Easy Recipe: Rice Glutinous Ball with Ginger Soup

Another of my husband's favorite dish/dessert. 

What you need:

• Rice Glutinous Ball (I'm using ready-made ones from NTUC)
• Ginger
• Red Sugar
• Pot

Steps:

1. Bring water to a boil
2. Slice ginger (about 7 - 15 pieces, depending on how spicy you like), and add into boiling water
3. Add 2 tablespoon of red sugar (add more if you want more sweetness. Red sugar in general are not very sweet.)
4. Let the above mixture boil a while, and add the rice glutinous ball (taken out directly from the freezer. do not defroze.)
5. Once the rice glutinous ball floats up, it's ready to serve!

The rice glutinous balls are ready-made from NTUC so all we need to do is put it into bowling water and cook. Easy peasy! Next time I want to learn how to make my own rice glutinous ball, but for newbie me, this is good enough.

I'm using red sugar here because it's more healthy than white or brown sugar, especially for cooking desserts and they are not very sweet. If you do not have red sugar, you can also use white or brown sugar.

I've also prepared peanut powder to roll the glutinous ball on. Another way of eating! :)

Easy Recipe: Soba

My husband loves soba. It's his must-order dish whenever we go for Japanese food. It's a good thing that this dish is so easy to cook, that it's becoming our "instant noodles" at home and more healthy too!

What you need:

• Soba Noodles 
• Soba Sauce 
• Sea weed (optional)
• Spring Onions (optional)
• Pot
• Sieve/Collander
• Ice (optional)

Steps

1. Add water into pot and put it to boil
2. Then, add in soba noodles to cook for around 10 - 15 minutes. Slowly stir from time to time, to prevent the noodles from sticking. 
3. When the noodles is cooked, drain the water off using a sieve or collander and run it under cold water. You can also shock the noodles with ice.
4. Add water to Soba sauce, 1:1, and serve in a bowl.
5. Serve the the noodles in a plate, and add spring onions and sea weed
6. Ready to eat!