Sweet Potato Rice

It's one of those evenings when I'm too lazy to crack my brain over what to cook for dinner and to make life more relaxing, I whipped up this one-dish meal.  It has carbohydrates, protein and adding sweet potatoes to our diet is beneficial too for these tubers contain Vitamins B6, C and D and also have a fair amount of potassium and calcium.

Recipe for Sweet Potato Rice

Ingredients


• 400 gm Japanese sweet potatoes
• 100 gm pork fillet
• 20 gm dried shrimps
• 2/3 cups rice  
• sesame oil
• Fried shallots and chopped spring onions for garnishing
Seasoning
• 1/2 tsp each of sugar, light soya sauce, salt
• 1  tsp oyster sauce
Method
1. Season the meat for about an hour, set aside.
2. Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into cubes.
3. In a wok, shallow fry the dried shrimps, add in the marinated meat followed by the sweet potatoes.  Give the mixture a few stirs, turn off heat.
4. Wash the rice and place in the rice cooker with less water than normal.
5. When the rice is cooking half-way add in the sweet potato mixture and let it continue till done.
6. Fluff up the rice, test for taste, drizzle on some sesame oil.
7. Serve in bowls, garnish with fried shallots, spring onions and a dash of pepper.