Pumpkin Rice

~~Pumpkin Rice~~

Ingredients
(Serves 3)

- A small piece of pumpkin, skin removed & cut to small cubes (about 150g without skin)
- 100g 3-layered pork, (3层肉), (cut to thin stripes)
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- Half large onion, chopped
- 1 1/4 cup of rice, washed
- Water to cook the rice*
- 20g butter
- 50 g dried shrimps (pre-soaked in 100 ml water for about 5 minutes.)

* ratio of about 1 cup rice to slightly under 1.5 cups of water - may vary with different rice cooker

Method

1. Fry pork slices in wok.
2. When pork is entirely cooked on the surface, take out and set aside on a plate.
3. Heat butter in wok.
4. Saute garlic, onions and dried shrimps till fragrant. Then add pumpkin and stir fry for a short while.
5. Add uncooked rice and fry till the onions are clear.
6. Add the stuff from the wok, and the previously cooked pork, to the rice cooker. Wait for mixture to cool first (about 15 minutes)*.
7. Add water. Cook in rice cooker.
8. After rice is cooked, stir and gently mash up pumpkin. Keep warm for a few minutes before serving.
9. Garnish & serve.