When my mother was still passionate about cooking, she told me she made this not from the steaming method but frying the raw glutinous rice from raw. She would had to keep adding water during the frying process but she said that now we can just steam the glutinous rice, which she thinks that the process is less tedious compared to the former. So far i have made this twice using the steaming method , i'm not sure how good this is as compared to the conventional frying method cos i have never tried frying the rice from raw but was quite happy how they turned out. So is this less tedious? I dont know but i still have to sprinkle water during the steaming process to ensure the rice is soft. After steaming, we would then have to stir fry it in the wok together with the rest of the ingredients. Now frying glutinous rice is not as easy as frying rice..they are sticky and also heavy..giving your arms a good exercise but it's not going to take you frying for 1/2 hour or so, just probably 10-15 minutes, so your arms should be fine :)
Recipe
500gm glutinous rice, soaked overnight
50gm dried shrimps, soaked and cleaned
50gm shredded dried cuttlefish, cleaned
3 chinese sausages, sliced
8 chinese mushrooms, cut into cubes
1 bunch of spring onions, chopped
3-4 tbsps of garlic oil/cooking oil
1-2 egg omelette, as desired
Seasoning
1tbsp dark soya sauce
1tbsp oyster sauce
2tsp salt
Method
1. Clean and drain the soaked glutinous rice and let it steam for about 35-45 minutes. Sprinkle water into the steamed rice every 15mins and continue steaming. Fluff up the rice after 25 minutes and continue sprinkling water till the rice is soft. You can pinch some rice and try if it's soft enough, if not, just continue to steam. ( i hv used about 1.5cup of water to sprinkle the steamed rice in between )
2. Remove from steamer and set aside. In a wok, pour in the cooking oil or garlic oil if using, then put in the dried shrimps and dried cuttlefish and fry them till aromatic, add the chinese mushroom, chinese sausages and saute them for several minutes on medium fire. Now add in the steamed glutinous rice and seasoning and keep frying. You will probably need to fry them for about 10 mins, just keep stirring till they are well mixed with the seasoning . Taste and add more salt if necessary. . Toss in the chopped spring onions, mix them around. Remove from heat and sprinkle with omelette all over.