SINGAPORE, Sept 15 — Bryan Koh shares a recipe for Htamin Thoke from his cookbook 0451 Mornings Are For Mont Hin Gar. The ingredients such as fermented soy bean powder and Indian leeks are easily available from markets and Peninsula Plaza.

Ingredients:

350g cold cooked rice

4 tablespoons fermented soya bean powder

2 tablespoons chilli-infused peanut oil

2 tablespoons golden onion-infused peanut oil

2 tablespoons tamarind water

2 teaspoons fish sauce

3 tablespoons crisp-fried onion slices

A tablespoon chopped sawtooth herb

1 1/2 teaspoons dried prawns, pounded

2 tablespoons roasted peanuts, skins on

A bunch of Indian leeks, cleaned

Method:

1. Place cold cooked rice in a bowl. Rake with fork to disperse any lumps. Add the fermented soya bean powder, infused peanut oil, tamarind water and fish sauce. Mix them thoroughly.

2. Add the crisp-fried onion slices, chopped sawtooth herb and pounded prawns. Mix them in.

3. Taste and adjust seasoning. You want the seasonings to be full-on. The rice should be sumptuously dressed but not greasy.

4. Plate up and scatter with roasted peanuts and snip over long strands of Indian leeks. ― TODAY