Wednesday, April 22, 2020

In the rice cooker

Some day we took it easy. Nothing extravagant but simple one pot meal.

Like one evening, my man was inspired to cook this one pot dish. Not sure what to call it but for the purpose of this post, it would be called pumpkin and Chinese sausage rice.


He watched a cooking video of this dish in social media and wanted to taste it. So one evening, the kitchen was all his.

Basically prepared and chopped the ingredients, which was tedious. Except for a peeled potato and handful of groundnuts, other chopped ingredients included a carrot, quarter pumpkin, some fresh shitake mushrooms and Chinese sausage.


In the rice cooker, add washed rice and then arrange the ingredients on top of the rice. Cooked as normal in rice cooker. Recommended to braise the groundnuts first if you prefer softer texture.

Another evening, we had homecooked bak kut teh. How we missed bkt as it has been a while we have that.


I used pork belly and pork ribs for my meat, add some dried beancurd sticks, tau pok, button mushrooms, garlic, and the ready packed bak kut teh herb, our dinner was ready and served warm on the table.


To complement the bkt, I also cooked some fragrant oil rice (yew fan). I fried 10 thinly sliced shallots in 3 tbsp cooking oil till fragrant. Then add in about 3 cups of washed rice and salt to taste. Stir fry and mix well for 2 to 3 minutes. Pour all the rice mixtures into rice cooker. Add water and cook the rice as normal.


Fragrant oil rice and bak kut teh ; they come hand in hand together. 

15 comments:

suituapui said...

How was the rice your hubby cooked? Good?

Twilight Man said...

The rice cooker often could cook wonderful meals with all ingredients thrown inside. Yours is very delicious and healthy. I want to try this with lap cheong added in.

I am waiting for my wife to cook her dry version of BKT tonight. What a coincidence.

mun said...

The one pot rice in the 2nd photo, was that a dollop of mayonnaise on top of the ingredients?

mun said...

I think one pot rice is delicious with many ingredients in it just like fried rice. BKT on the other hand is harder to cook and delicious to be eaten with yao rice. Good for both of you, husband and wife, both also are good cooks. Jay, Jan and Jamie are so lucky to have parents like you both.

Rose world said...

No. It is a potato. ^^

Rose world said...

Sweet. Ok, if you like pumpkin and lap cheong rice.

PH said...

How nice that your hubby cooked. I am sure the pumpkin rice was delicious. Wah I miss BKT!

Natalia said...

I love one pot meals, that looks yummy!

The Happy Whisk said...

Your Man did well. Rice is fun to make!

Libby said...

Your homecooked bkt sounds yuummy with pork belly, beancurd sticks and tau pok. I had bkt last night too.

Nancy Chan said...

Your Man is a good cook and contributes to the cooking. This dish reminds me of the yam rice that I miss. I am planning to cook BKT but first my get some pork ribs.

Nux V said...

im craving for bkt too!!! wonderful meal!

Ezvina said...

What's that, butter or mayonnaise?

Rose world said...

It is a potato. Haha

mun said...

Lolx! A potato!? It sure looks like mayonnaise, hahahaha.