5 RM5 Cooking Ingredients to Try from MR.DOLLAR

MR.DOLLAR is the first ever home-grown value dollar store chain in Malaysia that focuses on selling a wide range of inexpensive household goods. At ‘Always RM2 or RM5’, you can easily find something that is affordable to you. Great news for people who love to cook too! Because here are 5 RM5 cooking ingredients that you can buy from MR.DOLLAR and try:

PakLong Tempura Batter Mix

Learn how to make vegetable tempura at home using this easy to get Tempura Batter Mix. It will make your homemade tempura so tasty, crispy and delicious. Did you know? In Japan, the protein source used is usually seafood. Seafood that is often cooked are prawns, squid, and scallops. Starchy vegetables like sweet potato, pumpkin, lotus roots are good to deep fry with the batter. Other vegetables that you can try are green beans, Shishito pepper and enoki mushrooms are good too.

Uncle Sun Salted Egg Paste

Salted Egg Yolk paste is usually bursting with flavour. You can make recipes such as salted egg prawns, salted egg chicken and more. It is such an easy dish to prepare, made with minimal steps and also minimal ingredients. The key ingredient is of course the salted egg yolk which is luscious and golden yellow that opens our eyes and appetite once the rich salted egg yolk sauce is coated with the protein. It is impossible to stop at one piece once you start.

Alagappa’s Kesari Mix

A popular quick-fix dessert is kesari – a common sweet treat at Indian homes and even restaurants. It is usually eaten as a quick-fix breakfast or dessert and it is so simple that even beginners can make it. This kesari mix pack will come in handy to the rescue when visitors come unannounced to your home because then at least you can prepare something sweet and quick.

Mak Nyonya Perencah Kari Ikan

One of the most sought after curry is the fish curry. You can easily adapt the recipe to suit your taste and you can add in any vegetables that you prefer such as eggplant or ladies finger. Pair this dish to go with a bed of steamed white rice and you will be good to go.

Nyolike Gong Bao Sauce

Some call it Gong Bao and some are more familiar with the term Kung Pao. Nonetheless, the sauce will transform your chicken into a delicious dish with it’s spicy, vinegary and salty tinge of dried chilli taste. You can mix in different types of vegetables to the dish to suit your taste such as carrots, water chestnuts, celery, zucchini and broccoli. It is dangerously addictive.