This dish is easy to cook but a nightmare to think out a name for it. For starters, it is not exactly fried. Neither is it stir-fried, steamed, braised, stewed or poached. I would put it as a combination of a quick and light stir-fry mixed with quick stewing for a quick and delicious meal. Now, it is quite common in chinese homes to have seaweed soup which comes with minced pork. But it is altogether another thing to have it cook this way that I am sharing with you. Whereas seaweed soup may be bland to some, this dish is tasty to the core hence, the name Seaweed Delight.

Mum first learnt this dish from 1st aunt and thereafter, taught me how to cook this dish. It has now become my preferred dish if I were to cook seaweed at home. The basic ingredients are no different from cooking seaweed soup but the cooking method and seasoning is slightly different. As you read the recipe, you will know why. Anyway, this dish has always made its presence on the dinner table only to vanish in every meal session. So, resist trying it at your peril.

This is my 1st aunt’s recipe for Seaweed Delight. Read the rest of this entry »

I love pork ribs, especially when they are fried or roasted. One of my favourite style of pork ribs would be Champagne Pork Ribs, a well-known chinese-styled pork ribs with a hint of cooking wine used in the marinating process. I googled around the net for a recipe for champagne pork ribs but could not find one which would satisfy me. In the end, I decided to create my own marinate with absolutely no reference to champagne pork ribs.

I chose baby back ribs for this recipe due to the tenderness of the meat around the ribs. According to Wiki, “Baby back ribs, sometimes called loin ribs or simply back ribs, are taken from the top of the rib cage between the spine and the spareribs, below the loin muscle. They have meat between the bones and are shorter but meatier than spareribs. The rack is shorter at one end, due to the natural tapering of a pig’s rib cage.” You will see the whitish soft bone part on one end of the rib.

I gave the ribs a good 6 hours of marinating with a mix of sauces and it turned out well after frying. You can also roast the ribs if you have an oven by basting it regularly with the marinate. It turned out great, and definitely tasty and my two kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Give this recipe a try as it is simple and fuss free.

This is my recipe for Tasty Baby Back Ribs Read the rest of this entry »

What a contest it has been! 18 entries and 3170 870 votes came in for the various participants. After the voting log was scrutinized for multiple voting and results tallied, the winner of the USD$100 Giveaway is Entry No. 3 submitted by Babe_KL.

Babe_KL, who is a well known food blogger in Malaysia, cooked the nourishing Black Bean Soup. Being an experienced cook herself, she used the pressure cooker to cook this soup to great effect. Check out her blog for more simple and good food.

Next, the 2nd placed winner is HN who cooked a local favourite, Chicken Rice in Rice Cooker. A domestic adaptation of the ever popular Claypot Chicken Rice, this is one of HN’s favourite “lazy weekend dish”. The picture of the Chicken Rice in Rice Cooker was proudly taken by HN’s hubby. HN gets a 2 month placement of 125×125ad on the sidebar of this site worth $80.

The 3rd placing for this contest is won by The Cooking Momster who made a commendable attempt on one of my wife’s speciality, Mee Suah Kueh. Her family loved it and for a moment, they thought it was Lobak Kueh! The Cooking Momster gets a One month placement on the Featured Blogger Ad on the sidebar.

Full tabulated results after deletion of multiple votes are as follows:- Read the rest of this entry »

Over the past 10 days, a total of 18 submissions were received for the USD$100 giveaway! I must say that I am quite impressed with the effort put in by those who participated and glad to hear that the recipes turned out well. In fact, some recipes were attempted by more than one participant and some participants submitted more than 1 entry.

The following is the list of participants who are identified by the Entry Numbers. Below the list is the Poll for you to vote on your favourite entry. The system is configured to only accept one vote per reader. For those who have participated, get your family, friends and blog readers to vote for your entry. For those who did not participate, join the fun by voting for your favourite entry.

Entry 1 - Cheese Biscuits by JinHooi of Smell & Taste are my memory

Entry 2 - Asam Ikan Kembung by PureGlutton of PureGlutton (1)

Entry 3 - Black Bean Soup by Babe_KL City of Babe in the city - KL

Entry 4 - Ginger Sauced Chicken by Giddy Tigers of Giddy Tigers

Entry 5 - Sambal Belacan Ladies Fingers by PureGlutton of PureGlutton (2)

Entry 6 - Pumpkin and Luncheon Meat Combo by Tine of Oh for the love of me!

Entry 7 - Yam Rice by Zara’s Mama of My Two Girls

Entry 8 - Japanese Tofu with Minced Pork by Michelle of A New Beginning!

Entry 9 - Mee Suah Kueh by Momster of The Cooking Momster

Entry 10 - Bak Kut Teh by PureGlutton of PureGlutton (3)

Entry 11 - Stuffed Mushroom by Wen of Kiddo’s Realm

Entry 12 - Cheese Biscuits by Anggie of Anggie & Jeremy Boy

Entry 13 - Stewed Chicken in Dark Soya Sauce by Pink Parisian of Have you eaten?

Entry 14 - Chicken Rice cooked in Rice Cooker by Michelle of A new beginning! (2)

Entry 15 - Mee Suah Kueh by FlowerMummy of Flower Mummy Cooking Journey

Entry 16 - Chicken Rice cooked in Rice Cooker by HN of Lazy Weekend Cooking

Entry 17 - Egg Flower Minced Pork Soup by Shelley of Nibbles of Tidbits

Entry 18 - Garlic Hoi Sin Chicken by TummyThoz of Tummy Thoughts

All the best!

Voting will begin now and will end on Midnight (Malaysian time) 7th 9th September, 2008.

Update (02.09.2008 @ 1045hours) : Due to a problem with the polling software used which could not be accessed by IE users, I have installed a new poll software which you can see on the sidebar to your right. I have imported all votes as at 1045hours. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Update (08.09.2008 @ 2310hours) : It has come to my attention that there are instances of multiple voting by clearing of cache. A brief glance at the voting log unfortunately shows that this has been happening. This is despite the rules which state that each voter is only allowed one vote. I will still be keeping the voting open until 2400hours for genuine voters to vote. Thereafter, I will be sifting through the voting log for multiple voting pattern. Results will take some time as I need to verify the 3000 odd votes which came in.