Oct 03 2008
Yam rice and soup at Bukit Mertajam
Published by Foong at 11:47 am under Asian Food, Hawker Food, Recipes, Where to eat |
I seldom go over to Bukit Mertajam in my food forays but we happened to be in the are the other day and as usual, my foodies husband took me to this nondescript coffee shop within a housing estate to try out the yam rice hawker stall (if you are not game to going there, try out the recipe below at home).
Mutriara Coffee Shop in Bukit Mertajam
Apparently, this hawker stall (it is right behind the colourful umbrella) is quite well known and is open only for breakfast and lunch. It is usually sold out by 3pm.
In the background is the hawker stall selling yam rice and soup
Their yam rice is the right consistency, nicely cooked and delicious with the taste of yam and sauteed dried shrimps. They put just the right amount of sauces to give it a nice rounded flavour.
The yam rice and soup
Sorry, the picture quality isn’t that good because I didn’t have my camera with me at that time and had to resort to my camera phone.
A closer look at the yam rice and the soup
The soup consists of mainly pork – meat and innards – but the best part is that it is not as oily as one would expect from a soup consisting mainly of pork. Also, they cooked it with some pickled/ salted vegetables so the soup has a nice, sourish tang to it, giving the soup even more flavours and cutting out the too ‘meaty’ taste of the soup.
Rating: 7/10
Price:$$$ (RM4.80 per serving for one person)
Here is the location map to the coffee shop.
If you yearn for yam rice (but too lazy to go all the way to BM), you can cook it at home because it is actually quite simple to make. Here’s a
Recipe for Yam Rice
Ingredients
2 cups rice, washed and drained
250g yam, cubed
4 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked and then sliced thinly
5 tbsp dried shrimps, washed and drained
half clove garlic, peeled and diced
4 shallots, peeled chopped thinly (optional)
cooking oil
2 pandan leaves, knotted
3 cups water
Sauces
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 tbsp dark soya sauce
1 tbsp light soya sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1/2 tsp sugar (or to taste)
1 tbsp chicken stock
Instructions
1. Heat up some cooking oil in a wok. Sautee the garlic till fragrant and add in the dried shrimps.
2. Continue sauteeing for awhile, then add the mushrooms and yam and stir fry till fragrant.
3. Add in the rice and the sauces. Stir fry for a while more and then remove from heat.
4. Pour the stir fried ingredients into an electric rice cooker and add the water and pandan leaves. Cook the rice as usual. If you are using the microwave, reduce the amount of water by about half cup and cook as usual.
5. For the shallots, heat up some oil in a clean wok. Then deep fry the shallots till crispy. Remove immediately.
6. Once the rice is cooked, sprinkle the deep fried shallots on top and it is ready to serve! You can also add chopped spring onions and coriander on top.
For the soup, I am assuming they use this recipe but still, this soup is worth a try even if it’s not the same:
Pork Belly and Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
500g pork belly and innards, chopped (you can replace with pork ribs if you are squemish about eating the innards)
100g salted mustard green
1 tbsp white peppercorn
50g white cabbage
Water (about 4 ltr)
Instructions
1.Season the pork with some salt for about 30 minutes and then wash it and drain.
2. Heat up some water to boiling and then blanch the pork to remove the scum.
3. Heat up a pot of water to cook the soup.
4. When the water is boiling, add in all of the ingredients (except cabbage) and then lower the heat.
5. Let the soup simmer for about an hour or two. Taste it and add in salt to your taste if it is not salty enough.
6. Add in the cabbage when the soup is almost ready and then let it simmer for another 30 minutes or so.
7. Then it is ready to serve hot with the yam rice!
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