Pasta with Tuna Balls
Topic: Pasta
This recipe was done in rush way, I had no plan what to cook for Iftar yesterday and it was almost Iftar time, so this is what I made while my sis Jong was preparing for the Chicken Burger.

Ingredients:
100 gram pasta, cooked according to package direction
1 small can tuna flakes in oil, drained and reserve oil
1 medium onion, minced
1 ripe tomato, minced
3 cloves garlic, crushed then minced
2 tbsp tomato paste
1/2 cup tomato catsup
2 tbsp. oyster sauce
2 cups broth or water
1 tsp. sugar
2 tbsp. sesame seed oil
salt and pepper to taste

For Tuna Balls:
1/2 cup tuna flakes
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. onion, minced
1 tbsp. tomato, minced
2 tbsp. bell pepper, chopped
1 small egg, beaten
1 tsbp. fish sauce
salt and pepper
Oil for deep frying

Directions:1. Combine all Tuna Ball ingredients except oil, mix well until smooth. Heat oil in a pan, take 1 tsp. from the tuna batter and drop it on the hot oil, fry until brown. Set aside.
2. Heat reserve tuna oil and sesame seed oil in pan, saute garlic, onion and tomato. Add tuna flakes and tomato paste. Mix well.
3. Add broth, tomato catsup, oyster sauce, sugar, salt and pepper, simmmer for 2 minutes. Add the pasta and tuna balls, mix well until all ingredients are blended well.
4. Remove from heat, serve.

Pasta with Tuna
Topic: Pasta
We were in the kitchen yesterday with my hubby to cook for our Iftar and I did not able to decide yet what to cook, I asked him what he wanted to eat and he said anything, rice was out of our list for Iftar because we usually eat pasta, noodles, breads,soup, etc. Hence, I decided to cook pasta with tuna. Acually that was my first time to cook this dish, I just want to try how does it taste and fortunately it taste good. Here's how I made it:

Ingredients:
150 g pasta, cooked
1 cup tuna flakes in oil
1/2 cup mushroom
1/2 cup corn kernel
1 onion, sliced
1 ripe tomato, sliced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/2 tsp. black pepper
3 tbsp. olive oil
salt to taste
some chop corriander

Directions:
1. Heat olive oil in a pan, saute garlic, onions and tomatoes.
2. Add tuna flakes, mushrooms, corn and broth. Simmer for 2 minutes. Add black pepper, stir.
3. Season with salt, then add the cooked pasta. Mix well until the pasta are well coated with the mixture.
4. Turn off heat, stir in the chopped corrinader. Serve.

Chicken Sopas
Topic: Pasta
Actually I was confused first where should I post this recipe, in what category? Soup, Chicken or Pasta? Then, I chose the later because of some reasons. Anyway, here's the recipe for the chicken sopas that I made yesterday, the picture was taken before garnishing, I forgot it!

Ingredients:
400 g chicken, sliced into small (don't remove the bones since it will give a nice broth)
200 g pasta, cooked according to package direction
6 cups water or more
2 cups milk
1 cup corn kernel
1 medium carrot, julienned
2 cups cabbage, shredded
2/3 cup baguio beans, sliced very thinly
1 large onion, minced
3 cloves garlic, crushed then minced
1 stalk celery, sliced
1 chicken stock cube (optional)
1 tbsp. fish sauce
1 tsp. sugar
1 egg, beaten
salt and pepper to taste
3 tbsp. melted butter
chopped corriander for garnish

Directions:
1. Heat butter in a pot, then saute garlic and onions, then add chicken and stir until lightly brown.
2. Add water, salt, pepper and chicken cube. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until the chicken are done.
3. Add carots, beans, cabbage, corn kernel,celery, sugar and fish sauce. Let it boil, simmer until the vegetables are done.
4. Stir in the beaten egg, onoce the egg is stirred in the soup, add the milk and continue stirring until it will boil. Adjust the seasoning.
5. Turn off heat. Garnish with chopped corriander. Serve hot.

Pasta with Dried Prawns
Topic: Pasta
Weird? No, it's not! Sometimes people said that a dish is cooked in a wrong way since it doesn't have the traditional ingredients, well, it is me who will cook and eat so why should I mind about other people's prejudice? This is my own cooking adventure that I got from my hubby's idea, mixing the unmixable! Some of the ingredients that I added were the chicken luncheon and chicken flakes, all leftovers from the chicken sandwich that I made.

Ingredients:
200 g pasta, cooked according to package direction
2/3 cup chicken breast flakes
2/3 cup ground dried prawns
1/2 cup chicken luncheon, stips
1 cup milk
1 1/2 cups broth
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup melted butter
1 ripe tomato, sliced
1 large onion, minced
4 cloves galic, minced
salt and pepper
1/2 cup chopped corriander leaves
grated cheese

Directions:
1. Heat the olive and butter in a pan, saute garlic until aromatic. Add the rest of the ingredients except the corriander and cheese. Simmer for 5 minutes.
2. Add the pasta to the mixture and toss to coat the pasta evenly.
3. Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with chopped corriander and cheese.

Spaghetti Guisado
Topic: Pasta
Here's my another style of cooking spaghetti:

Ingredients:
250 gram spaghetti, cooked according to package instructions
1 cup ground beef
2 pcs. chicken franks, sliced thinly
1 medium carrot, julienned
1/4 head of cabbage, sliced thinly
1/3 cup black fungus, soaked in water and sliced
1 large onion, sliced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 bell pepper, sliced into strips
2 1/2 cups broth
1 cup spaghetti sauce, traditional flavor
? cup tomato sauce
? cup tomato catsup
1 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. soy sauce
3 tbsp. cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste
chopped green onions for garnish

Directions:
1. Heat oil in a pan. Saute garlic until brown, then add onions and saute until smooth. Add ground beef and chicken franks, stir until the beef change its color.
2. Add broth, tomato sauce, tomato catsup, soy sauce, sugar, black fungus, salt and pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Add the vegetables and cook until done. Stir in the pasta and mix well until all are well incorporated. Turn off heat.
4. Sprinkle with chopped green onions.