Fried Rice with Mustard Green

Mom's recipe !

I found a leftover mustard green lying in my fridge,....I told myself besides making tasty kiam chai boey what can I do with it !

So call back Penang and ask....this is what I came out with....

I don't know whether call to it...fried rice or lotus rice, coz the cooking method is similar to preparing the lotus rice...but without the lotus leaves.....so I cannot branded it as lotus rice, right!....so, fried rice !

My mom has been cooking this for at least few decades !!!!...Boring ! but then again now staying alone...kind of missing this dish. Oooh ! actually it's because of the mustard green has been lying around and occupying the fridge....so it's has to go ! Cook without choice !

Basic Ingredients; Rice, Pork Belly, Garlic, Shallots, Mustard Green, Shitake Mushroom, Ju Hu See (Shredded Cuttlefish) and Dried Shrimp.

Heat up the oil, saute the garlic and shallot till slightly brown. Then add in the pork belly, dried shrimp, shitake mushroom and ju hu see, stir fry for few minutes. Add in the uncooked rice, light soy, dark soy, salt and pepper to taste and stir to mix all the ingredients together.

Once all the ingredients are well mixed, transfer all the stuffs into the rice cooker and add in the mustard green.

Add water like how you used to cook rice but slightly lesser.

Done ! Half fried rice....half lotus rice ! Mom's recipe !

Trust me it's tasty. You get the sweetness from the pork, dried shrimp and ju hu see and yet you get a bit of the sour taste from the mustard green.

Serving for 4 paxs

Ingredients

200g Pork Belly, cubed

10g Ju Hu See, soaked

10g Shitake Mushroom, soaked

20g Dried Shrimp, soaked

500g Mustard Green, cut into chunks

10g Garlic, chopped finely

10g Shallots, chopped finely

11/2cup Rice

2tbsp Light Soy

1/2tbsp Dark Soy

1tsp Salt, or to taste

1/2tsp Pepper, or to taste

2cups Water

2tbsp Oil

Nyonya Aunty's Home Cook Food

Nyonya aunty demonstrating her culinary skills to nyonyachef....

One evening I was invited by my friend to check out his family's version of Loh Bak. The mom who is also from nyonya descendant was showing me her family recipe. According to her, this is how her grandma and her mom taught her how to cook Loh Bak.

I was trying to figure out the origins of this dish, whether it's from Melaka, Johor or is it different cooking methods from different Chinese dialects...Teochew,..Hokkien,..Hakka...or a mixture of here and there.

My personal findings; Because of distance and a period of time !...our ancestors carrying the recipe across many provinces and countries, and meeting many different men and women has altered the ingredient and appearance resulting no one to prove which is the original.

Well,...just enjoy and appreciate the varieties of cuisine !..Be happy

Check out this Nyonya aunty taking her precious time to show me her ancestors recipe....

Nyonya aunty in action dishing out 4 spectacular dishes....

The main highlight....Loh Bak !

Loh Bak or meat roll made from pig's intestine, minced meat, carrot, yam bean, eggs, beancurd sheet, tapioca flour, oyster sauce, five spice, sugar, salt & pepper.

This differences between Nyonya aunty and Penang Loh Bak; She uses pig intestine as the wrap and minced meat. Taste unusual but...still tasty! By using minced meat the taste is quite similar to the meat balls and the pig's intestine will give different texture to the Loh Bak.

The Rounded Loh Bak...

Same taste but instead of a roll...it's made into a ball shape. Something different !

Sambal Stuffed Fish....

Another nyonya's creation...really taste like mom's cooking.

Sambal Stuffed Fish made from heavenly spices; turmeric, chillies, shallots, garlic and belachan...pound it, stuffed into the fish and deep fry it.

Sweet and Sour Prawn

Prawn cooked with tamarind juice and sugar. Simple appetizing home cooked food !

Kudos to the Nyonya aunty for fixing up the spectacular dishes !

You can also check out Penang Loh Bak recipe here

Nyonyachef landed in Frankfurt II

Day II...Nyonyachef started off by exploring what the locals have for breakfast. Let's see where they go...!

It was a Sunday morning 8am and the town was already swarming with people, but they all seemed heading the same direction.

Found them....!

...all gathered around the mobile vans !..."Mobile Meat Van" with all sorts of pork !

Sausages or wurst...hooo ! That's their usual breakfast, not like back home where you can have Roti Canai, Nasi Lemak, Pau, Tim Sum, Char Bee Hon...etc.

I found they too have many varieties,...sausages with sauerkraut & mustards, plain sausages, bacon, ham, boiled or fried pork leg, boiled pork ears, boiled pork tongue...etc. Interesting...all pork !

Let's join them,....so I ordered a giant sausage with bread and.....

....pork cheek !...and soup of the day....bone marrow soup ! It seemed to be the locals delicacy,....my neighbours are having it, so are most of the tables.

Nyonyachef xplores...and eats...the pork cheek...is soft ! The soup taste...raw ! They soaked the bread in the soup and eat it...."lecker",...but...erh, I think I need something to wash it down...

Well,...what can I say....the soup taste raw (bloody smell) to me. I need my medicine !

Two days in the row, breakfast with beer.....

Nyonyachef sitting at the backstreet enjoying his beer while waiting for brunch.

Course 1; Meat spread with some spices and herbs. Goes with bread.

Course 2; Mushroom with cream sauce and fries.

Course 3; Pork Knuckle with sauerkraut...most of the German restaurants in Malaysia served this...crispy version.

Course 4; Two Foot Long Beef Sausage with some potatoes.

Course 5; Meat Balls made of Liver with herbs and Red Wine sauce.

A bit weird right ?!!! These 5course dishes are actually main course,....what can I say, it's all in German !....I can't read....I just point at the beautiful pictures on the menu and these are what I ordered.

What was in Nyonyachef's mind and how he made his decisions on what to order.....

Course 1; looks so cute with the pretzel sticking on top, how the heck I know it's meat spread !??

Course 2; mushroom and fries = appetizer with beer...good..erh...right choice !...order !

Course 3; pork knuckle, right choice...small portion just nice !

Course 4; ok...never seen such a long sausage,....longest I ever seen !...so order !

Course 5; beef balls should be safe !...so orderlah ! Why..? How the heck you find liver balls !

Luckily I had two more gluttons with me,...but they don't take exotic stuffs !

Well,....just xplore !