Simple Meal For Myself

My Dinner

Cooked up 2 dishes and a dessert for myself last night while mum and dad had gone to visit a relative. I choose to stay at home to avoid answering those dreadful questions of why am I still jobless b'cuz they could go on and on. I know they meant well anyway.

I m gonna share my recipes for these dishes, erm... may not seem fabulous to some but as to self-cooked dinner alone at home, it is a feast.

RED UNPOLISHED FRIED RICE

Healthier Fried Rice

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Unpolished rice
1 1/3 cup of water
1/2 cup Mixed vegetables
1 cup chopped Spring onions (left some for garnish)
1/3 portion Chinese sausages diced
1 medium/large Tomato diced
1 tablespoon chopped Garlic (the more the better)
1/2 cup chopped Onions
1 egg
2 tablespoon Olive Oil (extra virgin if u prefer)
1 tablespoon Pickled green chilli

Seasonings:
A pinch of Salt
1 teaspoon Black pepper
1 tablespoon Light soy sauce
Few dashes of Dried mixed Italian herbs

Methods:

1. Cook red unpolished rice in a rice cooker with water.
2. Heat olive oil in a hot pan and stir fried the egg with a pinch of salt until texture is almost firm. Remove from pan.
3. Sauté chopped onions and garlic, add in the Chinese sausages and stir until fragrant.
4. Then add in mixed vegetables, tomatoes, cooked egg and soy sauce. Until all is mixed well, add in cooked rice and stir.
5. Stir-fried for about 2 mins and season with black pepper and Italian herbs and stir for another 2 mins.
6. Lastly throw in spring onions and mixed quickly with heat turns off.
7. Garnish and served with pickled green chilli!

(Tips: Cooked rice must be cooled to room temperature before stir-fry)


VEGETABLE WITH OYSTER SAUCE

Looks Just Like Those Serves In The Restaurant

Been to any chicken rice stall and ordered any of this dish before? Looks tedious right but it is actually very simple and healthy. Notice I added lots of garlic here? Trust me it is really fragrant and superb when mixed with the rice.

Ingredients:
4 stalks Bok Choy/Xiao Bai Chai
3 Shallots sliced
1 tablespoon chopped Garlic
4 tablespoon Sesame Oil (olive oil will do to)
3/4 cup Hot water
1 basin Cold water

Seasonings:
2 tablespoon Oyster sauce
1 teaspoon Raw sugar

Methods:

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil and blench the vegetable for about a min.
2. Transfer the blenched vegetable to the basin of cold water to stop its cooking process. Next you may arrange them nicely on the serving plate.
3. Heat the oil in the wok with a pinch of salt and add in shallots to fry until it turns golden brown. Remove from wok.
4. Sauté the garlic in the remaining oil. Add the seasonings and hot water and let it simmer for a few mins.
5. Drizzle the sauce onto the laid out vegetable and garnish with the fried shallots.

(Tips: Add a drop of oil into the boiling water for a glaze touch to the vegetable. Make sure the shallots are dry before frying.)


More to come............