SerenityBakes&Cooks

I made Kinoko Gohan for dinner yesterday. This is cooked in a rice cooker, and so simple to make. Kinoko Gohan means Mushroom Rice in Japanese, and simple seasonings: light soya sauce, mirin and cooking sake, are added to the rice for flavor. About once or twice a week, I add a multi grain mix to white rice or substitute 1/4 cup of white rice with unpolished rice, since the Health Promotion Board has been encouraging Singaporeans to eat more unpolished or brown rice, to combat the rising numbers of Diabetes. If you are thinking of doing the same, this recipe is a great way to get started as you can hardly taste the nutty grains in it.  I served the Kinoko Gohan with oven baked salmon teriyaki and pan fried gyoza and it complimented the rice perfectly. :)  Kinoko Gohan (serves 4) Ingredients: 1 pack of Shimeiji mushrooms 1/2 carrot (peeled, and thinly sliced) 2 cups Japanese rice (washed and soaked in enough water to cover the rice for 1/2 hour) 2...

When I am pressed for time, making a one dish meal is the best option for me. This cabbage rice recipe requires frying of the ingredients, before putting everything into the rice cooker to cook. I then go off to do the chauffeuring duties while the rice cooks away. When we get back home, we are greeted with the delicious smell of cabbage rice the moment we open the door and step into the house. Mmmmmm! And voila, we have a savoury and piping hot dish of rice that is full of protein and vitamins, great for the old and young. Another plus point to this dish is that because the family dines at different times, with the Hubby coming back later, the rice can be kept warm in the rice cooker until he eats. I used the recipe from  Domestic Goddess Cabbage Rice  and adapted to what I had in the fridge, this time with leftover roast pork belly. Cabbage Rice in Rice Cooker (serves 5) Ingredients 300g roasted pork belly (sliced thinly) 1 small cabbage (round and cu...