What's Cooking? (01)

Before I start another long post on how my life was for the past few days, thought I might just have a fun try at posting up DIY cooking. xD

Of course, everyone has their own way of cooking, but there's no harm in me doing it my way,right? =D

So here goes!

Fried Rice
ala cincai-style xD!!


What you need to do :

1. Put away all distractions

In my case its this hot-dog who'll be walking around in the kitchen in search for food on the floor.
2. (my case) turn on some songs <3
Was listening to 蘇打绿 (Soda Green) songs. They're lovely!

Ingredients:


1. Some greens
2. Onion
3. Carrot
4. (finely chopped)Basil leaves
5. Garlic
6. Spring onion
7. Eggs
8. Rice ( Best if its overnight rice )
9. Oil
10. Salt
11. Pepper
12. Sesame seed oil

Note: Ingredients differ for individual preferences

Tralala~ Let's begin our cincai-style fried rice!

1st

Prep egg with salt, pepper and sesame seed oil!
Then beat away~
p/s:Somehow the photo doesn't do the awesome combination justice =/

2nd

Heat wok, put in oil!
Note: Don't be stingy! Fried rice= oily food
You have to put in enough oil or your rice will stick to the wok.
And do pay attention on the amount of heat/fire you on- not too big, not too small.

3rd

Throw in onion and garlic.

4th

Put in carrot.
Note: I put in carrots this early because I like 'em soft.

5th

Put in rice.
Note: reason why overnight rice is preferred is because they're not as soggy as freshly cooked rice. Thus the fried rice won't be all soggy and the rice would be fried wholly.

6th

Put in Greens.
Note: I know some may say the vitamins in the greens would've been destroyed if I put them in this early, but that's just my way of cooking. =)

7th

Put in the (finely chopped)Basil leaves.
Note: Add salt into the rice before adding in the eggs if you want to.

8th

Put in eggs.



And stir away~

Note: At this point, adding eggs will make your rice soggy, so you need to make sure your fire's big enough to ensure that the egg's thoroughly cooked WITHOUT making your rice stick to the wok. Also, continually stir the rice from time to time.

Final

Once the rice is less soggy, off the fire. This is because its time to eat~
Put spring onion on top and ready to serve~!

And just to show you the importance of the equation:
Enough oil + Fire Control =

Less time spent on cleaning up the wok.

=DD
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Fried rice = life.

Why so?

There's no one way to fry rice, you can be spontaneous and just throw in whatever you have in your fridge or your food-storage. Of course make sure they're edible stuffs.

Also, depending on the ingredients you put in, they affect the taste a lot.
So ingredients are like the means you choose to get to your destination.

Put in Basil leaves and you'll get basil-fragance in your rice.
Put in strawberries and you'll get..... I don't know....(="=);;

Also the oil and fire control.
How would one know about how much oil is enough? Or how big a fire is needed?

Its all down to trial and error.

So in life, there'll always be ups and downs.
Don't be pessimistic about life.
Its ok to be depressed once in a while, but still, one will have to MOVE ON!

To JR,You should really do this post while you're at your baking xD! This is fun!