Spicy Curry Pork Ribs with Potatoes

~ Posted on Monday, June 20, 2016 at 11:58 PM ~

It's been a while since I last cooked curry pork ribs and since preggy with baby #4, I've lately been on this spicy cravings phase. So, today's dinner dish that I would like to share with you all is: Spicy Curry Pork Ribs with Potatoes.

Ingredients required:

- Pork ribs (marinade with a bit baking soda + sugar + soy sauce for 2-3 hrs)


Gravy:

- Curry powder (about 5 tbsp)

- Spicy chili sauce (2tbsp)

- Curry leaves

- 1 red onions (sliced)

- Water (1.5-2 cups)

- Salt for taste

- 2tbsp oil for frying pork ribs

Steps:

- Pan fried the pork ribs till they are golden brown

- Add in onions and the above ingredients for the gravy and braised for about half hour (or more, depends on the meat).

- Add salt/soy sauce if you need it to be saltier.

- Braise longer if you want thicker gravy and/or more tender/fall off the bone type of meat.

Spicy Curry Pork Ribs with Potatoes

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Product Review - TheBigBox.Asia

~ Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 8:08 AM ~

I have been cutting down on doing product reviews since 2014 and only accepted those that I feel will definitely fit into our family dynamics (especially books on parenting or homeschooling stuff, family products, something along those genre)

Few months ago, I received an offer to review some products carried by TheBigBox.Asia. After browsing through their website and seeing the yummylicious treats, I decided to go ahead with the review.

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TheBigBox.Asia

About the company:

"Made for treat lovers everywhere, TheBigBox.Asia offers Malaysians the chance of sampling exquisite imported delights at affordable prices from continental brands such as Elle & Vire, Delacre, Compal, BN Biscuits and more. TheBigBox.Asia is a mall of treats with prices that will not hurt your wallet. Their delivery service currently covers the entire Peninsular Malaysia excluding Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan."

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I requested for the following items for my review after some serious browsing and selecting and shortlisting a couple of times the items I wanted:

TheBigBox.Asia

One cool thing I must mentioned is how impressed I was when I received the parcel from TheBigBox.Asia. The treats are still chilled cool inside the parcel, nicely packed for maximum pristine condition.

TheBigBox.Asia

The first item to be whacked cleanly by my 3 krakens of course is the Um Bongo 8 fruit juice. It comes neatly in a pack of 3, each pack is 200ml. My krakens slurped everything without leaving me even a drop to try!!! Must be that good for them to slurp cleanly so fast!

TheBigBox.Asia

Next item we reviewed was the Elle & Vire Crème Dessert Chocolate. Just a little FYI, Elle & Vire’s dairy products can be found in more than 120 countries. Their products have become a reference for quality with consumers and professional chefs/caterers the world over.

I chose this as it comes in a tub of 4, just nice for myself and my 3 krakens (so sorry dear hubby! LOL!!!!) Now how does this crème dessert chocolate taste like? Liquid pudding chocolate but still jelly-like feel. Not bad. My 3 krakens licked clean each cup. I love that the content is almost filled to the brim and the nifty little foldable plastic spoon that comes with each tub.

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The next item has got to be my favorite, the Elledi Party Wafers Cocoa Cream! This pack of 250g bite sized cocoa wafers filled with velvety cream is just so so good! I had to try real hard to refrain myself from finishing everything in one seating! Also, as ashamed as I am to admit this, I actually hide this pack away from being seen by our 3 krakens, only to take it out to savor bit by bit at midnight after my krakens have gone to bed, deep asleep hahahahaa... Anyway, I can practically taste the chocolate cream layered in each bite sized cocoa wafers, so rich and filling! Yumssss!! Two thumbs up!

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The following item that I would like to share with you guys is the ERU Naturel low fat cheese spread. Forgive my lack of knowledge but when I first tried this cheese spread, I was totally mind blown as I gently spread out the cheese on a slice of bread, it is quite runny when I first put it onto the bread but then I discovered that the cheese sort of hardened/liquefied to be like those cheese slices texture. Like magic! The cheese is not too heavy or too salty, just nice for sandwich bread or to be eaten with crunchy crackers.

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I also get to review the Delacre teatime snack box and the Delacre Delichoc Chocolat Lait. It comes with an assortment of Delacre’s classic icons including marquisette, Biarritz, Russian Cigarettes and other creations like Délichoc, Mini Sprits and Nordica. Tasty selections of treats that get eaten fast by all of us.

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The last item is the BN 16 Framboise (Raspberry). The biscuits were made from whole-grain cereal with a delicious raspberry filling in the middle and comes in a handy reseal able package to maintain BN’s unique crispy texture. There are also vanilla and chocolate filling if you prefer to have other options.

To sum up my review, I am very grateful to be given the opportunity to try out the products from TheBigBox.Asia. Where else can you shop in the comfort of your home (or office hehehe) for treats from all over the world?

Highly recommended!

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For more products and promotions, do check out http://www.thebigbox.asia/.

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Do note that I received no monetary compensation for this review, I was provided with the products in order to facilitate my review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. Please do your own research when purchasing products, as your opinions may differ from mine.


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Breadmaker Recipe - Italian Breadsticks

~ Posted on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 5:56 AM ~

It's been a long time since I shared any recipe that uses breadmaker. For this post, I am sharing another recipe I tried and tested, Italian Breadsticks.

Ingredients:
* 200ml room temp water
* 3 tbsp of olive oil (with extra for brushing later)
* 3 cups of bread flour
* 1.5 tsp of salt
* 1.5 tsp dried yeast
* optional for coating - poppy seed, chia seed, sea salt

Italian Breadsticks

Methods: 
* The key is to put in the liquid ingredients, followed by semi liquid and finally the dry ingredients. So add water follow by oil, flour, salt and finally yeast.
* Set the program to "Dough" function.
*  The bread maker will complete the task in 1.5 hours.
* Lightly oil 2 baking sheets and preheat oven to 200°C
* Once the dough is ready in 1.5 hours, take out the dough and place it on a lightly floured surface and punch down the dough. Roll into a rectangle and cut into long strips. Sizewise and lengthwise is really up to you to roll and flatten up.

Italian Breadsticks

* You may roll in the poppy seeds or chia seeds or sea salt if you like. Space well apart each sticks on the baking sheet. Lightly brush with olive oil and cover with clear film (plastic wrap) and leave in a wam place for 10-15 minutes.
* Bake for 10-15 minutes or until golden, turning each sticks once. Transfer to wire rack to cool.

Outcome:

Italian Breadsticks

Our kiddos love this! I actually think the breadsticks tasted like pizza dough, you know the crust part?

Awesome, I will try this again to make pizza base hehehe...

This recipe is definitely for keeps!

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