Yam Rice

Just saw someone's post in FB again and view thru the person's blog and saw yam rice. Hmm... looks kinda good and I haven't been eating this for a while, so maybe I should try it out since I manage to get yam which looks kinda nice and not too expensive from the fruit shop.

Ingredients:

For garnishing:

• Some crispy fried shallots
• Some chopped spring onions
• some hard boiled eggs, sliced

Main ingredients:

• 1.5cup rice (I used basmati here, washed and leave aside)
• 5 pieces of dried mushroom, soaked and water reserved
• 1 big handful of dried shrimp, washed and soaked, water reserved, chopped to smaller pieces
• 1 cup of small pieces of pork pieces, lean meat only (marinate with salt, pepper, sesame oil and corn flour)
• 1 chopped shallot
• 3 cloves of chopped garlic
• 1 teaspoon of minced ginger
• 250g of yam, cut to small cubes
• 1/2 teaspoon 5 spice powder
• 1/5 teaspoon of sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon of salt
• 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
• a big dash of pepper
• 2 tablespoon of soy sauce
• 3 tablespoon of oil (i used olive oil)
• water (inclusive of the reserved water above, should make up bout 1.5 cup)

Method:

1. Saute the shallot till a bit yellowish, add in the garlic and ginger. Stir for about 1mins and add in the chopped dried shrimp. Fried for bout 3-4mins.
2. Add in the yam pieces and fry till all the yams are well coated with oil and a bit yellowish.
3. Add in the pork pieces and fry. Ensure the pork are cooked before adding in the rice and a little water.
4. Add in the seasonings and fry for another 2mins.
5. Scoop the mixture out on to a big bowl or rice cooker and add in the rest of the water.
6. If you using rice cooker, just cook your rice like normal. If not, place the big bowl in a double boiler, or big wok with water and steam for 7-8mins till the rice is cooked and all water absorbed.
7. Fluffed the rice, served and decorate with the garnishing.