First attempts are never perfect. Same goes to my cooking. First of all, I didn't know how much rice I should put in the rice cooker, so I simply put one and a half cup. Little did I realised at that time that that is actually the amount of rice my mom cooks for a meal for my whole family! Oh well. At least I poured in the right amount of water.
Then, I started to realise that the vegetable I put in the frying pan were cooked faster than I thought. Dang, I totally forgot to control the burner level! I quickly corrected the mistake, although I was almost done cooking by then.
After that, I looked back at the recipe. "Cook the rice mixed with the vegetable in the rice cooker." That sounds wrong. The rice is already cooked! Although I've made the dish before under my mom's guidance, I totally forgot how to make it and had to rely on the recipe I wrote (which isn't exactly reliable). Yet, since it sounded wrong, I quickly called my mom to ask about it. It seems I shouldn't have cooked the rice in the rice cooker first. I should've done it at last, after I've mixed the uncooked rice with the vegetable. Thank god the vegetables were cooked at that point, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to eat the rice!
The supposedly vegetable rice turned into fried rice didn't taste that bad after all. It was a little too oily (I didn't know how much oil I should pour) and a little sour here and there (I didn't mix the rice well after pouring lemon juice), but for someone who has been surviving on pizzas, pasta and instant noodles for a few days, it's heavenly food. I especially liked the fish cake I have put in the rice. Overall, it turned out to be not so bad first attempt in cooking, and my stomach is happy! :D
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| Preparing the vegetables |
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| The moment when I realised that I should've put uncooked rice in. |
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| While eating my linner (lunch+dinner) |
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