You may be wondering why I haven’t been posting new recipes. Well I have a new toy – my new little electric rice cooker. Rice cookers now come in cute little sizes that are great for 1-3 persons. I bought a Tefal that cooks rice and more.
I decided to make pumpkin rice and it did a marvelous job. Besides, this recipe is so forgiving – so if you want to put more nutritious pumpkin or keep the meats out, why not?
My guess is that this recipe could be cooked in the electric lunch box as well. But don’t forget to add the half cup water in the box. Do let me know too, how it turns out for those who are using your electric lunch box to make pumpkin rice.
For 3-4 persons
Ingredients
*1.5 cups rice, washed, drained and set aside
*1 tabsp minced garlic
*1 Chinese sausages/lup cheong, cut in 1 cm cubes
*2 cups pumpkin, skinned and chopped in 1.5 cm cubes
*1/2 cup thinly sliced belly pork/diced chicken
*3 Chinese mushrooms, soaked and trimmed, sliced thinly
*1 tabsp dried shrimps
*2 tabsp light soy sauce
*2 tabsp abalone sauce
*white pepper powder
*1.5 cups water
*oil for frying
Garnish
*Fried shallots
*coriander leaves
Method
1. Marinate sliced mushrooms and pork/chicken slices with one tabsp soy sauce each. Add a dash of pepper.
2. Heat frying pan and add oil, lightly fry lup cheong, then add minced garlic and fry till fragrant.
3. Put in seasoned meat and sliced mushrooms, stir fry for 2 minutes then add dried shrimps and pumpkin pieces. Stir fry till pumpkin pieces are partially cooked/softened. Add rice and abalone sauce, stir fry for 2 minutes.
4. Transfer all ingredients into electric rice cooker, pour in 1.5 cups of water then continue to cook contents in rice cooker.
5. Serve rice hot, garnish with fried shallots and topped with coriander leaves.
electric lunch box 