I've discovered I have a bad habit of hounding people for information when I get excited about something. When I found out that one of the senior lab technicians in my department ate silkworm, I basically ran back in to the lab and bombarded him when questions about recipes and where to purchase. Apparently, he was pretty weirded out entertained by the strange American girl flapping her arms up and down in excitement and so had his wife cook up some silkworm that night and brought them over the next day (they're Chinese).
先週、研究室の技術院のおじさんが桑子の料理をすると聞いたので彼にいろんな質問を聞きにいきました。親切なことに、次の日奥さんが作ってくれた桑子の炒め物を持ってきて下さいました。味はおいしかったけれど、肌触りがちょっと変でした。でも、興味が会ったので、サクラメントの中華食料品店に言って桑子のパケットを一つ買ってみました。
The flavor was good--kinda cashewy and nutty. The texture though...not so much. Too soggy and mealy. Despite the texture, though, I decided to get a packet from one of the several Asian grocery stores in Sacramento.
mmm silkworm! |
I really didn't dig the mushy texture from the stir-fry dish so was looking up ways to make it a bit more crispier and came across this ehow article that said to roast them.
もうちょっとパリパリした肌触りが欲しかったので、オーブンで焼いてみました。さくさくとしてとても美味しかったです!卵焼きとスイートポテトと一緒に食べました。
And roast I did! They tasted so much better. Nice and crispy, with a soft inside.
roasted sweet potato and silkworm, vadouvam |
Breakfast! |
Curried scrambled eggs with silkworm and sweet potato
Ingredients:
1 small sweet potato
1/4 c silkworm pupae
2 cloves garlic
1 Tbsp olive oil
2 eggs
1/4 tsp vandouvan (my awesome friend bought me some for a graduation gift from here)
you can use curry seasoning too if you don't have vandouvan.
oil to fry eggs (I used peanut oil)
salt to taste
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450 F
Cut sweet potato into 1/4" slices, mince garlic.
Place sweet potato, silkworm, garlic, and a bit of salt into small bowl, pour olive oil on top, toss to coat. Sprinkle some salt on top if you wish.
Place above into baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes. Remove from oven.
Put frying pan on high heat, add oil and vandouvan. Mix vandouvan until fragrant (about a minute)
Place roasted silkworm and eggs into bowl, whisk.
Pour silkworm and egg mixture into frying pan, scramble, add salt if you wish to taste.
Enjoy!
Serves: 2 smallish breakfasts, or one hearty portion.
桑子と卵焼き
スイートポテト(小) 一本
桑子 1/4こっぷ*
大蒜 2片
オリーヴオイル 大さじ1
卵 2個
ヴァンズバン 小さじ1
(カレー粉でもいい)
卵を焼く油
塩
オーブンを230Cにする。1)大蒜をみじん切りにする 2)スイートポテトは薄く切る。1と2と桑子通り部オイル、塩をボウルに入れ、まぜる。
オーブンに入れ、10分やく。
フライパンに油を入れ、ヴァンズバン、あるいはカレー粉を合えて香ばしくなるまでまぜる。
卵と桑子をボウルに入れまぜる。フライパンに入れて焼く。
焼いた桑子と卵を小さなボウルに入れまぜる。
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