Rice + Balado egg + Stir-fried beans + Melon

Ingredients (per 1 portion)

• Melon, fresh — 80 g
• Rice, raw — 75 g
• Egg, fresh — 55 g
• Green bean, fresh — 40 g
• Carrot, fresh — 20 g
• Tomato, fresh — 15 g
• Red chili, fresh — 8 g
• Palm cooking oil — 8 g
• Shallot — 5 g

Method

• Steam rice (guide nasi-putih-tanak).
• Boil eggs 10–12 min, peel, flash-fry until blistered; sauté chili + tomato + shallot until cooked and oily, coat the eggs (guide telur-balado). Reduce chili for primary-school children (factor 0.85–0.9).
• Stir-fry beans + carrot on high heat 2–3 min (guide tumis-sayur-oseng) — do not let them go limp.
• Scrub the melon rind under running water before cutting; cut close to service.

Ingredient handling & storage

• Melon, fresh — Store whole ≤7 °C; cut pieces must be ≤4 °C and used ≤24 h — melon flesh is low-acid, a fast bacterial medium.
• Rice, raw — Store in an airtight container, dry and cool ≤25 °C — moisture invites rice weevils and mould. Never store on the floor; use a pallet.
• Egg, fresh — Store ≤4 °C pointed-end down, do NOT wash before storing (destroys the shell cuticle). Freshness check: fresh eggs sink in water.
• Green bean, fresh — Store ≤7 °C up to 4–5 days; do not wash before storing (speeds rot) — wash right before cutting.
• Carrot, fresh — Store ≤7 °C up to 1–2 weeks. Peel thin — much of the vitamin sits under the skin; large cuts minimise loss.
• Tomato, fresh — Store at ambient until ripe, then ≤7 °C. Wash before cutting — skin carries dirt and residue.
• Red chili, fresh — Store dry ≤7 °C up to 1 week. Wear gloves for large batches — capsaicin burns skin and eyes.
• Palm cooking oil — Store sealed, dark and cool. Used frying oil: strain, keep separately, reuse max 2–3×; discard when dark, foamy or rancid-smelling.
• Shallot — Store dry, ventilated and dark — not in sealed plastic (rots). Daily sliced shallot keeps sealed ≤4 °C, use ≤24 h.

Food-safety warnings

• Melon, fresh — Netted melon rind harbours Salmonella/Listeria in the net — SCRUB the skin under running water before cutting; a knife passing through dirty rind carries bacteria into the flesh.
• Egg, fresh — Raw/soft eggs are a Salmonella risk — in a child feeding programme, full cooking is mandatory. Cracked/leaking eggs must not be used.
• Green bean, fresh — Raw green beans contain lectins — always cook through; do not serve half-raw to children.
• Palm cooking oil — Never store chopped garlic/herbs submerged in oil at room temperature — the oil creates an anaerobic medium for Clostridium botulinum (botulism). If needed, keep ≤4 °C and use ≤4 days.

Allergens & consumption limits

For a child feeding programme, allergen data must be recorded per child and a substitution path prepared — do not just reduce portions for allergic children.

• Melon, fresh — Melon allergy is rare — OAS cross-reaction to ragweed pollen; not a major allergen.
• Rice, raw — Rice is hypoallergenic — the safest staple and the base for multi-allergic children.
• Egg, fresh — MAJOR child allergen (top-8). Ovomucoid is heat-stable — boiled/balado eggs STILL carry risk for egg-allergic children; doneness is not the issue. Restriction: egg-allergic children get another protein (chicken/fish/tempeh). Once a doctor clears tolerance, introduction usually starts with fully cooked yolk.
• Green bean, fresh — Legume — mild cross-reactivity with other legumes; not a major allergen but log it if family reports legume allergy.
• Carrot, fresh — Oral allergy syndrome — cross-reaction with birch pollen: mild mouth itch in pollen-allergic children. Cooking removes almost all risk (boiled carrot is safe for most).
• Tomato, fresh — Rare allergen; tomato is a histamine liberator — can trigger itching/hives in histamine-sensitive children even without immune allergy.
• Red chili, fresh — Not an allergy — an IRRITANT: capsaicin burns mucosa. Real restriction for primary-school kids: drop chili portions in child menus (see the 0.9-0.85 scaling factor) and avoid raw sambal.
• Palm cooking oil — Refined palm oil is nearly protein-free — practical allergy risk is zero. Restriction: daily fried-fat total is still capped by guidelines (not allergy).
• Shallot — Allium — rare; can trigger FODMAP symptoms (bloating) in sensitive children. Not a major allergen.

Keeping the cooked dish

Cooked balado eggs hold 6–8 h ambient (cooked sambal); stir-fried beans ≤2 h. Cut melon must be ≤4 °C ≤24 h — cut close to service, never stock cut fruit.

Nutrition per portion

≈482 kkal energy · 15.1 g protein · total 306 g raw weight per portion. Figures from TKPI Kemenkes — actual values vary with ingredient condition and cooking loss.

Scaling to N portions

Recipe is written per 1 portion. For N portions: staples (rice, protein, vegetables, fruit, coconut milk) scale linearly — grams × N. Strong seasonings (turmeric, chili, sweet soy, sugar, salt) scale at × N × 0.9; frying oil at × N × 0.85; broth/water at × N × 0.9 then correct evaporation ±2% per 10 min of boil. Add a 5% shrinkage buffer on the purchase total. Example at N = 100: Melon, fresh 80 g → 8 kg; Rice, raw 75 g → 7.5 kg; Egg, fresh 55 g → 5.5 kg. Full formula: guide "MBG portion scaling".