Thank God it's Friday and I've got potatoes and eggs. This is the kid's most favourite dinner menu and it only took 45mins. Any cooking requiring less than 1 hour goes into my list.

Ingredients are simple.

2 medium size potatoes
2 cloves garlic
Cooking oil
Sesame oil 1tbsp
Oyster sauce
Dark sweet soy sauce (more for the colour than the taste, but it does give a nice aroma to the dish)
Water
2 fried eggs (sunny side up for Hive account@annabellenoelle)
Rice enough for 2 kids (I use brown rice).

Preparation. Time 10 mins

Peel garlic and chopped finely.
Peel potatoes and cut into quarters.
Wash the rice and place in rice cooker.

Cooking. Time 35 mins

Heat up the pan/wok and pour cooking oil
Fry the eggs and put aside.
Using the same oil, fry the potatoes so they won't be too mushy later, and gives a slightly fragrant taste.
When the sides of the potatoes start to brown, remove from pan/wok & keep aside.
Add sesame oil and fry the garlic until fragrant.
Add the potatoes back in the pan/wok and give it a few toss.

Being the lazy mom that I am, I use the same pan to fry potatoes and garlic. I wait until the side of the potatoes turn colour before I push them to the sides of the pan. Then I put the sesame oil in the middle and fry the garlic.

Here, if I had onions, I would add 1 small onion cut into quarters. Onions give an earthy flavour to the dish, makes it sweet.

This is how I do it

After a few toss, add in the dark sweet soy sauce & oyster sauce, followed by water just enough to cover the potatoes. Simmer for 30mins. To check if the potatoes are fully cooked, poke a fork or knife through the biggest chunk in the pan/wok. If it goes through smoothly and easily, the dish is ready.

Because I've been making this dish for many years now, I know by instinct how much oyster sauce to use and how much water is enough so that it won't taste bland or too salty. So if you're attempting this, make sure you taste the gravy. It can afford to be more salty because when you mix the gravy with the rice, it will be just nice. Once out of the pan/wok, you can't fix the taste by adding more salt or soy sauce. It won't taste the same.

I have a 2 tier electrical lunch box, so the rice and the potatoes get cooked at the same time. Before I had the lunchbox, I would add more water and simmer the potatoes for 30mins in the pan/wok. The rice would be cooked in a rice cooker. Thank God for electrical lunch boxes, I haven't had to stay by my cooker and watch the heat. I timed it 30mins and the food stays warm inside until I decide to serve them.

My Electrical lunch box was a birthday gift from a friend. God bless her

All ready for the next stage of my cooking process

Placed the rice and the potatoes inside the lunch box and set the timer for 30mins. Meanwhile, I took a nap.

My handy kitchen helper

30 minutes later........

The rice is cooked

The potatoes are cooked. The colour is darker once the dish is cooked

This is comfort food for my kids

If you wonder where the veggies are, Hive account@annabellenoelle would say potatoes are veggies what! 😆 Because it's Lent, we're abstaining from meat. Otherwise, you can make this dish with chicken or pork either minced or cutlets. Sometimes, I would add in broccoli, carrots or cauliflower in the 2nd stage of my cooking process.

What's your comfort food for your kids?

Do you have a childhood comfort food?

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