21 September 2009

Glutinous Rice (Lo Mai Fun 糯米饭)

It's public holiday today. So made glutinous rice for tea-break and dinner. I'm sure it will end up as breakfast tomorrow too.


Ingredients

1kg glutinous rice
30ml olive oil
100g shallots, thinly sliced
100g dried shrimp, soaked till soft then drained
100g dried mushroom, soaked till soft, drained and thinly sliced
50g dried scallops, soaked till soft then drained
15ml light soya sauce
15ml sesame oil
15ml oyster sauce
15g sugar
salt to taste
pepper to taste
400ml water
100g roasted peanuts
2 stalks scallion, chopped
2 red chilli, chopped

Method

1. Soaked the glutinous rice in water for one hour. Drain and set aside.

2. To a heated wok, add olive oil and fry the shallots until golden brown.

3. Add shrimp, mushroom and scallops and stir-fry for five minutes.

4. Add light soya sauce, sesame oil, oyster sauce, sugar, salt and pepper. Mix well.

5. Add glutinous rice and stir-fry for five minutes.

6. Add water, mix well and cook the rice for two minutes.

7. Transfer the rice into a container and place in a steamer for 30 minutes or until the rice is cooked.

8. Remove the rice from the steamer and top with roasted peanuts, scallions and chilli.

Serves 10. (Note: I made half the portion)

(source: Sunday Times on 15 September 2009 http://www.soshiok.com/articles/14174)