Potato Ball Soup

I will avoid using chicken/ikan bilis cube or other instant food products in my cooking. Will only use them when: there is insufficient time for cooking or am lack of the ingredients. In this potato ball sop recipe, I replaced 1 kg of mutton ribs with chicken cube to shorten cooking time.

Potato Ball Soup

Ingredients:

For Potato:
2 kg potato – fried and mashed
½ cup fried shallots
½ cup Chinese celery
1 tsp pepper
salt to taste
3 eggs - whisked

For Meat:
½ kg minced meat
1 tsp curry powder
1” ginger – crushed
2 tbsp oil
Mix all and fry till quite dry.

Method for potato:

1. Mix the mashed potato minus the egg. Shape into balls and put 1 tbsp of minced meat in the center.
2. Dip each potato patty into whisked egg and deep-fry them until they are thoroughly cooked.

For Soup:
(A)
Grind to fine paste
2 pcs big onions
3 cloves garlic
1” ginger
1” fresh turmeric
1 stalk lemongrass

2 tbsp korma powder
2 cube chicken stock
salt to taste
Water

(B)
1 cinnamon stick
3 cardomoms
3 cloves
3 star anise

For garnishing:
2 stalks Chinese celery - slice
fried shallots
cabbage – slice thinly

Method for soup:
1. Heat oil and fry ingredients (B).
2. Add in the fine paste, korma powder and continue frying till fragrant.
3. Add water and leave it to boil.
4. When it’s boiling, add in the chicken stock and continue cooking
5. Lastly, add salt to taste.

To serve:
Place the potato ball in a bowl. Pour soup over and garnish with celery, fried shallots and cabbages.

Fishball Soup

Yesterday’s dinner was light as everyone had a heavy brunch. Vegetables added for the soup are whatever available in the fridge. It’s simple yet nourishing.

Fishball Soup
Bahan for fish stok:
500 gm tulang ikan (dicelup sekejap dengan air panas supaya sopnya tidak keruh)
1 biji bawang besar )
2 biji bawang putih ) dihiris
1 inci halia )
1/2 sudu lada hitam
1 inci kayu manis
2 buah pelaga
2 biji bunga cengkih
Garam secukupnya
Kesemua di atas direbus dan tapiskan untuk stoknya.

Bahan untuk fish ball:
300 gm isi ikan tenggiri (ditumbuk atau diblend)
1 sudu teh lada putih
1/2 sudu teh garam
Kesemua digaul dan jadikan bola2 yang kecil

Bahan2 untuk sop:
Sayur2an dan bahan2 (tahu, cendawan, kentang) mengikut suka

Peraturannya:
1. Fish ball direbus dalam stok yang telah siap.
2. Masukkan sayur2an dan bahan2 yang ada.
3. Hidangkan dengan daun sop dan bawang goreng.
4. Sedap dimakan ketika panas.