Twist On Sweet & Sour'

Here's a yum dish for a little wake up of the taste buds in the deep of winter as you contemplate spring and…

Cucumber Carrot Achar (Pickle)

light spicy,sweet and sour tastes with a totally awesome true crunch.

Chocolate Hazelnut Cake

a combination of flavors and textures, chocolate with a mild hazelnut crunch and vanilla scented.

Chocolate Muffin (With White Chocolate Topping)

Have it in the morning for breakfast, for tea break or as a dessert after a meal.