HOME COOKING // Yam rice with lotus root and pork bone broth. This fragrant savoury dish and soup are two dishes that’s really close to my heart. Washed uncooked rice is stir-fried with sesame oil, soy sauce (light and dark), oyster sauce, pepper, five spice powder, finely chopped garlic, shallots, pork mince, dried shrimp, dried shiitake mushrooms and cubed yam until fragrant before transferring everything to a rice cooker to cook through. Garnish with scallions, chilli and coriander (chilli and coriander isn’t normally used as a garnish here - should have used the fried shallots crisps). It’s one of my ultimate comfort foods. Forgot to include the dried shiitake mushrooms when I prepared this. RECIPE FOR YAM RICE 
Ingredients:
1kg yam 250g pork mince 3 cups of jasmine rice
1 whole garlic (finely chopped) 1 whole brown onion (finely chopped) 1 whole shallot (finely chopped) 4 tablespoons of dried shrimp 4 dried shiitake mushrooms (soaked and sliced)
Seasoning: 3 tablespoons of sesame oil 3 tablespoons of light soy sauce 2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce 2 teaspoons of Chinese five spice powder ½ tablespoon of pepper 
Garnish: Scallion Fried shallot crisps Chilli & coriander (optional)
Notes: Used a lot of yam as I personally love it - you might want to reduce the yam to 500g for “normal” recipes. Adjust seasonings to taste - listed portions of seasonings might not be accurate as I went with the flow and did not measure everything when I was cooking. 
Tip: Put on gloves. Do not wash the yam before peeling. Sidenote: Yam contains calcium oxalate in fine crystals which causes itching of fingers.
1）Peel yam and cut into cubes. 2）Wash and drain jasmine rice then set aside. 3）In a large pot, add sesame oil and put on medium heat. 4）When the oil is hot, add in the finely chopped garlic, brown onion, shallot, dried shrimp to stir-fry. 5）Then add in the seasonings, pork mince, cubed yam and washed rice. 6）Add in the shiitake mushrooms last. 7）Stir-fry until fragrant. 8）Transfer everything into a rice cooker. The portion I had used just fitted into a large 5 cup rice cooker. Add chicken or pork bone stock to cover the rice. Switch rice cooker to “cook”. 9）Once the yam rice is cooked, garnish with chopped scallions and fried shallot crisps. Chilli and coriander are optional garnishes. 
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