YUMMY STEAMED WILD/UNPOLISHED RICE with Steamed Threadfin Fish

Unpolished rice, when eaten frequently can reduce cholesterol levels and also help maintain good health.

However, it is not always popular with people as it is bland, harder than white rice and rough to the taste.

The recipe below brings flavour to the rice and is so easy to cook. This should give some hope those who would like to eat unpolished rice but do not like the blandness. I have been trying hard to get my dear hubby to eat unpolished rice and I finally succeeded. He gave his stamp of approval for this recipe! Whoo HOO!

RECIPE (Serves Two)
(Time to Prepare: 10 minutes; Time to Cook: 15 minutes or normal time required to cook steamed rice using a rice cooker)

Ingredients:

Unpolished rice - 1/2 cup
Normal white rice or japanese white rice - 1/4 cup
1 or 2 Ikan Kurau or Threadfin Fillet
1 fresh button mushroom or portobello mushroom sliced into small cubes
half a tomato (sliced into cubes)
2 slices fresh ginger (shredded / sliced into thin strips)
1 table spoon light soya sauce
1/2 table spoon dark soya sauce
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon hua tiao wine (optional)

Instructions:
1. Mix unpolished rice and normal rice and wash till water is clear
2. Add water over the rice. Place palm over rice in water. Water level is right when water just covers the back of palm. (Same amount of water as used for cooking normal white rice)
3. Place the fish fillet on a steamer plate (the plastic type with holes at the bottom which comes with electronic rice cooker).
4. Add the mushrooms, ginger, tomato, soya sauces, pepper and wine over fish
5. Place everything into an electronic rice cooker.
6. Cook the rice as you would normal rice.

The rice would taste quite similar to luo mi fan or lotus leaf glutinous rice and is not bland or hard at all.

Serve the rice hot with the steamed fish dish. ENJOY!