Pagoda Rice Steamed In Lotus Leaf, Com Hap La Sen

Name: Pagoda Rice Steamed In Lotus Leaf, Com Hap La Sen
Prep time: P0Y0M0DT0H20M0.000S
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H8M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H28M0.000S
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: asian
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 5 shiitake mushrooms, diced; 4 ounces green peas; 4 ounces diced carrot; 4 cups cooked jasmine rice, chilled; 2 small fresh lotus leaves (see Cook's Note); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper; 12 lotus seeds, cooked and popped (rubbery shell removed); 1 lotus flower for garnish, optional; Water for steaming; Soy sauce and sliced red chile

Recipe courtesy of Luke Nguyen

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Pagoda Rice Steamed In Lotus Leaf, Com Hap La Sen

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Level: Intermediate
Yield: 6 servings

Total: 28 min
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 8 min

Level: Intermediate
Yield: 6 servings

Total: 28 min
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 8 min

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

5 shiitake mushrooms, diced

4 ounces green peas

4 ounces diced carrot

4 cups cooked jasmine rice, chilled

2 small fresh lotus leaves (see Cook's Note)

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper

12 lotus seeds, cooked and popped (rubbery shell removed)

1 lotus flower for garnish, optional

Water for steaming

Soy sauce and sliced red chile

Directions

Bring a fry pan or wok to high heat, add 1 tablespoon of oil and stir-fry the vegetables for 2 minutes. Remove the vegetables from the pan and set aside.
In the same pan, add the remaining oil then stir-fry the rice for 3 minutes, remove and set aside.
In a large bowl, lay one lotus leaf inside the bowl, followed by the second lotus leaf, putting the rough side of the leaf face-down first.
Arrange the stir-fried vegetables on top of the lotus leaf in a pattern, if desired and then, spreading them out evenly towards the middle of the leaf.
Scoop the fried rice into the bowl on top of the arranged vegetables. Fold the edge of the first or inner lotus leaf first, pressing to enclose the rice, then fold the edges of the second or outer leaf, pressing down firmly until flat.
Bring a steamer full of water to the bowl, and steam the lotus rice in its bowl on high heat for 5 minutes.
Remove the bowl from the steamer and turn the lotus rice upside down onto a serving plate.
With a sharp knife, carefully make 2 long cuts on the first layer of lotus leaf from corner to corner, criss-crossing each other, and then fold the 4 sections back. Repeat this process with the other bottom lotus leaf.
You should be left with 8 triangular sections to the leaf folded back, exposing the rice.
Garnish with lotus flower and serve with soy sauce and chile dipping sauce.

Pagoda Rice Steamed In Lotus Leaf, Com Hap La Sen

Pagoda Rice Steamed In Lotus Leaf, Com Hap La Sen

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