Simple Ginger Rice

Ingredients

Rice…………….……………..1cup

Vegetable stock cube……1
Garlic………………………...1 clove (large, chopped)
Ginger……………………….2 tablespoon (finely chopped)
Green chilli……..…………1 (finely chopped)
Red capsicum……………..1 (cut in juliennes)
Green peas…………………½ cup
Water……………………..…3½ cup
Oil to cook
Salt to taste

Method

• Heat the water in a pan. Once the water is near the boiling point add the rice.
• Boil rice until tender; however do not overcook it as the grains will start breaking.
• Drain the cooked rice and keep it aside.
• Heat oil in a pan and add ginger, garlic and chilli. Sauté for 1 min.
• Add the green peas and capsicum to the pan. Mix and cover the pan with a lid. Cook for 2 min.
• Crush the vegetable stock cube into a powder and add it to the pan. Add salt to taste, if require (remember, vegetable stock cubes already has a good amount of salt in it). Mix well and cook for 1 min with the lid on.
• Now add the rice and mix well. Make sure all the rice is coated with the flavours and seasoning.
• Cover the pan with the lid and cook for 2 min.
• Serve hot.

Serves: 2

Ginger Noodles

Ingredients

Egg noodles..................400g pack

Spring Onions .............4 (chopped)

Button Mushrooms......150g (chopped)

Peanut butter...............1 table spoon
Soy sauce.....................3 table spoon
Honey .........................1 table spoon
Fresh Ginger................2 table spoons (paste/minced)
Garlic ..........................3 cloves minced
Chilli ...........................2 (finely chopped)
Chicken stock ..............½ cup
Oil to cook
Salt to taste

Method

• Add oil to the sauce pan and let it heat. Add the mushrooms to the heated oil and sauté them until cooked.
• Add spring onions to the pan and cook for ½ a min.
• Pour the chicken stock in the pan and add all the other ingredients (i.e. peanut butter, ginger, garlic, chilli, soy sauce, honey) except noodles. Stir well to mix the ingredients.
• Once the peanut butter has melted add the noodles. Add salt to taste. Use kitchen tongs to make sure the noodles are mixed well and coated with all the flavour.

Serve on a plate or in a bowel. Garnish with chopped peanuts and chopped spring onions, if required.

Serves: 2