Cilantro rice

                                                       Cilantro rice


Cilantro, coriander or wansoy or what so ever you wanna call it. I just wanna share this simple yet fabulous recipe which inspired by one of great market magazine in Calgary. Its so fragrant, fresh and earthy rice which compliment well with any kind of fish and meat dishes. And the best thing is very easy to make.

Serves3
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 and 1/2 cups cilantro, roughly chopped
1/2 cup spinach or water spinach, roughly chopped
4 cups cooked day old rice, cold rice preferably
3 tablespoons vegetable oil or olive oil and not butter please
Salt and white pepper for seasonings

Procedure
Heat wok or skillet in medium heat. Saute garlic in quick 2 minutes. Add cilantro and cook for another 2 minutes or until cilantro start to wilting then add rice. turn the heat high, cook for 5 minutes. Stir in chopped spinach and season with salt and white pepper.Turn the heat off. Serve with your favorite feast

My TIP: Don't use butter when sauteing garlic and cilantro. Butter would loose out the natural flavor of cilantro and doesn't help to smell the natural aroma.

Good Asian stuff

Have you heard about japanese sandwich? or have you tasted moss sandwich?? You won't believe what i've found at Asian supermarket at the North east- TnT supermarket. ( i have separate post for this wonderful supermarket so stay tuned ) Its a Nori moss sandwich.

Introducing Japanese moss sandwich wrapped in nori sheet. This sandwich has a very soft bun not crusty seasoned with japanese mayonnaise and highly season black moss. Moss is a fine seaweeds that has thin and thread like texture, The color takes on yellow to deep brown that resembles ground pork when it cooked. It cost only a $1.00 per piece. Not so bad for a better sandwich like this!! hahahahahha!!

Taro bun is  made from soft dough with yucca paste creamy fillings with some sea salt.So soft  and mild root flavor. It so easy to cook. just throw them in your basket steamer and gently steam for 10 minutes and you'll have a good snack on the mid day. A roughly $3.00 you'll get a 6 pieces in a bag. Pretty cheap!.

You can get them at the TNT Asian supermarket bakery section...