Monday, April 6, 2015

Garlic Fried Brown Rice with Fresh Mushroom


Fried Brown Rice is always a popular option in local vegetarian restaurant. Today, I am not doing the vegetarian version as I need to please the kids. However, you could omit the roast meat in the recipes if you want a vegan version fried rice. The highlight of this recipes is MUSHROOM & GARLIC. 


Ingredients:
3 bowl of  brown rice (it is ok to replace with white rice)
4 cloves of minced garlic
Handful of varieties fresh mushroom (cut into slices)
200g of roast pork (cut into little cubes -see pics below)
2 stalks of spring onion 
2 tbsp of light soya sauces 
1 tbsp of vegan oyster sauces
2-3 tbsp of water if needed


See Vegan oyster sauces below. It also included the dark caramel soya sauces. 


Method:
1) 1 tbsp of vegetables oil dry with the garlic in small medium fire together with the roast pork.
Do not let the garlic burn as it will taste bitter. Do not leave the non stick wok, keep stir frying.
2) In all the fresh mushroom & continuing stir frying. Add in the oyster sauces.
3) Add in the spring onion & brown rice.Keep on stir frying.
4) Add in the soya sauces,pouring the soya sauce in circular motion over the fried rice over medium high fire.
5) You can add around 2 tbsp of water if you think the fried rice is too dry. 
6) It is best served hot.

For those who are fans Japanese Garlic Fried Rice, you just need to change the recipes slightly:
3 bowl of  round sticky Japanese rice
4-5 cloves of minced garlic
3 stalks of spring onion 
3 tbsp of light soya sauces 
Pinch of salt if needed
2-3 tbsp of water if needed

**Tips: The ratio of water : brown rice is 2:1.
Pre-soak the brown rice 4-6 hours ahead before cooking in the rice cooker.
Let it cool down before frying. Normally, I will cook all the rice in the afternoon, half portion is for lunch consumption & the other half to be kept in the fridge for dinner fried rice.

Saturday, April 4, 2015

ABC Soup - Everyday Simple Vegetables Soup with Ribs


This soup is as easy as ABC. And it is so comforting for the kids. I used to love this simple soup when I was a kid. Guess what, my little ones love it too. It is a simple delicious soup that is full of nutrient for growing up small kids from 1 year old to 18 years old. It is good to eat these vegetable when drinking the soup.

Ingredients for 3 servings:
300-350g of ribs/chicken chunks with skin removed 
2 carrots (cut into thick slices)
1 medium size tomato (quarter)
1 medium size red onion (quarter)
3-4 medium size potato (cut into half)
1200ml plain cool water



Method:
1) Remember to blanch all the ribs with hot boiling water for a min & then wash it clean with running tap water.
2) Chop all vegetables according.
3) In all the ingredients above into a pressure cooker with 1200ml water.
4) Let it boil for 20 mins in the pressure cooker & it is done.

If you do not have a pressure cooker.
1) Just put all the ingredients in a deep pot over the stove & boil with high heat.
2) You will need to increase the water slightly to 1900ml as the water will evaporate while boiling.
3) Once the soup is boil, reduce the heat to the smallest setting & let it simmer in small fire for 2-3 hours.

This soup is best served warm.

Tips: You can also add one pcs of corn into this soup. Chop the corn into 4pcs. The soup will have the sweetness of the corn. Yes, kids love it. Who doesn't love corn?