A Chicken Rice Story
During my last balik-kampung trip, I had told her:Cooking needn't be a laborious chore. For example to whip up chix rice...
Ingredients needed:
Rice
Chicken
Ginger (sliced)
Garlic cloves (with skins on)
Lemon Grass
1 star anise (bunga lawang)
3 cloves (bunga cengkih)
Fried shallots
A dollop of margerine
Sesame seed oil and salt to taste
Chopped spring onions to garnish
Method:
Dump all ingredients in rice cooker, sit back and relax!
Honestly - it is just as simple as that! Cynical she hadn't believed me then - but two days ago, she called, triumphantly trumpeting her success.
Mum: It's really easy!
Me: Glad it worked out on the first try
Mum: Yeah...rice, chicken, star anise, cloves and ginger...could not remember whether I was supposed to put cinammon in as well though
Me: Nope - no cinammon needed. By the way, how much margerine did you put in...was the rice too oily?
Mum: What margerine? -oohhh...no wonder it was a little dry
Me: Oh ok...how about the shallots?
Mum: Oh, I skipped that...too much work
Me: And the sesame seed oil, lemon grass and garlic?
Mum: Well...your dad doesn't like sesame seed oil and I had no recollection of the rest.
What chicken rice was she cooking?!?!?!
Mum: Anyway, your dad didn't complain! So it's good enough for a repeat.
P.S. Dad called today, "Any more handy recipes for Mum?"
Oh well, guess she must have done something right!
munsta ramblings @ 10:27 pm
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