Ingredients 500 g of glutinous rice 4 cups water 200 g of chicken meat 3 Chinese sausage (lap cheong) thinly sliced 5 Big black Chinese mushroom, soaked and cut into thick slice 20g Small shallots
Seasoning (B) 3 tsp soy sauce 2 tsp white pepper 2 tsp sugar1 tsp salt 4 tbsp oil2 tsp sesame oil 2 tsp dark soy sauce
Method 1) Wash glutinous rice, then soak it for I night. Steam it for 30 minutes 2) Cut chicken into big slices and marinate with seasoning (A) for about an hour 3) Heat oil in a wok and sauté shallots till fragrant. Removed 4) In the same wok stir fry mushroom quickly with light soya sauce and white pepper then dish out. 5) Put glutinous rice in the same wok and add in seasoning (B) and water. Stir fry well for five minutes and then add in fry shallots. 6) Grease 20 small size aluminium muffin cups. Arrange properly mushroom slices, sausage, and season chicken slices at the bottom of the bowl. Fill up with glutinous rice and press down with a ladle. 7) Steam for 30-40 minutes or until the rice is cook. Turn over the rice bowl into a plate. You may serve Loh Mai Kai with chili sauce.
Note** Saute = Fried quickly in a little fat Note** Before marinade the chicken, make some small hole on the meat using fork, so that the meat will be more tasty. Note** Adding char siu as optional
Recipe:(12 regular sized muffins) 1 3/4 cups (245 grams) flour 1/2 cup (100 grams) sugar 1 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 large eggs, lightly beaten 8 tablespoons (113 grams) unsalted butter, melted and cooled 3 very ripe large bananas (454 grams), mashed well
Garnish: 1 large banana, sliced (optional)
Step:
1_Preheat oven to 180 degrees C
2_In a large bowl combine the flour, sugars, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. 3_In a medium-sized bowl combine the mashed bananas, eggs, and melted butter.
4_Lightly fold the wet ingredients (banana mixture) into the dry ingredients until just combined and batter is thick and chunky.
5_Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups and place three slices of banana on top of each muffin for garnish.
6_Bake about 20 - 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
7_Place on a wire rack to cool for five minutes and then remove muffins from pan. Serve warm
or at room temperature.
Note**To mash bananas I have found the easiest way is to just use a fork.
Note**The important thing is not to over mix the batter. You do not want it smooth. Over mixing the batter will yield tough, rubbery muffins.