Hello guys, welcome back to my blog!
So in today's post, I am going to guide you through the process of making the very popular instant Mala hotpot or they called it the 懒人锅 (lazy men's hotpot) and I will share with you how I felt about it, whether I think it is worth buying or is it just a gimmick.
Without further adieu, let's get started! What you will be seeing later in this post is a series of videos on how we prepared the hotpot.
I bought this instant hotpot from KSL Mall in Johor Bahru for RM25 (approx. $8) and this is the cheapest I can find. Q0010 is selling this at $14 per box so if you can't travel to JB you can also get it from Q0010 as well!
I got the Halal one and it came with a packet of quail eggs, a beef sausage, potatoes and black fungus, together with vermicelli, the soup base and a heating pack. It is stated on the cover that one box can serve up to two pax sufficiently. Once you open the cover, there is a step by step cooking instructions which are all printed in Chinese.
Basically, it tells you to pour the soup base paste first on the top layer of the box followed by all the other ingredients that come together with it.
So after you have put all the ingredients on the top layer, pour water in based on the amount of soup you would like. After that, pull out the top layer and place the heating pack on the bottom layer as shown in the video below. PLEASE DO NOT open up the heat pack ar it may cause an explosion!
Moving forward, once you place the heat pack into the bottom layer of the box, pour just enough cold water (must be cold water!) over the heat pack to cover the entire heat pack and then quickly place the top layer of the box back and cover it up with the lid. You will hear a boiling sound coming out almost immediately from the box and you will also see steam coming out from the small hole on the lid!
After fifteen minutes, your food is ready to be served. Do note that at this point of time, the lid is extremely hot so do be careful when you open the lid.
Pour the last packet of chilli oil into the box, stir it well and you may tuck in!
Verdict: I swear this hotpot is super duper spicy and numbing! It's way spicier than Haidilao and I almost couldn't finish it. The smell was really weird (I think it's because of the beef oil paste that they used for the soup base) and I really hated the smell. The potatoes were hard as they were not soaked in the soup long enough. I couldn't really taste anything other than the spiciness as my tongue went numbed after having my first sip of soup.
All in all, this hotpot just wasn't my cup of tea and I would rather spend more money on the real deal. The ingredients tasted really "instant" so in conclusion, this is a nay for me. However, you can still buy it to experience the cooking process yourself but do not have high hopes for it to taste like haidilao.
So that completes this post! Leave a comment and let me know what other food products you want me to review on and I'll see you in my next post.
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