{"id":61074,"date":"2018-07-25T03:24:47","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T03:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/?p=61074"},"modified":"2018-08-02T09:50:16","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T09:50:16","slug":"book-review-just-add-rice-stories-recipes-by-a-taiwanese-south-african-ming-cheau-lin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/book-review-just-add-rice-stories-recipes-by-a-taiwanese-south-african-ming-cheau-lin\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Just Add Rice Stories & Recipes by a Taiwanese South African Ming-Cheau Lin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just add Rice is a celebration of the rich culinary heritage of Taiwanese culture from a South African voice. It will inspire you to try Taiwanese, Chinese and uniquely South African versions of these recipes at home, using local produce and a wide variety of East Asian ingredients that are available here.<\/p>\n

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About The Author<\/h4>\n

Ming-Cheau Lin was born in Tainan, Taiwan, and moved to South Africa in 1991 when she was 3. The opening pages of the book give\u00a0beautiful insight into her early childhood. It tells a tale of a hardworking middle-class family doing their best to provide, as well as the struggles facing a young immigrant child making their place in Bloemfontein, South Africa.<\/p>\n

Praise for Just Add Rice<\/h4>\n

Just Add Rice showcases Taiwanese cuisine, which seeks balance and harmony in taste and texture, while highlighting the original flavours of ingredients and their nutritional value. But it\u2019s also about home cooking, about familiarity and comfort and celebrating culture \u2013 recipes that connect the author to her parents when they lived in another city and in a distant country.<\/p>\n

This book speaks of the cultural development of a Taiwanese immigrant who was raised in South Africa. She shares stories of her childhood, her beginnings of assimilation and her desire for unlearning \u2013 not wanting to lose herself in a society and industry that doesn\u2019t often reflect her norms. She uncovers her road to understanding and embracing her third-culture identity.<\/p>\n

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Beyond the stories<\/h4>\n

Learn about the ingredients in her pantry and how to use them, her cultural norms of dining and food etiquette, traditional Taiwanese and Chinese dishes, her favourite street foods, budget-friendly recipes and creative hybrids that embrace being both Taiwanese and South African.<\/p>\n

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Just Add Rice offers a diverse variety dishes, from meaty dumplings and a vegetarian meal spread to deep-fried snacks and gluten-free norms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Recipe Extracts from Just Add Rice By Ming-Cheau Lin<\/h3>\n

lu\u00f3bo g\u0101o –\u00a0<\/i>Daikon cakes<\/h4>\n

Growing up, we always had these savoury snacks around the house. My mama would fry them and we\u2019d wait eagerly in the kitchen for the first hot ones to hit the plate and squabble over the first piece. It\u2019s relatively simple to make \u2013 it just takes some time to steam and rest the cake.
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Time:<\/strong> 1 hr 20 mins
\nServing:<\/strong> 10\u201312 cakes<\/p>\n

250g daikon, peeled and grated
\n\u00bc cup rice wine
\n8 shiitake mushrooms, sliced
\ncooking oil
\n1 spring onion, sliced
\n1 tbsp light sesame oil
\n2 cups rice flour
\nsalt
\nwhite pepper
\n1 tbsp brown sugar<\/p>\n

Dipping sauce<\/strong><\/p>\n

sticky sweet soy sauce
\n1 garlic clove, bruised
\nhandful sliced spring onion
\nchopped coriander<\/p>\n

Cook the grated daikon in 3\/4 cup water and rice wine for about 5 minutes, until it\u2019s mush. Set aside to cool. Fry the mushrooms in oil, then add the spring onion and sesame oil.\u00a0Add this mixture to the cooked daikon and leave to cool.<\/p>\n

Separately, mix the rice flour, salt and pepper (to taste) and sugar in a large bowl until evenly combined.\u00a0Add the cooled daikon mixture and stir. You\u2019ll end up with a cake batter.<\/p>\n

Line a loaf tin with plastic wrap and brush with oil so that the cake doesn\u2019t stick to it. Spoon the batter into the tin. Prepare a steamer and let the cake steam, lid on, for 50 minutes.\u00a0Leave it to cool down a bit \u2013 this makes it easier to slice.<\/p>\n

Cut 2cm-thick slices and fry in a little oil until golden-brown.<\/p>\n

Mix the dipping sauce ingredients together and serve with daikon cakes.<\/p>\n

ti\u011b b\u01cen ni\u00far\u00f2u –\u00a0<\/i>Teppan beef<\/h4>\n

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Serves:<\/strong> 4
\nTime:<\/strong> 35 minutes<\/p>\n

3 tbsp soy sauce
\n1 tbsp brown sugar
\n2 tbsp cornflour
\n400g beef strips
\n2 onions
\n2 tbsp butter
\n4 tbsp cooking oil
\n1 tsp ground black pepper
\neggs, for serving<\/p>\n

Mix the soy sauce, sugar, 2 tbsp water and cornflour to make a marinade. Add the beef strips, work the marinade into the meat and leave it in the fridge for at least half an hour.<\/p>\n

Slice the onions into chunks. Melt the butter in a wok (or frying pan) on a low heat, and cook the onions until slightly translucent.\u00a0Add the oil to the marinated beef and mix it in.<\/p>\n

Turn the heat up in the wok and stir-fry the meat, adding pepper and more soy sauce to taste.<\/p>\n

Serve with rice and a fried egg.<\/p>\n

Tip:<\/strong> This works just as well with chicken, lamb, seafood or silken tofu as alternative proteins. You can also add green or red peppers, and serve with stir-fried egg noodles instead.<\/p>\n

Recommended Retail Price:<\/strong> R375 |\u00a0 ISBN<\/strong> 978-1-928429-02-9<\/p>\n

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Need help with some of these ingredients, see our guide to stocking your Asian Pantry<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just add Rice is a celebration of the rich culinary heritage of Taiwanese culture from a South African voice. It will inspire you to try Taiwanese, Chinese and uniquely South African versions of these recipes at home, using local produce and a wide variety of East Asian ingredients that are available here. About The Author Ming-Cheau Lin was born in Tainan, Taiwan, and moved to South Africa in 1991 when she was 3. The opening pages of the book give\u00a0beautiful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4098],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"brand_slug":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test10.co.za\/C\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}