Moo Goo Chon Fon Anyone?

(Scene -1 : A nice lovely home decorated tastefully by the woman of the house( thats me! and since this is my story I can praise myself cant i?), filled with aroma drifting from the kitchen. There is a click at the door and the man of the house enters after a long day at work)

He : Honey! Am back from work. umm! Something smells delicious! Whats for dinner?
She : Moo Goo Chon Fon.
He : Bless You! Your cold's still hanging on to you?
She : Its gone long back. Why do you ask all of a sudden?
He : You jus sneezed!
She : Of course I dint! I was telling you, the menu for dinner!
He : (apprehensively) That Moo Moo thing? What! (haltingly)Is it something to do with a Cow?
She : (Shocked!)Of course not! I luv experimenting! But cooking non-veg! Comeon!
He : Oh well! Arent you taking this Excellent Guinea Pig Award thing too far!
She : (accusingly)Seriously! Do you think I will do something like that? Dont you trust me?
He : Oh well! I do, but I have some trouble doing the same to that moo moo thing! But ok I will give it a try! It does look good though! (pause) ( one spoonful makes a transit to the mouth..a sparkling blink in the eye!) OMG! Isnt this Mushroom Rice? You really took me for a ride...you moo moo you..
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And they ate happily ever after!



Moo Goo Shon Fon is nothing but Mushroom Fried Rice where there is a tasty combo of mushrooms along with the dried ones. I love Mushrooms and I make them often enough. Recently, my advent to the stores made me buy a huge surplus of vegetables( this is why they say that you shouldnt go shopping on an empty stomach!) and I bought quite a variety of Mushrooms. The next day, I made this rice which was v good and appetising. The pics have been in my draft for quite a while, so I have approximate measuremtns to what went into the recipe.

Ingredients

• approx 3 cups of mixed mushrooms ( I used Button,cremini,Portobello,oyster,shitake)
  
  
• 1 cup Basmati rice, cooked till grains are seperate
  
  
• 3-4 cloves of garlic and 1 inch ginger,sliced
  
  
• 1 onion, sliced thinly
  
  
• 1 bell pepper, sliced
  
  
• 2 tomatoes, chopped into small pieces
  
  
• 1/4 cup of peas
  
  
• 3-4 beans sliced
  
  
• 1-2 tbsp soy sauce (low sodium preferable)
  
  
• 1 tbsp chilli sauce ( I have tried Sichuanese Stir Fry Sauce and it works great)
  
  
• 1-2 tbsp Ketchup (optional)
  
  
• 1-2 tbsp Tomato Puree
  
  
• 2 scallion, green and white chopped seperately
  
  
• few sprigs of cilantro
  
  
• Salt to taste
  
  

Method
1. Heat some oil in a pan, and add chopped onions,(along with scallion whites) garlic, ginger and stir well till soft. Slice the mushrooms



Add the bell peppers,beans, peas and tomatoes and stir for another 3-4 min.



2.Add the tomato puree, ketchup, soy sauce,chilli sauce and salt and mix well. Keep stirring for another 5 min and when it starts bubbling, add the sliced mushrooms.



3.Stir for another 5-8 min and when mushrooms get slightly soft add the rice and mix well.



4.Garnish with scallion greens and springs of cilantro and you are done :) Serve hot.



What did you enjoy more? The story or the pic or both.( psst! I am hoping for the last option..gimme that ok! Humour me darlings!:))

This is my entry for WHB hosted by Kel originally initiated by Dear Kalyn