Soft Meal Recipes

Ready in 15 minutes. Simple steps anyone can follow — even seniors can make these at home.

Each recipe uses SeniorDeli's food gellant powder to transform everyday dishes into safe, dignified meals for people with chewing or swallowing difficulties.

Hainanese Chicken Rice

IDDSI Level 4–6

Soft and bone-free, with a warm fragrant broth. The classic Hainanese chicken rice flavour preserved — refined for easy digestion and safe swallowing.

Ingredients

  • Chicken (160g) + broth (160g) + food gellant powder (6.4g)
  • Rice (130g) + broth (208g) + food gellant powder (5.1g)

Red Bean & Yam Zongzi

IDDSI Level 4

Specially developed for people with swallowing difficulties. Yam cooked until smooth, red beans ground to a fine paste, simmered slowly to melt-in-mouth texture.

Ingredients

  • Yam (200g) + water (160g) + food gellant powder (10.8g)
  • Red bean paste (100g) + water (100g) + food gellant powder (4g)

Onion Chicken Katsu Rice Bowl

IDDSI Level 4–5

Boneless tender chicken katsu simmered to melt-in-mouth softness. Onion cooked to a sweet smooth paste. Rice soft and coated in smooth sauce.

Ingredients

  • Onion (50g) + broth (10g) + food gellant powder (0.9g)
  • Egg white (50g) + broth (50g) + food gellant powder (1.5g)
  • Egg yolk (50g) + broth (50g) + food gellant powder (1.5g)
  • Chicken breast (100g) + broth (100g) + food gellant powder (4g)

Sweet Potato Dessert Soup

IDDSI Level 4

Slow-simmered until the sweet potato is as smooth as velvet. No fibre residue, gentle on the throat, easy to swallow.

Ingredients

  • Sweet potato (100g) + sweet soup (160g) + food gellant powder (7.8g)

Japanese Wagyu Beef Rice Bowl

IDDSI Level 4–5

Japanese-style beef cooked until tender, broccoli soft and easy to chew, on soft rice soaked in a savoury-sweet sauce.

Ingredients

  • Wagyu beef roll (100g) + broth (50g) + food gellant powder (2.3g)
  • Broccoli (100g) + broth (40g) + food gellant powder (2.1g)
  • Rice (100g) + broth (160g) + food gellant powder (3.9g)

Pumpkin Doughnut

IDDSI Level 4

No grainy texture, gently sweet. Smooth and easy to swallow, with no stickiness risk. Natural pumpkin nutrition preserved in a delightful safe dessert.

Ingredients

  • Red bean paste (100g) + water (100g) + food gellant powder (4g)

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Our food gellant powder is the key ingredient for all these recipes.