Quick and easy…

My girl bought this…

…made-in-Singapore product at a supermarket here for only RM3.99 but I guess that was because it was about to expire. I peeled off the price tag to look at the one it was stuck over and the price there was RM9.50.

Unfortunately, she looked at the ingredients and saw that there were things she had to avoid like wheat, oats and barley. Huh??? In a packet of beef rendang with rice? I guess those would be the multi-grains mentioned on the packet…

Well, since she would not be able to eat that, I decided to go ahead and give it a try myself.

According to the instructions at the back, I was supposed to immerse it in boiling water and cook for 8-10 minutes and I was expecting to find a pouch inside like in the case of their other products but no, there wasn’t any…

Oh dear!!! In the end, I just folded the packet closed and boiled it and when the time was up, I emptied the contents onto a plate…

Yes, it was very nice! It had the fragrance of all the spices and other ingredients used, the rice was just right, neither hard nor overcooked and soggy and the beef was tender enough for old toothless me. However, at RM9.50, if that is the original price, I think I would go for the same or something similar that is freshly cooked and served like beef curry or masak hitam at the stalls here.

I dropped by the supermarket myself a few days ago and I saw this…

I guess that was on special offer too but the expiry date would not be till December so I have ample time. I have not tried it yet but will do so soon. For one thing, I find their products to my liking, those that I’ve tried and I must say it is so very convenient to have in the house to cook and eat, real quick and easy.