It’s hard out there being a student, juggling classes in the morning and doing assignments and projects at night. At some point, you forgot to recharge and only managed to eat crackers for a day. Stock up some ingredients in your dorms or apartments and try these easy and simple recipes for uni students using mini cooker pots!
Top 7 Easy Recipes for Uni Students
1. Steamed Egg
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 1 cheese slice
- Salt
- Pepper
- Scallions (optional)
Instructions:
- Turn on the mini cooking pot, pour water over it, and let it boil for a while.
- Combine eggs, salt, pepper and cheese slices in a bowl and beat well.
- When the water has boiled, put a steamer rack on top of it and put in the bowl, let it steam for about 6-12 minutes.
- Top it off with scallions and enjoy.
Prep time: 2 minutes
Cook time: 6-12 minutes
To learn the recipe in detail, here are some visual aids:
2. Mac n Cheese
Ingredients:
- 1 pack of macaroni
- Cooking oil
- 1 onion
- 4 hotdogs
- Cheese slices
- Salt
- Chilli powder (optional)
Instructions:
- Boil 1 pack of macaroni, and sprinkle a dash of salt and a bit of cooking oil to get the pasta taste good and to prevent them from sticking with each other. Tossed the water when the pasta has cooked
- Chop up your onions and sausages.
- Pour a bit of oil and onions on the pot and let it cook for awhile, after the onions has cooked, pour all the hotdogs and stir them well.
- Add milk and cheese, stir until all the cheese has melted and pour in all the macaroni.
- Add chilli powder, stir again until well combined and you’re done!
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Here’s a Tiktok video if you need visual assistance:
3. Korean Fried Rice
Ingredients:
- 1 cup sushi rice
- 1 egg
- Sweet soy sauce
- Salty soy sauce
- Sesame oil
- Sesame seed
- seaweed
Instructions:
- Cook 1 pot of sushi rice with water and set it aside.
- Pour a bit of oil and cook an egg.
- In a bowl, put the cooked rice and egg and add soy sauces, sesame oil, sesame seed and seaweed.
- Stir well to incorporate the rice with the other ingredients.
- Prepare to feast!
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
To better understand the recipe, here’s a Tiktok video that can help:
4. Gigi Hadid’s Pasta Halal Version (Spicy Pasta)
Ingredients:
- 1 pack of penne pasta
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- ½ onion
- 5 garlic
- ½ tomato puree
- ¾ cooking cream
- 2 tbsp butter
- ¼ parmesan cheese
- Black pepper
- Thyme
- Chilli flakes
Instructions:
- Boil water with a bit of salt and oil, and pour in the pasta. Toss the water after the pasta has cooked.
- Take a knife and chop onion and garlic into small pieces.
- In a different pot, pour a bit of oil and put in the chopped onion and garlic, stir and cook them well.
- Add tomato puree, cooking cream, chili flakes, pepper and salt to complete the taste.
- Pour ½ cup of boiled pasta water into the sauce and mix it well.
- Pour the cooked pasta into the pot and mix well
- Add butter, Parmesan cheese and sprinkle with thyme.
- Incorporate it together and enjoy!
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
To learn the recipe in detail, here are some visual aids:
5. Maggi Chilli Oil
Ingredients:
- 1 pack of Maggi Kari
- 1 garlic
- 1 tbsp of ketchup
- 3 tbsp of hot cooking oil
- Chilli flakes
Instructions:
- Boil the maggi noodles and toss the water after the noodle has cooked.
- Slice up the garlic and heat up the cooking oil.
- In a bowl, combine garlic, ketchup, chilli flakes and Maggi Kari powder, and lastly pour the hot cooking oil.
- Add maggi noodles and mix well. Suggestion: add other proteins like egg or chicken into the dish to make it more appetising.
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
To better understand the recipe, here’s a Tiktok video that can help:
6. Sardine & Egg
Ingredients:
- 1 tin of sardine
- 1 shallot
- 2 garlic
- ½ cup of water
- ½ tbsp sweet soy sauce
- 4 eggs
- 3 small chilli pepper
- 1 key lime
- Salt
- Sugar
- Cilantro (optional)
Instructions:
- Pour the sardine into a bowl and separate the sardine fish and the tomato sauce.
- Fry the sardine on a pan with some oil until it looks crispy.
- Pick up the sardine and leave it aside, in the same pan, add sliced shallot and garlic and stir well until cooked.
- Pour the tomato sauce from the tin and add water, soy sauce, salt, sugar, and mix well.
- Add in the stir fried sardine and mashed it in the mixture.
- Add eggs, sliced shallots, sliced chilli peppers, cilantro and squeeze a bit of key lime to get the best taste.
- Wait for the eggs to cook and it’s now ready to serve.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Need some visual aids? This Tiktok video will help:
7. Cheesekut
Ingredients:
- 500g of cream cheese
- 8 tbsp of condensed milk
- 220ml of full cream milk
- A pack of biscuit
- Milo powder
- Nestum powder
Instructions:
- In one bowl, add cream cheese and condensed milk, mix it well.
- In another bowl, pour in the full cream milk and add a bit of milk into the first bowl to get a smooth texture.
- Dip biscuits into the milk bowl, soaking it completely and arrange it on a dish tray.
- Slather the cream cheese mix on top of the soaked biscuits, and repeat the process of layering until it is finished.
- Add in milo powder and nestum powder in the middle of layering.
- Happy munching and snacking!
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: None
Here’s a Tiktok video if you need visual assistance:
Now that you know all these easy students recipes from breakfast to dessert dishes you can do right at your dorm, try and have fun making it with your uni friends on a Friday night!
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