Home-cooked: White radish soup

What you need:

• white radish (white lobak), cut into chunks
• red dates (hoong chou)
• chunks of pork with bones
• salt to taste

Boil a pot of water. Add in white radish chunks, red dates and pork chunks once boiling. Let it boil again then lower the heat and let it simmer for an hour or two. Season with salt to taste.

Radish

Home-cooked: Stir-fry beans with sambal belacan

What you need:

• long beans, cut into 1" length or bite-sized
• cili padi (bird's eye chili), cut into small pieces
• shallot, minced
• garlic, minced
• sambal belacan, a Malay style sambal which can be bought of the shelf

Heat up some oil in the wok. Add in minced garlic and minced shallot, stir-fry until fragrant. Add in the chili padi then sambal belacan. Stir-fry non-stop on low heat to avoid the sambal belacan to be over-cooked. Once fragrant, add in the long beans, cook for a few seconds then add in some water. Cover with hood and let it simmer on low heat until long beans are cooked. Stir-fry a bit and serve while it's hot. 

Home-cooked: Steam eggs with minced pork

What you need:

• 1 salted egg
• 2 normal eggs
• minced pork
• a dash of pepper, salt and light soy sauce to taste
• 1/4 glass of water

This is totally easy and convenient. I steam this while cooking rice. Yes, killing 2 birds with 1 stone ^.^

Do this when you are about to cook your rice. Whisk all the eggs, minced pork and seasoning. Once all the batter is even, pour into a steaming plate, including the water. Place it in the steaming tray on top of the rice cooker and hit the cook button. Every once in a while, do let off the steam to avoid 'bubbles' on the eggs. Once the rice is cooked, the dish is also ready to be served!

Home-cooked: Stir-fry pork with potato

What you need:

• Sliced potatos
• Minced pork
• Chopped garlic and shallots
• Oyster sauce, light soya sauce and a dash of corn flour for marinade
• Sugar and salt to taste

Marinade minced pork much earlier with some oyster sauce, light soya sauce and a little corn flour, for about 4 to 5 hours. Set aside.
Heat a pot of water, add a dash of salt. Once boiling, blanch the sliced potatoes. Drain the water and set the potatoes aside.
Heat up the wok with some cooking oil, cook chopped garlic and shallots until fragrant. Add in marinaded minced pork and stir-fry until almost cook. Pour in some water, depending how much gravy you want. Then add in blanched sliced potatoes. Stir-fry about a min and then cover with hood. Let it simmer for a while. Add sugar and salt to taste before serving.

Home-cooked: Herbal chicken soup in slow cooker

This is totally easy as it takes only 5 mins to prepare. Furthermore, it's a healthier option.

What you need:

• Pre-packed herbs - cleaned
• Chunks of chicken
• Water

Pour the required amount of water into the slow cooker. Add the chunks of chicken and the pre-packed herbs. Never, ever cut the chicken into bite-sized as it will eventually soften into loose pieces. Start it off with medium and switch the slow cooker to low when it's boiling. Let it simmer in the slow cooker for about half a day or longer depending on your preference and serve it once you are ready. Not forgetting, salt to taste.

FYI, mine was about 8 hours.