After a busy week, simple cooking over the weekend is something that you can do if you feel like having a meal at home. This recipe is simple enough with most of the ingredients available in the house.
A 'kocha' flavour steamed pumpkin rice which is easy to prepare as One Dish Meal and perhaps serve with a simple easy to cook thick soup if you feel like it. If cooking a bigger portion, you can cook the rice in the rice cooker.
A 'kocha' flavour steamed pumpkin rice which is easy to prepare as One Dish Meal and perhaps serve with a simple easy to cook thick soup if you feel like it. If cooking a bigger portion, you can cook the rice in the rice cooker.
Ingredients
[serves 2]
120 gm [1 cup] rice - wash and drain [I used Basmathi rice]
150 gm pumpkin - removed the hard skin and either diced or cut thick strips
1-2 tbsp dried prawns - rinse with water for several times - drain
1-2 dried mushrooms - soaked to plump up - cut strips
100 gm meat - cut strips or diced - season with soy sauce, pepper and a little cornflour
2 shallots - sliced
1 tsp chopped garlic
some spring onions shredded for garnishing
1 tbsp light soy sauce, 1/4 tsp each of salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp oil
enough water to cook rice
- Prepare the ingredients as above. Heat oil in wok to saute shallots and garlic until golden brown. Push aside, add in meat, mushrooms and dried prawns to fry for a few seconds. Add in rice and seasoning. Stir to mix all ingredients well.
- Lastly add in pumpkin to mix. Off fire. Dish out rice into a steaming tray [Can prepare up to this step and keep rice mixture in the refrigerator and steam before meal time].
- Add enough water to cook rice. Steam rice for 25-30 minutes. Leave rice for another 5 - 10 minutes before fluffing up to serve or you can cook rice earlier - before serving, just fluff up rice and steam for 10 minutes. Garnish with spring onions and fried crispy shallots.
- Serve rice with cut chilli in soy sauce, or any soup.
Note:
I served the Pumpkin Rice with Tofu, Green Vege Thick Soup.
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