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5 Cheap, Easy, and Healthy Recipes for Breaking the Fast ala Anak Kos

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Kapanlagi.com - The month of Ramadan has arrived, currently many workers and students are unable to return home due to the COVID-19 corona virus pandemic. This is what makes boarding house residents sad because they cannot perform fasting and celebrate Eid at home with their families. And many eateries are closed because of this, which makes them have to make cheap but still healthy iftar recipes like boarding house residents.

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In this condition, cooking by ourselves is the solution. Although there are some mosques that can provide free takjil (snacks for breaking the fast), it is not possible to always eat takjil, sometimes we also want to cook by ourselves. For that reason, according to various sources, here are 5 recipes for breaking the fast ala anak kos (cheap, easy, and healthy).

 

1. Chicken Soup

Breaking the fast is indeed delicious with food that can warm the stomach, and easy and practical especially if you break the fast with soup. You can also cook soup for sahur to save money. Let's check out how to make it.

Ingredients needed:

Chicken (amount according to taste and budget)

2 large-sized potatoes

2 medium-sized carrots

1/4 cabbage

Green onions and celery leaves as needed

1 large-sized tomato

3 cloves of garlic

Salt to taste

Seasoning to taste

How to make it:

- Cut the potatoes, carrots, cabbage, green onions, and celery leaves. Don't forget to wash them thoroughly and drain. And don't forget to wash the chicken too until clean and drain.

- Then, finely chop the garlic, and also cut the tomato into 4 parts.

- Prepare a container filled with water and boil the chicken first until the water boils, if it feels cooked enough, remove the chicken and wash it again. This is to remove substances and fats that are not good for the chicken.

- Discard the first broth, and add fresh water and the washed chicken and garlic.

- Add the carrots and potatoes into the water and let them soften.

- When they are soft, you can add the cabbage, green onions, celery leaves, and tomato.

- When it feels cooked, you can remove it and serve it.

2. Tofu Balls

If you only have tofu as the main ingredient, don't worry. There is another way to process tofu into delicious fried food and it will definitely be a simple iftar recipe for you. Let's take a look at how to make it.

Ingredients needed:

5 white tofu (square-shaped)

1 small packet of multipurpose chicken flour

1 egg

Salt to taste

Chopped scallions (or can be replaced with fried onions)

How to make it:

- Wash the tofu until clean, then mash the tofu using a fork.

- Once mashed, add 1 egg and stir until well blended.

- Add salt to taste if it lacks salt. Then add the finely chopped scallions and stir until all the ingredients are mixed.

- Once mixed, add the multipurpose chicken flour into the batter and stir until the batter is no longer runny.

- Shape the batter into balls using clean hands according to your preference. They can be small or large.

- Then, the shaped tofu can be fried using medium heat. Once the tofu turns brown, you can serve it immediately.

3. Stir-fried White Cabbage with Salted Anchovies

Next, here is a simple recipe for breaking the fast ala boarding house students, which is cooking stir-fried white cabbage using salted anchovies. This method is also simple and definitely cheap and healthy.

Ingredients needed:

1 small white cabbage

2 ounces of salted anchovies

3 cloves of garlic

1 medium-sized tomato

5 red chilies

Sugar to taste

Salt to taste

How to make it:

- Finely chop the white cabbage, then wash it until clean and drain. Also wash the tomato, anchovies, garlic, and red chilies until clean.

- Finely chop the garlic, then finely chop the red chilies, and also cut the tomato into 4 parts.

- Once done, sauté the garlic until golden brown, then add the anchovies and sauté until dry.

- When it's dry, add the chopped cabbage and stir again until evenly distributed.

- You can add a little water, along with salt and sugar to taste.

- When the cabbage is wilted, you can add the red chilies for sweetness. Done, the white cabbage is ready to be served.

4. Sour Fish Soup

Next is a recipe for breaking the fast ala college students with processed fish. This recipe is also very refreshing to eat when breaking the fast.

Ingredients needed:

Any type of fish according to taste

1 bunch of basil leaves

Scallions according to taste

6 cloves of shallots

5 red chilies

2 tomatoes

1 lime

3 stalks of lemongrass

1 turmeric leaf

10 kaffir lime leaves

1 liter of water

2 tablespoons of salt

2 tablespoons of vegetable or chicken broth

How to make it:

- Wash the fish thoroughly along with basil leaves, chili, tomatoes, shallots, lemongrass, kaffir lime leaves, and turmeric leaf.

- Finely chop the scallions, red chilies, and shallots. Don't forget to also cut the tomatoes into 4 parts.

- Then, boil the water until boiling along with the fish, turmeric leaf, kaffir lime leaves, and lemongrass until it releases an aroma.

- When it has released its aroma, you can immediately add the chili and shallots. Then let it sit for 2 minutes.

- Add the chopped scallions and tomatoes along with salt and vegetable broth. Then stir until evenly distributed.

- Add the basil leaves and cook again until the basil leaves wilt.

- Finally, turn off the heat and add the lime juice. The sour fish soup is ready to be served.

5. Soy Sauce Chicken

And the last recipe for breaking the fast like a boarding house student is by using soy sauce chicken. This menu is suitable for breaking the fast and can be saved until suhoor.

Ingredients needed:

Chicken (according to taste)

3 shallots

2 garlic cloves

5 bird's eye chilies

3 large red chilies

1 tomato

1/2 onion

Sweet soy sauce

A little palm sugar

Salt to taste

Sugar to taste

And water

How to make it:

- Clean the chicken thoroughly, then boil the chicken until tender.

- While waiting for the chicken, you can finely chop the onions, chilies, and onions.

- Also cut the tomato into 4 or 8 pieces according to taste. Also check the chicken, if it is tender, you can immediately remove it and drain it. Discard the water.

- Once done, sauté all the chopped ingredients until fragrant. Then put the chicken into the sautéed ingredients and add water.

- Add sugar and salt to taste, as well as sweet soy sauce and palm sugar.

- Finally, let it cook until done. And when it is cooked, remove it and serve.

Those are 5 cheap, healthy, and easy recipes for breaking the fast like a boarding house student. Hopefully, it can be a new addition to the menu for breaking the fast for KLovers at home. Enjoy trying it out.

(kpl/dhm/gen)

Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.
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