Fried Pumpkin Rice is a normal serving in our house. It is easy to make and delicious to eat. You only need a few ingredients to make it. They are:
- Rice
- Pumpkin
- Pork slices
- Egg
- Chilli padi
- Garlic
- Oil
- Seasonings - salt, light soy sauce and black pepper.
There are 2 methods of frying pumpkin rice. You either steam the pumpkin and put them in when the rice has been fried or you fry the pumpkin and then put the rice in when the pumpkin is cooked. I prefer the first method. This is because if you were to fry the pumpkin first, they tend to stick to the kuali when they are being fried and make my rice look unappetising.
- Skin, cut, wash and steam the pumpkin.
- Fry the eggs and break them up. When they are cooked, dish them out onto a plate and set it aside. If you prefer, you can break the eggs into the rice while it is being fried. (This would make your rice even more fragrant. But I prefer to fry the eggs in the beginning as I would like to be able to see pieces of them in my rice.)
- Pour oil into the kuali and saute the garlic.
- When the garlic is fragrant, pour in the pork slices. Fry till the pork is almost cooked.
- Pour in the rice and the chilli padi and fry.
- Add in the fried eggs. Or, crack an egg into the rice. Cover the egg with the rice to let it cook. Then, stir to mix well with all the rice.
- Add in the seasonings - salt, light soy sauce and black pepper - according to your taste.
- When the rice has been done, add in the steamed pumpkin. Stir the pumpkin to mix completely with the rice.
- Dish out onto a plate and serve. You may decorate in any way you like with some parsley or celery or coriander leaves.
Note: if you like you may fry some onions with your rice.
