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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Stewed Pumpkin with salted fish


Ingredients: 
300g pumpkin (cut into cubes)
50g onion (finely chopped)
30g dried shrimp (wash, soaked, drained and chopped)
1 red chili (finely chopped)
100g minced pork
1tbsp minced garlic
a bit of salted fish (wash)
a bit of spring onion (chopped, for garnish)

Seasoning:
1/2tbsp oyster sauce
1tbsp light soy sauce
1/2tsp chicken stock granules
splash of ground pepper
1/2tsp fish sauce
Water (150g first, and more can be added if necessary)

Method:
  1. Put about 4 tbsp cooking oil into a wok, deep-fry salted fish until crispy, dish out and finely chopped, put aside.
  2. With the same wok and heated oil, quick fry the chopped pumpkin, dish out and set aside.
  3. With about 2 tbsp. oil in the wok, fry the onion and minced garlic, add in minced pork, dried shrimp, stir them evenly. Next, add in chopped chili, pumpkin and seasoning.
  4. Stew till the pumpkin is soft and the sauce thickened. Lastly, add in salted fish, give it a good stir.
  5. Dish up, sprinkle chopped spring onion over the dish and ready to serve!

Though this is just a simple dish, but it's delicious.  Recently, my mum is not having much of an appetite for food, since I am cooking this dish and get to send some over to her and surprisingly she ate a bowl of rice for dinner with a smile!

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