Old Hanoi Rice With Shrimp, Royal Style

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• salt
• pepper
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 shrimp, shelled and boiled
• 3/4 cup cooked rice (adjust according to size of your bowl)
• 1 sprig fresh coriander
• 2 shrimp, shelled and finely chopped
• 1/4 cup green bell pepper, finely diced
• 1/4 cup red bell pepper, finely diced
• 1/4 cup medium onion, finely diced
• 1/4 cup fragrant mushroom, finely diced
• 1/4 cup carrot, finely diced
• 1/4 cup sweet baby corn
• 1/4 cup peas
• 1/4 cup dry black mushrooms, finely diced
• 1/4 cup spring onion, finely diced

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a pan.
• 2 mix all the layer ingredients together in a bowl and season with salt and pepper, then stir fry them for five minutes in the hot oil, or until fragrant. then take them off the heat.
• 3 lightly oil a small to medium bowl - it has to fit everything in tightly , so judge for yourself what size to use !
• 4 place the boiled shrimp on the bottom of a small to medium bowl. make sure it fits well into the base.
• 5 gently, press a layer of rice about 1 cm thick over it. make sure it is even on top and has filled in all the gaps underneath it.
• 6 put a layer of the 'layer ingredients', slightly thinner than the rice , on top. again , press down gently and make sure the top is even.
• 7 repeat with a layer of rice, a layer of 'layer ingredients' and a last layer of rice.
• 8 then, turn the bowl upside down in the middle of the serving plate and lightly tap. leave for a minute, than carefully remove the bowl so that the mound of rice is left. garnish with coriander and serve with soy sauce.
• 9 p.s. if you're going to hanoi, i really recommend this course ! http://www.hanoi-cooking.com/tip.html.