Monday, August 24, 2009

Jasmine Rice with Chicken Sauce - Khao Rad Na Gai




My mum's famous dish is Khao Rad Na Gai. The tips are to use a lot of Pepper seed and Coriander roots, blended and mix with Chicken and soy sauce overnight.





Let's try this delicious recipe.





Ingredients: (for 5-6 serves)
- 1 tb.sp. Pepper (seed)
- 4 coriander roots
- 400 g Chicken breast (no skin needed)
- 2 tb.sp. soya oil
- 3 tb.sp. Soy sauce (2 tb.sp. for premix and 1 tb.sp. during cooking)
- 1 tb.sp. Black soy sauce (sweet soy sauce)
- 1 tb.sp. Maggi sauce
- 1 tb.sp. white sugar
- 2 tb.sp. corn flour, dissolve in 1/2 cup water, stir well
- 1 1/2 cup clear chicken soup or just hot water
- 1 cup mushroom and/or other vegetables like onion, carrots or cabbage
- Steamed jasmine rice (cooked by rice cooker or microwave)





Cooking:
1. Use blender to blend pepper and coriander root
2. Mix with chicken and soy sauce, keep in the refrigerator overnight
3. Preheat the pan and oil, use medium heat
4. Add Chicken, stir well until cooked
5. Add chicken soup or hot water, wait until boiled
6. Add black soy sauce and sugar and vegetable, stir till cooked
7. Slowly add starch solution until thickened
8. Serve on top of jasmine rice, season with pepper and decorate with fresh chilli

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Jasmine Fried Rice with Shrimp








Ingredients:


- 14 shrimps
- 1 1/2 cups steamed Jasmine Rice (better cooked and kept in refridgerator overnight)
- 2 tb.sp. Vegetable Oil
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cloves chopped garlic
- 1 tb.sp. Oyster sauce
- 1 tb.sp. Soy sauce
- 1/2 t.sp. pepper
- 2 tb.sp. Onion leaves chopped



Cooking:
1. Prepare shrimps by pealing off the shell and head
2. In a bowl, premix Jasmine Rice with Soy sauce, Oyster Sauce, mix well.
3. Heat up pan and vegetable oil
4. Put shrimps in the pan, stir until cooked (orange color), place in a dish (will put on top of fried rice)
5. Use medium heat, pour garlic into the pan, stir til light brown
6. Knock the eggs into the pan, while half cooked, add rice
7. Stir rice gently for approx. 4 mins, add pepper
8. Serve on dish, decorate with onion and shrimp