Fish Soup Noodle

Serves : 1 pax
Preparation time : 5 mins
Cooking time : 10 mins

Ingredients
2 slice of Ginger
Toman fillet fish or any white meat fish such as threadfin
Lettuce,Tomatoes,toufu and mushrooms (own choice) 

Carnation milk (optional)

Methods
Fill the pot to at least half and leave it to boil.

Add sliced ginger,noodles.

After which add all other ingredients (lettuce, tomatoes, toufu and mushrooms). Do not cook too long to achieve crunchness in lettuce and tomatoes. 

Lastly, add the sliced fishes. (Note: Wash the fish with salt to remove smell and slice the fish thinly to achieve fine texture on palate). Add salt to own tasting. 

Fish soup noodle is definitely one of my favourite dish. When comes to eating fish soup noodle outside, I am very particular with the type of fish they used. I do not like fishes that have very strong fishy smell and especially its dry and thick texture. I could name a few, the one i love would be at Eastpoint Foodcourt and the other one at Tamp ezlink foodcourt (interchange). Their fish is fresh and soup is really tasty. 

Fish soup is very easy to cook, requires little effort and inexpensive. 

I was not feeling too good the other day and he went to the supermarket early morning to get the ingredients and cooked for me. *smiles on my face. Simple meal like this brightens up my day !   

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Crispy prata wrapped with smoked salmon, sausages and crabsticks

Serves : 1 pax
Preparation time : 5 mins
Cooking time : 10 mins

Ingredients
Prata (NTUC house brand)
1/2 egg beaten and seasoned with pepper and/or salt
Lettuce (chopped)

 
Main filling
Smoked salmon / sausages / crabsticks 

Spread on prata
1tsp of mayo
1tsp of ketchap 
sprinkle of pepper
 
Methods
Heat oil in pan and fry the frozen prata.

Pour the egg and rotate it to achieve a thin slice of fried egg.
Spread the ready mixed mayo, ketchap and pepper onto the prata.
Add the lettuce and main filling and rolled it UP !! 

What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you are out at night for supper? Prata ! What's the first thing that you would consider ordering in the menu list when eating Jap food? Salmon !  Have you ever heard of Prata sausages? Sausages ! How does a Prata egg wrapped with Salmon with sausages and additional Crabsticks sound ?? AWESOME BOSSOM. Credits goes to Edmund. I simply enjoy the heavenly food laid on the table. Bliss. 

There are three different type of prata filling and the very first bite i tried was the salmon. Prata egg with salmon ! WOW... I wouldn't thought of that combination. He did. Trust me, the taste was heavenly. Crispy prata wrapped with egg taste good, wrapped with salmon and spread sauce is simply a BOMB. That's my favourite among the three. Followed by prata egg with sausages and crabsticks. 

Apart from the main dish, Edmund even prepared a side fruit salad to go along with the BOMB. The fruit salad is perfect ! I am not a big fan of yogurt but the cuts fruits ( apple, orange and rasins) mixed with yogurt is SLURPS.. TRY IT ! 

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Rosti the swiss rost

Serves : 2 - 3 pax
Preparation time : 15mins
Cooking time : 20mins

Ingredients
3 pototoes (Depends on your hunger. lolx)
Pinch of salt and pepper
2 tbsp of vegetable oil and 2tbsp of butter

Methods
Peel and coarsely grate the potatoes.
Sprinkle a bit of salt and pepper for better taste
Prepare the frying pan, add oil and butter. Reduce to medium heat.
Throw in the grated potatoes to the pan. Cook for 30-40mins. Press the rosti down with your turner.
Turn over to cook for another 30mins.
Serve while it is hot!

This is the popular fried potato pancake you will find at Marche which could be easily served at home. We tried a few recipes from the web, with egg, without egg, mashed or coarsely grated and concluded that traditional plain rosti tasted the best.
For those who savour the bite of baked potato, above is the recipe of the traditional swiss rosti for 2.
It is that simple and will definitely satisfy you. This dish can be compliment with wurst sausages and mustard ( or mayonnaise). A few branches of blanched broccoli as a side will be good :).

Enjoy!

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Fried Rice with french bean, crab stick and chicken cubes

Serves : 3 -5 pax
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time : 20 mins

Ingredients
French Beans
200g Chicken fillet (cubed or shredded as desired)
10 Crabsticks
5 Eggs (more if desired)
3 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
1 onion (diced)
Vegetable Oil
5 cups of cooked rice

2 - 3 teaspoon Light Soy sauce
2 - 3 teaspoon Oyster sauce
Salt and pepper - add to own tasting

Methods

Heat up the wok and add oil. When the oil is ready add in the garlic and onion, cook till the garlic turn slightly brown.
Add the diced chicken to the wok to cook. Then, add in the crabstick and french bean. Place the cooked ingredients on a plate.
Heat the wok with about 2 tbsp of oil. When it is hot, add in the eggs and scramble till it is 3/4 cooked.
Add in the rice and mix well with the eggs.
Add 2tbsp of oyster sauce and sprinkle in salt and pepper. Continuously turn the rice over.
Once the rice is coated with the flavours. Add in the fried ingredient and mix well.

Fried rice is an easy quick dish to prepared and is a great way to use left-over rice. This old traditional dish allows you to use your creativity and add in all your favourite ingredients. Mel  chose French bean which I did not like the idea at first, but who knows the fried rice turns out tasty after all.

Simple and quick, your fried rice is ready to serve. Enjoy !!!

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Sweet Cauliflower with carrots and green capsicum

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Tasty Mushroom Spaghetti

Serves : 2 - 3 pax
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time : 15 mins

Ingredients
Handful of spaghetti (Depends on serving)
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1pckt of Portobello Mushrooms
Spaghetti sauce










Methods (pasta mushroom sauce)
Slice the mushrooms.
Put the olive oil in a very hot frying pan, and add the mushrooms.
Let them fry fast, tossing once or twice, then add the garlic and chile with a pinch of salt (it is very important to season mushrooms slightly, as it really brings out the flavor).
Continue to fry fast for 4 to 5 minutes, tossing regularly.
Pour ready make spaghetti sauce.

Methods (pasta noodle)
Fill a pot with half filled of water and set it to boil.
When the water comes to a boil, add 1 tablespoon of coarse salt.
Check the pasta package for pasta cooking time. No time? See below.
When the water comes back to a rolling boil, add the pasta and give it a good stir to separate the pieces.
Stir occasionally to keep the pasta pieces from sticking to each other or the pot.
A minute before the pasta cooking time is up, fish out a piece of pasta and check for doneness.
Fresh pasta, especially egg pasta (fettuccine,lasagna) cooks quickly, 3-5 minutes.

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20 mins Steak with broccoli and baked potatoes

 

Cooking a steak don't seem easy and you may worry that it will end up tough or not even getting the right flavour. I love this Jamie Oliver 'perfect steak' tube. The steak i managed (picture above) is about medium well i guess. :)

 

Let Jamie Oliver teach you to cook up a delicious steak in 20mins! 

Know your beef!

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Making and Cooking Udon

This is our first cooking class at Red Dot Museum with Chef Shunsuke Kusubashi, 'The making of Udon'. The class is conducted in a public space at level one together with other mini set-up space selling various kinds of handicrafts and clothes. It was nothing like any other ordinary cooking class held in a classroom filled with equipments etc.


To our astonishment, it was indeed a simple set-up space. Class starts at 1400 and there were only us and a mother with her small boy probably age 4 years old. He was so adorable with his cooking hat on. We too had nice aprons bought from IKEA!

It was an interesting cooking process especially to see how horrible looking Edmund's udon turn out to be. It was very QQ indeed. We didn't sprinkle much flour onto the kneaded dough and when we had to separate the cut noodles, it started to stick real bad. We had no choice but to pull apart the sticky cut noodles apart. 'This explains why the noodle turn out super QQ'. haha! As for those who are interested to make your own Udon. It's very simple !! Just have to form the dough, knead it and cut. Refer below for detailed steps. All the best !

Serves : 2 - 3 pax
Preparation time: 30 mins
Cooking time : 15 mins

Ingredients
AP flour 250grams
Bowl 30-50cm
Saltwater 150grams
Scale 1kg - 5kg
Rollin Pin
Plastic Bag
Cutting board and colander
Knife and large cooking pot

Methods

Step 1: Mixing the ingredient

Pour flour in the bowl and combine flour and most of saltwater slowly by lifting the mixture several times.
Adjust texture with the rest of saltwater and mix evenly to avoid any crumble
Achieve the texture similar to your ear lobe.

Step 2: Kneading 

Knead the dough inward to achieve smooth and even texture.

Step 3: Put in a plastic to avoid drying 

Put the kneaded dough in a plastic to avoid drying and let it rest for about 30mins to 1hour.

Step 4: Rolling the noodle

Put the dough on the table and roll out once to flatten noodle to even consistent thickness.
Roll the dough on the pin to make noodle thinner. Put the hand in the center of the pin first, and slowly work the noodle outward.
Do this a few times to achieve 3 to 4mm thickness. Sprinkle enough flour to prevent sticking.
Fold the dough in according shape for cutting the NOODLE.

Step 5: Cutting

Cut the noodle in 3 to 4mm in 90degree angle.
After cutting, separate the noodle from each other and remove excess flour.

Step 6: Cooking and draining

Boil the water in large pot and add the noodles gently.
Cook on high heat, stir as needed.
Cook for about 3mins and drain.
Wash off the noodle with cold water to take off the excess slime and drain in colander.

Happy Cooking ! :)

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