Yooki Day by Day: July 2020

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Tofu

Overnight marinate tofu in soya, hoisen, corn flour, garlic ginger paste, sesame oil

Next day, pan fry the tofu till they are well done

In a wok heat oil, add star anise, red chillies
Add ginger garlic minced
Add very little hoisen, two small spoon soya sauce and vineger
Add corn flour or atta for thickening.

Chinese Fried rice

Indo chinese is my fav but i never made it at home and really missed ordering it during lockdown.
I feel i have more or less perfected the inchin fried rice with minimum effort but max flavour. Also tofu which reminds s of hong kong tofu!

Recipe for chinese fried rice:
1) boil rice with cinnamon stick and star anise - it gives a good flavour to the rice.
2) in a pan heat oil. Fry small pieces of diced chicken (optional most of the time we don't do it- family is half vegan but yooki loves chicken), then remove chicken set aside.
3) in the same oil - add lots of garlic finely chopped. Once little done add grated ginger let it cook a bit. Then add onions, carrots, capsicum cut in small square pieces. I also put in 2-3 green chillies whole.
3) once little done, round up veggies on one half of the pan. On the other side, add egg and scramble and remove it when done.
4) now let veggies semi cook (they should not be overcooked, Chinese veggies are made in wok, cooked outside but not on the inside)
5) add cooled rice (Chinese fried rice is better with old rice, sometimes I put rice in freezer to cool it)
6) now add your egg/chicken to it.
7) add 2 teaspoon of sesame oil (very imp for flavouring)
😎 add 2 teaspoon soya (my soya is dark soya hence the color)
9) add salt to taste (soya sauce is already a little salty)

Mix all well. Its ready (i havent used green onions but would prefer that if i have it in the fridge)

I will add tofu recipe to this post soon!