Yam Rice

I love yam rice ( "orh pheang" in hockien ). Fragrant & tasty. You can eat it just like this or with some salted / pickled vegetables soup or just bak kut teh ( herbal soup ).  I first tasted orh pheang was in Butterworth, Penang in 1996.  Some colleagues brought me there to have lunch. It was served with pig's organ soup. Yum! 

Here is my attempt to try to cook the rice at home with lots of yam!! :p Recipe adapted from Rasa Malaysia. 

The ingredients

Fry all the ingredients.

Add in the seasoning & mixed well.

Mix well the fried ingredients with the rice. Start cooking in the rice cooker.

Ingredients : 

3 cups of rice washed & soaked with the usual amour of water needed to cook the rice in rice cooker. 

200g yam, clean & diced

50g dried shrimps clean

3 cloves of garlic minced 

4 shallots - thinly sliced 

1 small carrot - diced 

2 dried mushrooms - diced. 

3 tbsp vegetable oil 

Seasoning : 

1 tsp sesame oil 

3 tbsp sweet dark soya sauce 

1 tbsp oyster sauce 

2 tbsp light soya sauce 

1/2 tsp pepper 

1/2 tsp five spice powder 

1/2 tsp sugar 

Preparation steps : 

1. Clean the rice & soak in water & leave in the rice cooker.

2. Heat up the oil in the wok, add the garlic & shallots. Fry until fragrant. Add the dried shrimps, fry a little & add the dried mushrooms. Fry a little then add the carrots & finally the yam. Mix well. 

2. Add in the seasoning & mix well . Then transfer to the rice cooker & mix well. 

3. Start the cook mode on the rice cooker. After the cooking is done, mix well & serve hot. 

4. Garnish with some spring onions , fried onions & fresh chilli. 

Bon appétit ! 

Chin's note: 

1. Adjust the seasoning to your liking.

2. Here is the link to Rasa Malaysia's recipe: 

http://rasamalaysia.com/yam-rice-recipe/2/

Glutinous rice in Rice Cooker

Margaret ( from SHC ) shared a yummy glutinous rice recipe. I love glutinous rice, been wanting to try glutinous rice recipe for a long time but did not get around it until today. 

I decided to give it a try by cooking in rice cooker instead of steaming. It turns out quite well & I saved half the cooking time. ;)  

Glutinous Rice Recipe - adapted from Margaret Goh's recipe & doubled the portion. 

Serve 5 - 6 people depending on your appetite! ;) 

Ingredients :

500g of glutinous rice, soaked for 1.5hrs

8 dried mushrooms soaked & sliced thinly - soaked in 2 1/2 cups of water, water to be used in cooking the glutinous rice. 

3 Chinese sausages (lup-cheong) sliced 

50g dried shrimps cleaned

6 cloves garlic - finely chopped

Oil for frying 

Spring onions, fried shallots, peanuts & chili for garnishing. 

Seasoning 

1 tbsp light soya sauce 

2 tbsp sweet soya sauce 

2 tsp sesame oil 

2 tsp Chinese cooking wine

Salt & pepper to taste. 

Preparation steps: 

1. Soaked rice in advance & drained. Set aside. 

2. Pan fry Chinese sausages without oil in a wok until you get a nice browning. There will be some oil from the lup-cheong.  Dish out lup-cheong & set aside. 

3. Add a little oil if there is not enough oil from the lup-cheong. Fry the garlic until fragrant, then add the dried shrimp, fry until the shrimp is golden brown. Then add in the mushrooms, fry for a few minutes. Don't have to be cooked. 

4. Finally add glutinous rice into the fried mixture & fry a little while. Add in mushroom water (2 cups) & all the seasoning. Bring to a slight boil then transfer to the rice cooker pot immediately. Start to cook per normal setting for rice.  Once rice cooker is done cooking , let it keep warm for 15 minutes. Do not open the lit, let the steam continues to cook the glutinous rice. 

5. Give the cooked glutinous rice a good stir, dish out per serving. Garnish with fried lup-cheong, fried shallots, spring onions, peanuts & chili. 

Bon appétit ! 

Chin's notes: 

1. Do not fry the glutinous rice for too long just a few good stir to mix the ingredients well. 

2. Do not boil the rice mixture for too long. Can immediately transfer to rice pot once you see the signs of boiling. 

3. I used water from the soaked mushroom in cooking the glutinous rice to give it some flavouring. Alternatively 2 cups of water. 

Glutinous rice and other ingredients in rice cooker

Cooked glutinous rice before garnishing