Bening Bayam / Spinach Soup

Ingredients

spinach

dried anchovies

onion

garlic

chilli

salt

sugar

msg (optional)

Directions

• in a pot, boil water with chopped garlic, onion and chilli
• add in washed dried anchovies
• add in spinach in boiling water together with salt, sugar and msg to taste
• turn off the heat

Foodnote: Simple nutrituous comfort soup. Nice to eat with just fried egg, sambal belacan and fried fish. I was gifted the japanese spinach by my niece. Cooked half into soup and planning to add it to fried noodle the following day.

Chicken Soup ala Shark's Fin

Ingredients

chicken meat (sliced into strips)

dried prawns

chicken cube

corn flour

baking soda

salt

sugar

pepper

dark soya sauce

fish sauce

sesame oil

white pepper

Directions

• add corn flour, baking soda, salt and a bit of water to the chicken and mix well... put aside
• in a bowl, prepare corn flour mixture mix with water (can be thick or thin)
• in a pot, add a bit of oil and dried prawn
• stir fry for a while and add water till boiling
• add in the chicken cube
• turn off the fire and slowly mix in the corn starch to desired consistency (mix from the bottom so that it won't be lumpy)
• switch on the fire on low
• now flavor it with salt, fish sauce, dark soya sauce (desired color) and do a taste test
• add oil to the chicken so that it wouldn't stick when cooking
• add the chicken bit by bit and stir
• finally add sesame oil for fragrance, sugar and white pepper
• soup is ready

Footnote: Made this before with chicken and leftover beansprout. Love it so much. Today I added more vegetables and it is so yummy! Updated the picture because the previous one doesn't look very appetizing hehe.

Fish Ball Noodle Soup

Ingredients
few pieces of ikan bilis
4-5 fish balls
choice of noodles (I use udon)
few pieces of lettuce
1 tsp of light soya sauce
white pepper powder to taste
ikan bilis cube (optional)
fried shallots
chilli padi
chopped spring onions

Directions

• boil ikan bilis in about 3 cups of water for 10-15 minutes to make ikan bilis stock
• remove ikan bilis or just leave it if you like
• add in fish balls and noodles and let it simmer
• add soya sauce and pepper to taste
• lastly put in lettuce and remove from stove
• pour in bowl and top it with chilli padi, fried shallots and spring onions

Foodnote
This is a very simple and easy recipe for when you want something simple and fast. Better than instant noodle and healthier too. The chilli padi, light soya sauce and pepper can be added afterwards too... adjusting to taste.