A decent home-cooked meal for S$2 per person

The picture above shows a simple home-cooked dinner comprising three dishes, i.e. Fried Red Snapper, Pumpkin with Prawns and Steamed Minced Meat with Eggs, to be served with rice.

The basic ingredients cost SGD$8.26, and taking into consideration other items such as soy sauce, pepper, garlic, cooking oil, water, gas etc. the costs might just add up to S$9. Assuming the rice costs S$1, the total cost for this meal is S$10. It is a three-dish dinner good for five persons.