Arrowroot, Prawns and Chinese Sausage Rice

Both myself and hubby are joining our children in another town for this year's Lunar New Year celebration, thus I've decided to clear my fridge of any leftover stuffs and refill with some food stuffs that can last.  See what I've found -  arrowroots, prawns and Chinese sausages which my sister-in-law brought back during their year-end trip to Hongkong. Arrowroot has always been my family's favourite and whenever my children are back home for Chinese New Year I will make sure that they won't miss eating this delicious tuber dish which is only available once a year. My instinct tells me that it will make a yummy one-pot dish, just as pumpkin! It is a successful first-try-out and I couldn't resist buying some extra to stock up in my fridge, in case I couldn't get any more when I come back, I really sounds like "kiasu" right? Heheheeee....after all it's only available once a year ~ smile ~

What you need:

6 arrowroots (peeled, washed and halved)

1 pair Chinese sausages (soaked in hot water to soften and thinly sliced)

some prawns (shelled, deveined and mix with a drizzle of light soy sauce)

1 tbsp small dried shrimps (washed, soaked and drained)

3 cloves garlic (peeled and chopped)

1 1/2 cup long grained rice (washed and drained)

Water (to cook rice)

1 tsp chicken stock granules

1 tbsp light soy sauce

Drizzle of dark soya sauce (amount depending on the types of soya sauce used)

Dash of grounded white pepper

Some chopped spring onion (for garnish)

3 tbsp cooking oil

How to go about:

1. In a heated wok add in cooking oil, saute the chopped garlic until lightly brown, then add in dried prawns and fry until fragrant.
2. In goes the sausages, prawns, arrowroot and stir to mix.  I dish out the prawns first and put aside in a bowl.
3. Add in the rice and all the seasonings, stir to mix until well incorporated and off the heat.
4. Dish the rice mixture into the rice cooker, add in the prawns, then add enough water as per our usual cooking rice requirement (this very much depends on the rice we are using).
5. Stir to mix and ensure that the arrowroot is submerge in water so that it is properly cooked through.
6. Put the lid on and click the  start button of the rice cooker.
7. When the rice cooker switch is off I will check to ensure that the rice is well cooked, or else press the start button again to let it continue to cook.  
8. Serve topped with chopped spring onion.