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.