Tuesday, 24 February 2015

Mama's Steamed Egg & Minced Pork



Ingredients:
  • 250 g minced pork 
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ to ¾ cup water or broth
  • 3 teaspoons light soy sauce (if adding broth, add 2)
  • 1 teaspoon of tang chye (salted vegetable)
  • White pepper to taste

Method:
Add pork and eggs into a large bowl and beat them together. Add water or broth and continue whipping until everything is thoroughly mixed. Stir in the soy sauce, tang chye and pepper. 

Pour into shallow heat-proof bowl. Steam in a large wok or pot for 15 minutes on high heat. 

Monday, 23 February 2015

Guah Chye Pui (Guah Chye Rice)


Guah Chye
Ingredients:
  • Sesame oil, as needed
  • 6 shallots, finely diced
  • 2 slices pork belly, cut into small pieces
  • 1 lap cheong (Chinese sausage), sliced thinly
  • 0.5 cup hae bee (dried shrimp)
  • 2-3 bunches guah chai leaves (torn into 2 inch wide pieces)
  • 3 cups raw jasmine rice, washed and drained in a sieve
  • 1 Tablespoon light soy sauce or to taste
  • 1 Tablespoon dark soy sauce or to taste
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • 1 Tablespoon butter
  • 2.5 cups water


Method:
In a large wok over high heat, fry the shallots in 2 teaspoons of sesame oil, when it is fragrant and soft, remove the shallots.

Add ½ tablespoon sesame oil and fry the pork belly and lap chiong until they are cooked. Remove and put them on a plate.
Using the same wok, fry the hae bee for a few minutes until fragrant, then remove.

Fry the guah chai for a minute and remove any extra liquid in the wok.
Add the rice kernels into the wok with the vegetables. Then add all the other ingredients and stir to combine. Add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt & pepper and butter and stir to combine.

Add all the ingredients in a rice cooker with 2.5 cups of water. Cook it for 20 to 30 minutes until the rice is cooked. When done, stir the rice with all the ingredients with chopsticks to mix well.