Ingredients	Quantity/Comments
Meat	500 gram, roast chicken or chicken pieces
Carrots	2 small, thumb size
Celery	2 stalks, thumb size
Onions	2 quartered
Tomato	1 large, quartered
Mushrooms	0.5 cup, button
Water	0.5 cup
Chicken soup	1 can

Stir-fry onions in oil till fragrant and soft. Add carrots and celery and some water, stir-fry. Cover and cooked till vegetables are softened. Add in chicken pieces and mix well, add mushrooms.
Add in canned chicken soup or chicken stew mix. Bring to boil. Add tomatoes. Simmer for 5 minutes.

Time to prepare: 30 minutes

Chicken stew (4 persons), Chinese style

Ingredient	Quantity/Comments
Meat	500 gram, roast chicken or chicken pieces
Carrots	2 small, thumb size
Celery	2 stalks, thumb size
Onions	2 quartered
Tomato	1 large, quartered
Mushrooms	0.5 cup, button
Water	0.5 cup
Soy sauce	1 tbsp
Cooking wine	1 tbsp
Seasonings	salt and pepper

Stir-fry onions in oil till fragrant and soft. Add carrots and celery and some water, stir-fry. Cover and cooked till vegetables are softened. Add in chicken pieces and mix well, add mushrooms. Add in seasonings. Bring to boil. Add tomatoes. Simmer for 5 minutes.

Time to prepare: 30 minutes

Curry Sardines (4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity/Comments
Curry leaves	2 stalks
Sardines in tomato sauce	1 can, Ayam or A1 brand
Curry paste	1 packet, Home gourmet/ fresh Singapore $1
Onion	1 large, quartered
Tomato	2 large, quartered
Eggplant	0.5 large pieces
Okra	3 thumb size pieces
Lime juice	2 tbsp or assam juice
Oil	1 tbsp
Water	enough to cover vegetables
Fish curry spices	1 portion - fennel, mustard seeds (if available)

Mix curry paste with half cup water and blend evenly. Heat up oil in deep pot and stir-fry onions and curry leaves & spices, till fragrant. Lower flame. Add in curry paste and stir-fry quickly for 15 seconds (this burns easily, add some water if necessary). Add in vegetables and fry till evenly mixed. Add just enough assam water to cover vegetables, bring to boil. Cover pot and simmer till vegetables begin to soften. Add tomatoes (and lime juice if this is used instead of assam) and mix. Finally add sardines. Mix the sardine sauce in gently, without breaking the fish. Bring to boil again and serve hot with white rice.

Time to prepare: 30 minutes

Fried Rice (4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity/Comments
Instant rice	white, brown or wild.
Water	according to packet instructions
Peas	fresh or frozen or canned
Carrots	fresh or frozen or canned
Vegetables	fresh, beans, carrots or celery
Meat	sausages or salami or ham or corned beef or any left-over meat
Ikan bilis	if available, use instead of meat
Spices	pepper, chilli powder, dried herbs
Chilli	Chilli padi or regular chilli

Boil vegetables with some salt, and when softened, add in instant rice and bring to boil, and simmer till water is all absorbed. Season with pepper, chilli, chilli padi or other herbs. Add in fish or meat. Serve with green salad

Time to Prepare: 25 minutes

Fried Rice (regular, 4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity/Comments
Rice	instant or regular
Water	according to packet instructions
Peas	fresh or frozen or canned
Carrots	fresh or frozen or canned
Vegetables	fresh, beans, carrots or celery
Meat	sausages or salami or ham or corned beef or any leftover meat
Ikan bilis	if available, use instead of meat
Spices	pepper, chilli powder, dried herbs
Chilli	Chilli padi or regular chilli
Oil	2 tbsp
Eggs	2

Cook rice in usual way and leave to cool, and preferably overnight. Heat oil in pan, fry onions and preserved meat till fragrant, push aside and crack eggs in middle of pan and scramble. Add in rice and mix well. Add pepper and spices to taste.

Time to Prepare: 1 hour (depending on rice)

Mexican wraps (4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity/Comments
Tortilla	or chappati
Lettuce	a few leafs as needed
Tomato	large, sliced, or cherries
Chicken	roasted, shredded
Salsa	bottled

Heat up tortillas or chappatis (Indian flat bread) following package instructions. Place lettuce leaf, shredded chicken, tomatoes, salsa (if available) or tomato paste on tortilla and wrapped tightly.

Time to Prepare: 10 minutes

Olive pasta (2 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity /Comments
Garlic	8 cloves, finely chopped
Black Olives	1 can, chopped,
Pasta	200 grams, any type

Cook pasta according to instructions, with some salt and olive oil. Drain dry. Heat olive oil in frying pan and stir fry garlic and chopped black olives till fragrant. Add in pepper, and mix well with pasta. Serve hot.

Time to prepare: 20 minutes.

Ratatouille pasta (4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity /Comments
Pasta	300 grams, penne, macaroni, spirals
Ratatouille	1 can
Meat	bacon, salami or sausage
Herbs	mixed Italian

Cook bacon or sausage or salami in large pot. Remove meat and add water to prepare pasta according to instructions. When done, drain, but leave a little fluid in pot with pasta. Add in ratatouille and mix well over low heat. Remove from heat, add in meat and Italian herbs.

Time to prepare: 20 minutes

Sambal stir fried vegetables (4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity /Comments
Garlic	2 cloves, minced
Sambal	2 tbsp - bottled or fresh, with dried prawns
Vegetables	600 grams, leafy, kangkong
Oil	1.5 tbsp

Stir fry garlic till fragrant, add vegetables and stir fry till soft. Add some water if necessary. Stir in sambal and mix well.

Time to prepare: 20 minutes

Stir fried vegetables (4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity /Comments
Garlic	6 cloves, smashed
Seasonings	pepper, soy sauce or salt OR stock cube
Vegetables	600 grams. Root (celery, carrots), beans or leafy (any type)
Mushrooms	1 cup, any type, fresh or canned
Seafood	optional

Heat oil and stir fry garlic till fragrant. Add vegetables and seasonings. Add water and cover for short time (1 min for leafy and 2-3 minutes for root) , Add mushrooms and/or seafood.

Time to prepare: 30 minutes

Tamarind Soup (4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity /Comments
Tamarind paste	1 Home Gourmet brand
Eggplant	0.5 large pieces
Okra	2 thumb size
Tomato	1 quartered
Onion	1 quartered
Water	4 cups
Oil	1 Tbsp

Stir fry the tamarind paste over gentle flame, add water and bring to boil. Add in onions and vegetables, bring to boil and simmer till soft. Add in tomatoes and tuna, bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes

Time to prepare: 15 minutes

Thai Basil chicken/pork (4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity/Comments
Meat	500 gram, roast chicken, pork or chicken breast (cubed)
Basil	1 cup, Thai basil
Chilli padi	4 sliced
Fish sauce	1 tbsp
Sugar	2 tsp
Lime juice	2 tbsp
Peppercorns	4 bunches, green, if available, or black pepper
Garlic	4 cloves, chopped

Heat oil and stir fry garlic till fragrant. Add Thai basil mix or seasonings. Add chicken or roast pork and fry till cooked and very fragrant. Add in basil leaves and green pepper corns and chilli padi. Garnish with fresh basil leaves.

Time to prepare: 20 minutes

Tomyam (4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity /Comments
Water	4 cups
Seafood	shelves, prawns, squids etc or 2 cans tuna in brine
Mushrooms	1 cup button, straw, fresh or canned
tomyam paste	1 tbsp (Home Gourmet or Holly Farm)
Onion	1 large, quartered
Tomato	1 quartered
Oil	1 tbsp

Stir fry paste till fragrant. Add water and bring to boil. Add seafood and onions, bring quickly to boil. Add tomatoes and mushrooms and bring to boil again. Serve with white rice.

Time to prepare: 15 minutes

Tomyam soup (original), 4 persons

Ingredient	Quantity /Comments
Lemongrass	4 stalks, cut off long leaves, smash bulbs
Galangal	1 thumb size, slice thickly
Chilli padi	10 remove stems, slice lengthwise
Lime leaves	8 leaves
Lime juice	0.5 cup
Sugar	1 tbsp or to taste
Fish sauce	1 tbsp or to taste
Water	fish, prawns, squids etc or 2 cans tuna in brine
Mushrooms	1 cup button, straw, fresh or canned
Onion	1 large, quartered
Tomato	1 quartered.

Boil water with stock cube, and add lemongrass, galangal, chilli padi, lime leaves. When fragrant, add lime juice, sugar and fish sauce, according to taste. Add seafood and onions and bring to boil again, bring quickly to boil. Add tomatoes and mushrooms and bring to boil again bring to boil again. Serve with white rice.

Time to prepare: 30 minutes

Tuna pasta with olives (4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity /Comments
Pasta	300 gram, any type
Tuna	2 cans, in brine.
Green olives	15 stuffed with pimentoes, sliced
Egg	2 hard boiled, sliced
Lime juice	1 tbsp
Onion	0.5 sliced into half or full rings
Pepper	black, to taste

Cook pasta according to instructions. Drain well place in serving platter. Stir fry onions till soft, add in tuna, pepper and lime juice. (if using microwave, place tuna on onions and microwave for 1.5 minutes on high). Arrange tuna on pasta, followed by sliced eggs and topped with green olives.

Time to prepare: 40 minutes

Corned beef (2–3 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity /Comments
Corned beef	1 can, Libby’s brand
Lime juice	2 small limes
Onion	0.5 large or 3 small, sliced into half or full rings
Chilli padi	2, sliced (depends on tolerance)

Stir fry onions till brown, add in corned beef, cut chillies and lime juice. Mix well till very fragrant and fat from corned beef is melted. Serve hot with bread, white rice or noodles.

Time to prepare: 10 minutes

Prawn pasta (4 persons)

Ingredient	Quantity/Comments
Spaghetti or angle hair	400 g
Chicken stock	100 ml
Garlic	2 cloves, crushed
Spring onions or challots	¼ cup
Prawns	500 grams, shelled and deveined
Parsley	2 tbsp fresh
basil	2 tbsp fresh or 2 tsp dried
coriander	2 tbsp fresh or 2 tsp dried
Lemon juice	6 tsp fresh
Pepper flakes	¼ tsp dried red pepper flakes or black pepper grounded

Prepare past according to pack direction. Do not add salt. Heat chicken stock, add garlic an spring onions and heat for about 2 minutes. Stir in the prawns, parsley, lemon juice and pepper flakes. Cook till the prawns are turning pink, about 5 minutes. Drain pasta. Divide in 4 portions and spoon prawn mixture over pasta.

Time to prepare: 30 minutes

Baked bacon (snack)

Ingredients	Quantity/Comments
Bacon	500 g salted or smoked
Cloves	4 to 8, depending on bacon size
Bay leafs	3 to 6, depending on bacon size

Make diagonal cuts on top of the bacon at about 2 cm distance, about 0.5 cm deep. Place cloves and bay leafs in these cuts and place the bacon on a drip tray in the oven at 180 degrees for about ¾ to 1 hour. Let cool down. Remove the cloves and the bay leafs and cut in small pieces. Best eaten cold as snack or with bread.

Steamed fish, Thai style (2 persons)

Ingredients	Quantity/Comments
Fish	Sea bass, red snapper, whole or filet
Chicken stock	750 ml
Garlic	2 tbsp sliced
Chilli padi	4, sliced longitudinally
Spring onions	1 tbsp, chopped
Fish sauce	1 tbsp
Sugar	1 tsp
Lime	3 slices (to garnish)
Lime juice	1 tbsp
Thai Basil leaves	to liking
Fresh pepper corns	to liking

Spread two layers of heavy duty aluminum foil and place the fish on it. Add the chicken stock, garlic, chilli, spring onion, fish sauce, lime and lime juice over it, cover all firmly with the foil and place in an oven or on a bbq to steam ready in about 30 minutes. Instead of chicken stock, also white wine can be used. Serves well with white rice.

Fish can be substituted with prawns or sotong or calimari. Using banana leaves in addition to the aluminum foil gives a special flavor to the food (see picture on top).

Time to prepare: 30 minutes