Pumpkin mushroom rice
Ingredients
- 4 dried shiitake mushrooms
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 spring onions, sliced
- 350g pumpkin, cubed
- 200g shimeiji mushrooms
- 1 ½ cups short grain rice
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- ½ tbsp dark soy sauce
- 1 ½ tbsp vegan oyster sauce
- ½ tbsp mirin
- 1 ½ cups mushroom soaking water
- Spring onions, sliced
- Chili oil
- Crispy fried shallots
Steps
- Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms in water overnight.
- Heat neutral oil in the wok over medium heat. Add the spring onion whites and garlic, sauté until fragrant.
- Add the pumpkin and a pinch of salt and cook until slightly charred and golden on the edges. Remove and set aside.
- Add the mushrooms until browned. Set aside with the pumpkin.
- To the cleaned rice add the soy sauces, oyster sauce, mirin and mushroom soaking water and mix well to coat.
- Layer the mushrooms and pumpkin on top. Cook in the rice cooker. Once cooked leave to sit for five minutes.
- Mix the vegetables through before serving. Top with spring onions, chilli oil and crispy fried shallots.
