Monday, 2 February 2009

Longevity Yam Rice



Here is the Longevity Yam Rice which I tried out and it turned out good. Yummy, actually and below is the recipe.

Ingredients: -

- 300g (2 cups) rice
- 300g yam (diced)
- 2 pairs Chinese sausages (diced)
- 6 Chinese mushrooms (diced)
- 200g mustard (shredded); also known as "kai chow"
- 50g dried shrimps (soaked)
- 5 pcs shallots (chopped)
- 6 cloves minced garlic (divide into 2 portions)
- 1 stalk of spring onion (chopped)
- 450g water

Seasonings: -

- 1 cube chicken stock
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp 5 spice powder
- 1/4 pepper
- 1/2 tbsp light soy sauce

1. Rince rice and drain. Add in chicken stock, mix evenly.
2. Heat up some oil, fry shallots and a portion of garlic till fragrant.
3. Add in dried shrimps and Chinese sausages, fry till frangrant.
4. Add in yam, mushrooms, Seasonings and 2 tbsps water; fry evenly.
5. Lastly, add in mustard and stir well. Dish out.
6. Heat up some oil, fry another portion of garlic till fragrant.
7. Add in rice, fry till fragrant. Remove.
8. Pour the fried rice and water into an electric rice cooker, stir evenly.
9. Cover with lid and cook till half-cooked (about 10 mins)
10.Remove lid and put in all remaining ingredients, continue cooking until rice is fully cooked.
11.Allow rice to simmer in cooker with lid for few minutes.
12.Open lid and stir the rice evenly. Sprinkle spring onion on top before serving.

Let me know how it turns out, if you decide to give this recipe a shot :D


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Aaahhh....My Recipe Blog

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I finally decided to have a blog specially for my kitchen adventures. I used to have a blog which has everything from my preganancy to my thoughts, to my feelings and also all my cooking adventures. But I had come to realise that it can be quite a clutter so here is my blog specially on all my cooking adventures from pies to muffins to Chinese cooking and everything I can try out on.

I have decided to maintain my other blog at http://www.alinagrace.spaces.live.com/ strictly on my personal life and not get all my recipes all mixed up so that whoever would also want to try out these dishes may do so.

Enjoy.......

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