Apologies & TTRice

My apologies for the lack of recipes from myself. I'm just currently in the midst of moving to a new food lab and everything is in a mess. I did, however, manage to jot down a recipe for Tuna & Tomato Rice that i mixed together a while back. The recipe is extremely simple and doesn't take long to cook. I hope you enjoy it and i'm sorry this recipe does not have a picture.

Ingredients
1 Cup of Rice (cooked)
1 Can of Tuna (preferably chilli tuna mix)
1 Can Chopped Tomatoes
Basil (or other spices - optional)
Tomato Ketchup

Method
1. Mix the tuna and the chopped tomatos in a wok or big pot until it has been properly mixed and has wamed up
2. Mix the rice in and stir until everything is mixed together well.
3. Spices, like basil and parsley, can be added to the dish in addition to add a bit more flavour.
4. Add in tomato ketchup as needed/suited to add a more tomato-y flavour.

It takes approximately 15 minutes to cook (after the rice has finished boiling - so about 25 minutes in total).

Trout Rice bake

Ingredients
1 onion chopped
1 1/4 cup long grain rice
1 1/2 bowl fish stock
1 200g piece of trout, slices into small pieces
chopped parsley
mozzarella cheese
1 tomato sliced
2tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper

Method
1. lighty fry onion and rice together in the pan with oil
2. when fragrant, put into casserole dish, pour boiling fish stock over
3. Mix trout, and parsley in, sprinkle pepper and salt over, place tomatoes and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top, Cover with foil and bake for 20-30 mins.
4. Take off foil, and bake for 5 mins till top is lightly browned.

Tasty tasty porridge (congee)

Ingredients
1 cup rice (washed and soaked for 30 mins)
1tsp olive oil
1/2 tsp sesame oil
10 small dried lychees
1 piece peeled ginger sliced thinly
5 small dried oysters
4 small dried scallops
1 1/2 litre filtered water
pinch of salt and pepper

Optional
100g small pieces meat (e.g pork, beef, chicken) mixed with 1tbsp rice wine
these can be thrown in 10 mins before porridge is done

Method
1. Mix rice with olive oil, sesame oil and dash of salt
2. Put all ingredients in rice cooker with rice and water and put on slow cook for about 2 hours to get a fine texture.
3. when done, garnish with chopped spring onions & pepper, and serve with salted egg/ ikan bilis.

Su's Seafood Spaghetti

This has a light tomato sauce with a dash of white wine. Cook spaghetti in a pot of boiling water with a dash of salt and 2tbsp olive oil.. do not cook till spaghetti limp, must be semi-hard.

Serves - 1
Preparation - 15 mins
Cooking time - 20 mins

150g half-cooked spaghetti
3 Cloves Garlic chopped
1 Bowl of mix seafood (clams/mussels, prawns, squid) cleaned and washed
3/4 sticks of Crabmeat sliced
7 capers
1 bowl of water
1 1/2 tbsp Tomato Puree
1 teaspoon Worchestershire sauce
Finely chopped Parsley
White wine
Salt and pepper (preferably crushed Black pepper)
Olive Oil

1. Heat 2 Tbsp olive oil in pan on low heat, add garlic fry till brown.
2. Add in bowl of seafood, fry with garlic and add a dash of Salt and Pepper
3. Turn up to medium heat and continue frying for about 2-3 mins
4. Pour in 1/2 bowl of water, add a dash of parsley and salt and pepper. Turn up heat to high.
5. Keep mixing till water is evaporated.
6. Add in 2 tbsp of olive oil, crabmeat and capers.
7. Fry till capers fragrant, then add in a dash of parsley again and 2 tbsp of wine (lower heat) mix.
8. Then add in remaining 1/2 bowl of water, tomato puree, dash of salt and pepper and worchestershire sauce.
9. Mix and when bubbling add in spaghetti...mix for 2-3 mins until spaghetti covered with sauce and cooked.
10. Serve with black pepper and chopped parsley on top.

Fishball Noodle soup

Preparation : 5 mins
Cooking time : 10-15 mins

Serves 1-2

Ingredients
2 Tbsp oil
1 cup chopped chinese cabbage
1 handful small ikan bilis (wash and drain in a sieve)
4 peeled and bruised garlic cloves
2 small pieces ginger peeled and chopped
6-7 cups of water
salt and pepper
8 fishballs
Beehoon noodles (depends how much you want!) blanched in boiling water for 3 mins

Optional
fried shallots
chopped spring onions

Method
1. Heat oil in saucepan, add in garlic and ginger, fry till fragrant
2. Add in ikan bilis and fry for about 2 mins, then add water.
3. Boil for about 5 mins then take out ginger and garlic pieces.
4. Add in Fishballs and chinese cabbage then boil for about another 5 mins, add salt & pepper to tast.
5. Pour soup over noodles and serve with fried shallots and spring onions on top :)

Simple Chicken & Mushroom Risotto

This recipe is relatively easy but quite time consuming. It has a light white wine and tomato sauce, however if you prefer to leave out the white wine it tastes just as good too.

Preparation : 10 mins
Cooking time : 30-35mins

Serves : 1-2

Ingredients
220g Risotto rice
1 bowl of chicken/vegetable broth (1 chicken stock mixed in with boiling water)
100g Chicken meat pieces
1/2 finely chopped onion
1 crushed garlic clove
50g sliced white cup mushrooms
3-4 tbsp chopped tomatoes
2-3 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp white wine

Optional
Black pepper
parsley
grated cheese

Method
1. Heat oil in medium sized saucepan, light sautee garlic and onion
2. Add in risotto rice and coat with mixture
3. Add in chicken pieces, mushrooms and tomatoes and lighty fry for 2 mins
4. Pour in white wine and continue stirring
5. Add in abit of stock and bring to a boil, continue stirring.
6. Repeat the step above until stock is gone and absorbed by the rice. Stirring must be constant.
7. Rice is done when it has expanded and is soft with a creamy texture.
8. Serve with chopped parsley, grated cheese and ground black pepper on top.

SPECIAL INGREDIENT REVEALED IN CURRY!!!

ATTENTION ALL CURRY LOVING (BUT I HATE IT) PATIENTS!

After careful research and preparation in the lab, it has been discovered by Dr. Scarecrow that putting in a special ingredient into your curry makes it taste more exciting and unique.

"It's a cure for curry lovers who hate curry. To clarify that statement, if you eat too much curry you tend to not enjoy the aroma and magnificient taste of curries no longer. Curritoomarch syndrome we call it, but putting this special ingredient in while you're cooking your curries lifts this sickness and lets you enjoy the wonderful taste of curry again."

And what is this ingredient Dr. Scarecrow?

"Peaches!"

Queer?

"Thing is, the sweetness of the peach gives a great contrast to the curry. You have a number of salty ingredients in the food, and the sweetness of the peaches gives it a more exciting blend. I urge all curry lovers and people suffering from curritoomarch syndrome to try this out. Add peaches to your curry while you're cooking it."

You've got the cure - now try it.

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