Lo Mai Kai

My childhood favorite snack... I didn't realize i could use a pressure cooker the first time round.... so i attempted steaming it... It does smell great especially with a bamboo steam!! But the pressure is is much faster.... especially for lazy me!!










Ingredients:
30g Glutinous Rice, Soaked in water for 1 hour
30g dried mushrooms, soaked and sliced
60g chicken meat, sliced
1 chinese sausage

Marinate for rice
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp oil
2 tsp pepper
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 1/4 tsp dark soy sauce

Marinate for meat and mushroom
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp cornflour
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp oyster sauce
1/4 tsp dark soy sauce
1/2 tbsp tbsp oil
1/2 tbsp ginger juice

Method:

1. Marinate the ingredients for at least one hour.
2. Divide 1 portion of meat ingredients and a few slices of chinese sausages into a heat friendly bowl. Top with rice.
   

Pressure cooker version
Place trivet into pressure cooker with a bowl of water. Arrange the bowls. bring to boil on medium flame. Presuure cook for 10 mins.

Steamer version:
there is not much to it. Just have a wok, place a steaming rack or bamboo steamer. Arrange the bowls in the steamer. Cover. Steam until rice is cooked. About 40 minutes. Depends on the size of your wok or steamer.