Yam Rice

Yam Rice (Feb 2012)

There used to be a really great stall in Section 17, Petaling Jaya, serving yam rice with 3 types of meat dishes and 8 types of soup. The dishes are not quite your usual affairs ~ wild boar curry, yellow wine chicken & braised chicken feet. Not to mentioned some of my favourite soups like coconut chicken soup, black chicken ginseng soup and salted vegetable soup! But alas, the store no longer exist! If anyone knows where else I can find these types of dishes, do let me know!    

Yam rice is a wholesome one pot meal. It's easy to prepare and great to satisfy any yam lovers' craving. If you make your own, you'd probably go heavy on the yam like I did! It's optional to add other ingredients like the pork mince or the mushrooms.

Ingredients for Yam Rice

Stirfry uncooked rice in wok

Yam Rice Recipe (Serves 5-6)

Ingredients:
3 cups of rice
3 1/2 cups of water
1 cup of yam, diced into cubes

100g minced meat / chinese sausages diced finely
5 dried chinese mushrooms, soaked & sliced finely
1 tbsp of dried shrimp, chopped finely
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 shallot, sliced finely

Seasoning:
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp of dark sauce
1/2 tsp of sesame oil
1 tsp of cooking wine
1/2 tsp of white pepper

Garnishing:
Chopped chinese parsley
Deep fried shallots

Method:

1. First, soak and rinse rice. 
2. Heat up wok and add 1 tbsp of oil. Fry dried shrimp, garlic and shallot till fragrant.
3. Add yam, minced meat and mushrooms. Pour in seasoning as well. Fry until minced meat does not have clumps. 
4. Pour in all the uncooked rice into wok. Mix and stir rice until it is evenly coated with seasoning.
5. Transfer rice into rice cooker and add water. The amount of water I've given you is an estimate as it depends on the type of rice and ingredient that you use. To tell you the truth, I use the finger and knuckle test. It never goes wrong.   
6. Once ready, give the rice a good stir before serving!