No one cooks better than my Grandma, seriously. I don’t care how many awards you’ve won or how many hats you have, my grandma’s cooking tops them all. And if you’ve ever eaten her Asam Laksa, you’d know what I mean. Asam Laksa is slightly different from your usual creamy laksa, it’s more of a fishy sour laksa. Probably doesn’t sound too nice from that description, but trust me – it’s amazing!

She only really cooks Asam Laksa once a year for my cousins birthday, so when she does I try fit as much of it in as physically possible; I even skipped lunch to make sure I could eat more. The only problem this year was she’d also cooked an awesome dessert, one that she hasn’t cooked in nearly 20 years: Bubur Cha Cha (Funny name, great dish). As soon as I saw all the pretty colours on the kitchen counter I knew we were in for a treat.

Different families have their own version of Bubur cha cha and none is more right than the other. My grandma’s version has sago (the coloured balls), yam, sweet potato and banana all cooked together in a pandan coconut soup. Once the sago is cooked the colours are super bright.

I felt like such a big kid watching my grandma cook it. I was literally jumping up and down singing “Bubur cha cha, bubur cha cha”. Here’s the finish product, served nice and hot. Perfect for winter.

My grandma is so sweet, she only cooked it because I saw it on a menu the other day and got excited. I didn’t ask her to cook it, in fact I didn’t even know she was cooking it till I got there. Just as well a prerequisite for going to my grandma’s house is a big appetite. YUM!

Nothing beats grandma’s cooking.