Pumpkin Rice 金瓜饭

First, mince 5 cloves of garlic and 100g  pork.  Then, cut half pumpkin into 2cmx2cm cubes.  Cook rice separately.

Heat up the wok, first sauté the garlic, then the minced pork.   

Put in all the cubed pumpkin, stir a bit.  Pour in water to cover the pumpkin, when the water is boil, reduce to middle flame.

Simmer the pumpkin till the water is reduced.  By then, the pumpkin should had softened and cooked.  Add in a generous amount of salt and pepper to taste.  Turn off the stove.

Add in the cooked rice into the wok, stir to mix.

It’s a bit sticky, yet deliciously sweet and savory.  Can have it on its own, as a single dish meal, or have it with other dish.  

Best to serve hot.

Ongrizinal ABC++ Soup

Being a ‘toothless tiger’ for the past few days, soft-foods are the only choice I have.  

Yet, having rice porridge for 3 consecutive days is too cruel even for a ‘toothless tiger”.

So, tonight I change my menu.  ABC soup it is !!!

First, painstakingly remove kernels from 3 cobs of sweet corn.

Put in a pot filled with 1/3 portion of water, bring to boil.

While waiting for the water to boil, cut 1 carrot , 2 onions, 3 tomatoes, 4 potatoes and some 100g of pork lion into pieces.  Add all the ingredients into the pot, add some black pepper powder too. 

Simmer for a long long time ( > 1 hour ) till all the ingredients softened, especially the pork.

( add in more water if the soup reduced too much ) 

While simmering, add in 4 eggs, allow to boil.  By the time the soup is done, the eggs are all thoroughly hard-boiled.  Take out the eggs, remove the eggshell, and put them back into the soup.

Add some salt to taste.  Serve hot., with or without rice. 

Normally, ABC soup consists only carrot, onions, tomatoes, potatoes and pork ribs.  This time, I add in sweet corn and eggs,  so it is actually an upgraded ABC soup.

I call it ABC++ soup.  

Another one-pot-meal enough for 4 person !!!

Ongrizinal Macaroni+ABC Soup

材料 :

100g 通心粉 macaroni

100g 瘦猪肉 lean pork meat

2条 红萝卜 carrot

2粒 马铃薯 potato

2粒 番茄 tomato

1粒 洋葱 onion

5片 蒜头 garlic

绍兴酒

胡椒粉

盐

做法 :

红萝卜， 马铃薯， 番茄，洋葱,猪肉切丁。

蒜头剁碎。

锅里放半满水，煮沸后，加入红萝卜， 马铃薯， 番茄，洋葱，猪肉和蒜米。加入绍兴酒，胡椒粉和盐调味。

大火滚至材料微烂，再加入通心粉。

通心粉煮熟便可。



腊肠一锅饭 Chinese Sausage One-Pot-Rice

First, dice half a carrot.  Put aside with sweet corn and green peas…

In a rice-cooker, rinse-wash 2 cup of rice, add sufficient water.  Keep aside…

Then, skin and vertically-cut some 4 Chinese sausage…

Add in diced carrot, sweet corn, green peas, sausages and some minced garlic into rice-cooker…

Poor in 4 tablespoon of Shaoxing wine, and 2 teaspoon of salt.

Stir to mix, and switch on the rice-cooker to cook la !

牛肉丸一锅饭 Ongrizinal Beef MeatBall One-Pot-Rice

One pot rice is a fast way to prepare a meal that comprises carbohydrate, protein, and greens.

Normally, when cooking a one-pot-rice, additional water is added.  

So, as I cook 2 cups of rice, I put 3 cups of water instead of the usual 2.

Add in and stir to mix:

1 cup of sweet corn,

1 cup of green peas,

1 cup of diced carrot,

1 cup of diced onion,

20 pieces of beef meatballs, or fishballs, pork meatballs, chicken meatballs,

5 cloves of garlice, minced,

2 teaspoon of chili flakes,

3 teaspoon of salt.

Well, plug in the rice-cooker. Switch it on and wait to be served.

One-Pot-Rice

Feeling a bit lazy today, so I cooked myself a one-pot meal.  All in one pot…. carbohydrate, protein, fiber….

Just some frozen corn, frozen pea, frozen meat balls, an onion, a carrot cut into cubes…. all into ricecooker ( with rice and water, of course ).  Seasoned with a bit of salt, flakes of chili, & pepper.

Mixed-Vege One-Pot-Rice 一窝饭

One-pot cooking is the most logical thing to do when cook for 1 or 2 person. It is convenient, easy to prepare, and most importantly balance in nutrient. Besides, its energy saving, need not to wash a lot of utensils, and thus environmental friendly.

This is one of my regular one-pot rice-based meal :

Put 200g ( 2 cups ) of rice into rice-cooker, add in water and a pinch of salt.

Add in some diced carrot, lots of frozen corns, some frozen peas, diced onion, miced garlic, diced chicken meat, oyster source, black pepper ……

For more variety, can also add in meat balls, hotdogs, diced pork…..

Other vegetables e.g. broccoli, cauliflower, long beans, French bean, winged angled bean, lady’s finger are only to be added on top of rice when it’s almost done.

Switch on the cooker, sit back and enjoy a cuppa while waiting. Easy !