If you watched it, you'll notice that in the video, three cups of "cooked rice" are added to a mix of frozen vegetables and chopped onion:

Followed by a can of mashed sardine:

Now, in fairness, the recipe proper calls for brown rice:

... but we're not sure about you — the rice used in the video doesn't look brown.

Also, here's another pretty glaring discrepancy between the video and the actual recipe: the video caption calls for one can (350g) of mashed sardines, while the recipe calls for the same, but this time the weight is almost 200g less — 155g.

All in, it *is* low in calories, relative to the usual 700 - 800 calories a regular meal comes up to (if you were to take 2,200 calories, the regular intake for an adult male, and divide it by three), since it adds up to just 450 calories.

That said, we can't be sure which quantities of ingredients (and also which type of rice) was factored into the caloric calculation.

Singaporeans respond

Interestingly, though, several of the comments on the video noticed these two issues:

1. On the use of rice, for instance —

2. And the canned sardines, too:

3. Some even took issue with the use of frozen, as opposed to fresh, vegetables:

Although in fairness, research has been inconclusive about whether it's better for you to eat fresh or frozen veggies.

Guess there is one good thing we've learned from this — Singaporeans are healthier and more conscious about food than we might realise.

Top photo collage made from screenshots from video

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