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A very Good evening to you, dear friends

I have just finished cooking dinner for my family, and at the last minute, I decided to make this Easy Steamed Egg Cake – Malay Style (recipe provided earlier here ) for dessert. Wow, the cake is so moist and soft that I had it first before dinner! All it took was only 10 to 15 minutes to prepare the batter (remember to preheat the tray in the steamer, ok? ), and then steam it for 30 minutes.

Oh, I also want to let you all know that my posting on this eggcake recipe got the most hits among all my posts! Wow, I am just amazed that such a simple recipe got so much interest….and I would like to thank all of you for visiting and supporting my blog!

Now, I have this super, yummy recipe for Lamb Chops just for you ………a dish that I would cook whenever the weather is not so hot, because according to Traditional Chinese Medicine, eating lamb will make our body more “yang” or heaty……..i.e. we would feel hotter, sweat more, etc………but for those of you that have cold seasons, especially in the cold, wintry months……..ah, this is the perfect recipe for you to cook for your loved ones! I have a friend from the forum who cooked this dish for her family for the first time and she said her family loved it very much. Hope you will, too!

Before I forget, I would like to you to know that I use the same marinade here for the lamb chops for other meats like my beef steaks, chicken chops, pork chops as well. Hehe, I guess you can call it my “special marinade“. You can adjust the proportion of meat and ingredients for the marinade according to your preference.

Lamb Chops

10 large pieces lamb chops, cleaned and wiped dry

Marinade:

Juice from a 2-inch knob of ginger (pound and squeeze juice out)

5 tbsp of wine (any type, I had used raisin wine. Red wine is good, too)

3 tbsp freshly cracked black pepper

6 large cloves garlic, pound into a paste

4 tbsp oyster sauce

3 tbsp soy sauce

1 1/2 tbsp salt

3 tbsp brown sugar

1 tsp meat tenderizer

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Method:

1) In a large bowl, mix thoroughly all the ingredients for the marinade.

2) Put in the lamb chops and rub marinade into them for about 3 – 5 minutes. Remember to “massage” the lamb with all your love and thoughts that you are doing this out of love for your family or partners or good friends! Ah, this is my secret to the ” yumminess” of the food that I cook for my family.

3) Leave lamb chops to marinate for at least 3 hours, but if you leave them in the refrigerator overnight, the taste is even better.

4) 1 hour before cooking, take out lamb chops from the refrigerator.

5) Heat enough oil to cover the bottom of a frying pan. I mixed olive oil and a local brand of cooking oil. When oil is hot, fry about 3 pieces of lamb at a time, covering with a lid because there will be a lot of oil spattering. Also, with the lid, cooking time is a bit reduced.

6) Cook each side of chop for about 3 minutes or to the degree of doneness that you like. The chops will be nicely browned and a bit charred due to the brown sugar caramelizing, but this adds to the wonderful fragrance and taste.

Note – The chops will taste even more superb if you can grill or barbeque it over hot charcoals.

7) Remove and serve hot with your favourite side dishes, like fries, coleslaw or scalloped potatoes. Some mint sauce at the side would be good ,too.

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Home made Mint Sauce

2 cups mint leaves

2 cloves garlic

Juice from 1 lemon

2 tbsps white vinegar

1 tbsp sugar, bit of pepper

2 tbsps Olive oil

*** Blend all ingredients. Pour sauce into a nice, little serving bowl. Keep refrigerated until serving time. Oh, you can adjust the seasoning according to your own taste preference.

Bon Appetit to all,

choesf