It's ROUND-UP time!!! It is my privilege to be given a chance to host this month's Weekend Wokking, a worldwide food blogging event created by Wandering Chopsticks to celebrate multiple ways an ingredient can be transformed to lovely dishes! For this month, the secret ingredient is "COCONUT".
I was really delighted to receive so many entries of creative and lip-smacking dishes from bloggers around the world (just in case if I missed out anyone, please email to me asap). From appetizing soup to tasty savoury mains to mouth-watering desserts! Read on as I am sure you will be running to your nearest grocer for coconuts after reading this.
HOT SOUPS!
Bravo to Mochacholata-Rita from Hong Kong for her determination and courage. She bought a whole young coconut from the supermarket to crack it up on her own only to find that it is not as easy as it seems to be. Nevertheless, a great effort for her first attempt: Young Coconut and Pork soup. I can imagine how clear and sweet the soup was!
Noob Cook from Singapore submitted her entry featuring my all-time favourite Thai delicacy, Tom Yum Soup with Seafood! Must be really authentic as she bought her Tom Yum paste during her trip to Chatuchak Market in Bangkok. Pass me a bowl please!
NOODLES OODLES
When Imbi & Itchy, a friend of mine who recently moved to Germany told me that she is going to cook something to participate, I knew it would be something really special. True enough, her noodle which she named after herself, Lianne's Dry Prawn Laksa looked simply gorgeous! She happily satisfied her chili cravings by whacking this whole bowl!
PASS ME A BOWL OF RICE PLEASE!!!!
Being the first Weekend Wokking entry for Cobalt Dragon from Ohio, I am totally amazed with his creativity. He reminded me of Remy in Ratatouille. After tasting a dish he loved at a Thai restaurant, he decided to cook his own Coconut Marinated Chicken over Coconut Rice He made up his recipe at home based on what he thought that dish had in it!
Heart and Hearth actually created two lovely Filipino's dishes; one savoury and one sweet dessert. Since the rule of Weekend Wokking only allows one dish per participant, I will only feature the savoury dish here as I find it rather unique to cook stir fry meat and bean using coconut cream/milk. It turned out really good and I reckon it would certainly goes very well with rice; Spicy Minced Pork with French Bean. From the same link, you can also check out her dessert recipe, Maja Blanca Salad.
Cecil aka FoodCraze from Toronto had her first taste of Roti Jala and Kari Kambing (Crepe with Mutton Curry) in Penang, Malaysia and is hooked since then. I agree with her that this is a perfect combo indeed. I just love the colour of her curry; fiery red and flaming orangey!
Using coconut milk instead of yoghurt, Beach Lover from Long Island cooked Malaysian Curry Chicken to please her Hubby. I agree with Beach Lover's choice as curry tastes so much better using coconut milk than other substitute like milk and yoghurt as it is more aromatic, richer and creamier.
Woahh!! Another curry dish, I certainly can feel the heat here, can you? Using ready-made Thai curry paste, ICook4Fun a Malaysian residing in Pennsylvania created Beef Curry with Peanut Sauce using high quality sirloin. Goodness, I am starving now!
SWEET INDULGENCE
Wandering Chopsticks submitted a Vietnamese sweet delicacy; Vietnamese Coconut Tartlets! Perfect golden in colour, don't you feel like just popping one into your mouth? In her posts, she also listed a number of Vietnamese dishes using coconut, so do go and check it out!
The sisters, TS and JS of [eatingclub] vancouver shared with us the recipe for Bibingka, a common sweet treat in Manila. I find it very interesting as the recipe also calls for salted duck eggs but since they could not find any that day, these two geniuses substituted it with cheese! Reading the way they described the taste of Bibingka almost made me book the next flight to Manila.
Tropical Parfait anyone? Rita of Pink Bites in Seattle decided to forgo the berries and opt to combine mangoes with coconut instead. The end result? See for yourself!
Forget about the same ol'vanilla brulee as Blazing Hot Wok assured, once you have tried her Pumpkin Coconut Creme Brulee, you will certainly agree that it is the best you have ever tasted!
A big thank you to my fellow food blogger from Malaysia, Ai Wei for rushing to post up her soft and fluffy Pandan Coconut Chiffon Cake so that she can participate in this event as well.
Lastly, I decided to convert my all-time favourite Iced Cendol dessert into Coconut Cendol Jelly!
Once again, a big thank you for all the wonderful entries. Hope everyone enjoyed the round-up as much as I do.
SECRET INGREDIENT REVEALED
Wanna know the secret ingredient for November? *Drums rolling*.......PUMPKIN!!!! So, put on your apron and start cooking! Looking forward to great entries from you guys and girls out there.
NEXT HOST!
The host for November is Ning of Heart and Hearth. Round-up is on Wednesday, November 5. So, please send your entry by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, November 2 to heartandhearth_blog (at) yahoo (dot) com.
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26 comments:
Fabulous round-up. I think this has been my favorite collection of recipes so far. Thanks so much for organizing. Love pumpkin. I've got the perfect recipe too. :)
Oooh the parfait looks SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOD!!!
wandering chopsticks: Thanks for the compliment and a chance for me to host WW!
nastasshea: Nice right? I was also attracted the moment i saw it.
gosh!!! they are really creative. gonna have a try on these recipe. thanks for hosting up this round ^^
Wow...so much coconut-based food:p
Interesting to look at but not for me to try though...I have problem with coconut milk especially...too bad:p
fabulous round up Ivy and what a host you are. you made everything sounds so yummy, my stomack here cannot take it lah. hehehe, and thanks for the reminder too!
ai wei and lianne: I should be the one thanking you for 'entertaining' my request at so last minute. :)
christy: Aww..never mind, feast your eyes not your stomach this time round ok?
so many tasty coconut creations to drool at :)~~ thanks for posting, love the round up ^^
Thanks for posting! These all look so delicious - I need more time so I can try to make some of them.
Hopefully I can participate again next month, it was fun.
What a nice post! Great job!
I will try some of the soups for sure...We love them here at home.
Punpkin is a great choice for this month, very apropriate!
Thanks for hosting and thank you for the wonderful round-up. So many coconut dishes here: I'm going to have to put some of these savoury applications in the queue and hopefully TS grow to love coconut as much as I do.
noobcook, cobalt dragon, rita and JS: Thank you for your delicious entries. I was really drooling as during the drafting of this post. Looking forward to see your pumpkin dish next! :)
Thank you Pea for hosting. Looking forward to the next one :)
wow, i can see the versatility of the coconut being maximised...nice work there, precious pea! :)
thank you for hosting and give me the chance to participate..I'm looking forward for next pumpkin entry! hallawoon dish!
Coconut...that is what makes curry so delectable! Nice round up..too bad I miss this round.
Thanks for a fabulous round-up! So many interesting coconut dishes! And the "pumpkin" is just appropriate for October-November round-up! Now, should I be cooking the coconut dishes or start with the pumpkin? :)
and this is precisely why, yoghurt will never replace coconut.. haha
You are doing such an awesome job, Ivy! I love all the entries, what a coconut feast round up. Oh and thanks for replying to my late night email..I felt kinda silly! ;)
icook4fun: Me too! Thinking hard now what I should cook with pumpkin.
nic: Yes and definitely more we can create with coconuts but then again, can't eat too often. Artery clogging!
beachlover: Haha..yes, thinking of carving a Pumpkin and submit it as my entry. I have only roasted pumpkin so now cracking my head for recipe!
tigerfish: No problem for missing this one, always next. Going to participate next round?
ning: Haha..another 29 days to go...i suggest..BOTH! Hmm...suddenly thinking of mashed pumpkin with coconut ice-cream!
cumi and ciki: Haha..yalor..cos yoghurt too healty. Healty food doesn't taste as good as sinful stuff ;)
cecil: Thank you for the compliment. I was glad to be given a chance to host and thank you for your entry too!
the dry prawn laksa looks really good, thanks for the link ~ ^_^
What a fantastic round-up! So many wonderful entries. There is not one dish on here I'm not dying to try.
Pumpkin. Awesome! I've got a few ideas swirling around in my head.
Nice round-up! =) The entries are getting better and better. Hmmm, pumpkin, eh? That's going to be challenging!
ling239: Looks good hor? i can imagine how rich and concentrated the gravy is.
darlene: Totally agree with you. All dishes look absolutely mouthwatering. If only the host given a chance to taste each and every dish. Hahaha!
ts: Your bibingka..gosh...really curious how it taste like! Looking forward to your pumpkin dish.
Great roundup!!
Gosh, I'm so tempted to participate in the next round too!
Gotta love coconut! Would love to try some of the recipes some time. Good job, sista!!
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