ABC soup

A Chinese classic soup which its nutritious and comforting. It's probably one of the simplest to cook too. 

Ingredients

1 whole chicken (pork ribs can be added for more flavour), remove fat/skin and rub with salt

A pot of water

2-3 potatoes peeled and cut to chunks

1 large yellow onion roughly chopped

2 carrots peeled and cut to chunks

1 tomato sliced to 6 wedges

salt to taste

optional: 1 small white raddish or sweet corn cob

Instructions

Blanch pork ribs/chicken in boiling water for about 5 minutes and set aside.

Add water, blanched pork ribs and the rest of the ingredients (except salt) into a soup pot. 

Bring to a boil, then simmer over low fire for another 40 mins. Skim off oil when necessary, season to taste with salt. The flavour will set in an hour or so in small boil, enjoy the natural sweetness in the vegetables!

Pork ribs soup with carrot and raddish: 159kcal/bowl

Chicken soup with corn: 107kcal/bowl

Hand-made noodles in laksa gravy

A home recipe loved by the family and relatives. It's hard to find ban mian (hand-made noodles) with laksa gravy. Some might think you'll get the ger-luk taste (sick of getting after a few spoonfuls), but when paired with mint leaves, it brings about a refreshing taste!

Ingredients

Hand-made noodles

1kg plain flour

1 egg

water

Laksa gravy

Dried shrimps - 200gm

Lemon grass - 2 stalks

Chilli paste for laksa/chicken curry

Coconut milk / fresh milk - 1 pack

Water (if needed)

Cockles / chicken

Mint leaves for garnish

Instructions
Hand-made noodles:
Pour the flour into a large plate and create a ‘volcano-like’shape. Add in water into the flour and knead into a dough. Include beaten egg into the dough to create the ‘Q’ effect!

It should form like this.

Roll out the dough into pancake sized circles and slice into strips of noodles. Alternatively you could just pull the dough out anyway you want to have it like Mee Hoon Kuay.

Stir-fry the dried shrimps to bring out its flavour.

Add in chilli paste (3/4 of what you have prepared) and lemon grass.

Add in coconut milk/fresh milk (for healthier alternative) and allow the gravy to boil.

Simmer in small fire till dried shrimps and lemon grass softens.

Stir-fry remaining ¼ of chilli paste and add in cockles/chicken.

Boil the noodles in a separate pot of boiling water.

Add in laksa gravy to the noodles and serve with cockles/chicken and mint leaves.

1 bowl est 700kcal

Work it out: Yes, we know laksa is high in calories but its worth the taste! Intensive cardio for an hour or more would help burn it out.