Fruity Life

Suppose to relax and rest at home while taking a day leave from company.  But I made myself busy by trying to make Loh Mai Gai (Steamed Glutinous Rice with Chicken).  Just donno why. hehe ... May be I love making nice foods and share with family and friends.  Oh, need to thanks my helping hand, my wife because of me ... she also tired because of this.  But I rewarded her with nice Loh Mai Gai.  Ha! :P

Here's the Steps.

Glutinous Rice 1kg  - Wash the rice and soak it for 3 - 4 hours in rice cooker bowl.

Prepare 4 tbsp of Shallot Oil.  Separate the Fried shallot and the oil.

Marinate Chicken and Mushroom:

Drain the 1 chicken breast meat with hot water, debone and cut to small pieces.  Need 20pcs of small mushroom and cut to few slices.  Use Mixing bowl to marinate the chicken and mushroom with 1 1/2 tbsp Oyster sauce, 1 tbsp light soy sauce, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 white pepper powder, 2 tbsp cornstarch and fried shallot.  Mixing them well and leave it to marinate for 1 hour.

Seasoning the rice :

After Soaking for 4 hours, drain the rice.  Add in 900ml of water into the rice.  Add in 4 tbsp of shallot oil, 2 tbsp of oyster sauce, 3 tbsp of light soy sauce, 3 tbsp of dark soy sauce, 4tbsp of sugar, 2 1/2 tsp of salt (to taste) and 1/2 white pepper powder.  Mixe them well.  Then cook the rice using rice cooker.  When cooked, fluff the rice using fork and wait until the rice not so hot.

p/s : while the rice almost cooked, you can place the chinese sausage on top of the rice to let it cooked for a while.

To Assemble :

Get ready your aluminium bowl.  First place few pieces of chicken, chinese sausage and mushrooms into the bowl. Cover it with glutinous rice until the bowl is full. Cover and steamed the Loh Mai Gai over medium heat for 30 mins.  Turn out he Loh Mai Gai on to a plate and serve hot. Yummy!!!

Be patience while waiting. :)

While waiting for the rice to be soaked, you can preparing and marinate the chicken meat and mushrooms.

The helping hand is trying to Seasoning the rice.  Drain the rice after soaked and pour in 800ml of water and start add in all the seasoning.

After seasoning. Smell good. Ready to be cooked.

Fluff the rice with fork. let it cool for a while.

Time to assemble.

After steamed for 30mins.  Hot Loh Mai Gai is ready to be eaten! hehe... Glad everyone like it...Happy Trying.