Masak lemak cili padi merupakan hidangan tradisional Melayu berasal dari Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Walaupun, ia popular dan disukai di kalangan rakyat Malaysia, ia jarang disediakan oleh golongan bekerjaya dan mempunyai masa yang terhad di rumah. Selain itu, faktor kesukaran untuk mencari bahan mentah dan menyediakan hidangan serta mengekalkan rasa dan kualiti masakan juga menyebabkan hidangan ini jarang disediakan di rumah . Melihat potensi dan keperluannya, satu kajian telah dijalankan untuk menghasilkan Kiub Masak Lemak Cili Padi (KMLCP). Kajian ini dijalankan untuk meninjau tahap penerimaan responden terhadap KMLCP. Instrumen soal selidik menggunakan skala Hedonic telah diedarkan secara rawak kepada 30 orang responden. Data telah dianalisis secara deskriptif dengan menggunakan SPSS versi 21. Analisis menunjukkan bahawa KMLCP diterima pada tahap baik oleh responden dengan nilai min 4.66. Kesimpulannya, KMLCP ini diterima secara optimistik oleh responden.
Citrullus lanatus also known as watermelon that normally consumed raw. Apart from benefits of its flesh, less people know that watermelon rind (WMR) also contains some nutrients. Looking at it potential and benefits to health, a research has been conducted to produce ice cream from the WMR. This study was assigned to determine the presence of antioxidant activity, nutrition content and the acceptance level of respondents towards ice cream made from WMR. As for quantitative instrument, hedonic scale was used in the questionnaire distributed to 30 randomly selected respondents. Descriptive analysis was used to analyse the data collected using SPSS version 23.0. Gas Chromatography-mass spectrometry were used to determine amount of antioxidant, fat, protein, carbohydrate and total energy content of WMR ice cream. Results showed that the presence of antioxidant is at 9.91%, while the amount of fat, protein, carbohydrate and total energy are at 1.5g/100g, 2.7g/100g, 7.7g/100g and 55kcal/100g respectively. It was also indicated that the respondents accepted this ice cream at high level with mean value 4.28. In conclusion, the WMR ice cream is nutritious, highly accepted by respondents and has commercial value.