Porridge Condiments

Found them at the midtown Japanese grocery, Yagura Japanese Market that I frequent, the seaweed paste and the preserved golden mushrooms goes really well with porridge.

My Cooking - Mince Chicken & Pei Dan Porridge

Today I woke up with bad gastric pain but I still went to work and tried my best to stay as cheerful as I can be, when I got home in the evening, I had no appetite so I took more Alka Seltzer and laid down for abit then I got a little hungry and made some mince chicken with pei dan (thousand years old egg) porridge.

My Cooking - Chai Por (Preserved Turnip) Egg 菜脯蛋 with Porridge 糜

For lunch today I made Chai Por (Preserved Turnip) Eggs 菜脯蛋 to eat with 'muay' 糜 (rice porridge). So shiok but I am still unhappy that I cannot attain the texture of those made by my mom, whenever I grumble to her about it, she will be very encouraging and say that with practice I will be able to do it, oh how I miss my mommy!

Rice Porridge and preserved vegetables.

Rice Porridge

Preserved turnip aka chai por 菜脯 with dried shrimp aka hei bee 虾仁.

Preserved nuts with red beans in spicy sauce. Definitely for those with weak teeth ... hee hee.

Preserved szechuan vegetable 搾菜 with lots of chopped garlic and spicy sauce.

I am a teochew brought up eating lots of rice porridge 糜/粥/稀饭, till this day I still love eating that with lots of accompanying side dishes especially all kinds preserved vegetables. When I was back in Singapore, my family would have stir-fry stingray with bittergourd 苦瓜, stir-fry szechuan vegetables with pork strips, fried salted fish, chai por 菜脯 egg 蛋 (preserved turnip), squid with salted vegetables 咸菜 (mustard green), salted duck egg 咸蛋, braised pork & eggs卤肉卤蛋, and many more dishes ... yummy yum yum.很好吃.