You don’t have to break the bank to touch your mum’s heart: what’s even greater than a luxurious spread at a fancy hotel is a scrumptious home-cooked meal prepared with lots of love and sincerity 💓

It’s not rocket science either. Follow our simple, fool-proof recipe and whip up a heart-warming yet impressive 3-course meal with just one steamer pot!

Dish 1: Sweet Lotus Root

Ingredients
- 2 pcs Sweet Lotus Roots
- 50g Glutinous Rice
- 250g Sugar
- Ample Water

Seasoning
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 pinch Salt

Toppings & Garnish (Quantity to preference)
- Red Dates
- Osmanthus Flowers

1. Soak the glutinous rice in water for about 30 mins, then drain. Add the sugar and salt seasoning to the glutinous rice and mix well.
2. Slice off the top part of each lotus root, just enough to expose its pores. Stuff the glutinous rice mix into the lotus root pores.
3. Once done, cover the lotus root with the sliced-off portion and secure it with toothpicks.
4. Place the lotus roots at the bottom of a steamer pot. Add 250g sugar and enough water to boil the lotus roots.
5. Cover and boil for 50 mins.

While Dish 1 is cooking, prepare Dish 2.

Dish 2: Steamed Pumpkin Treasure Rice

Ingredients
- 1 Pumpkin
- Approx. 50g Glutinous Rice (adjust according to pumpkin size)

Seasoning (Quantity to preference)
- Pepper
- Soya sauce
- Fried onion
- Chopped shiitake mushrooms

1. Remove the seeds from the pumpkin.
2. Season the pre-soaked glutinous rice with your preferred amounts of pepper, soya sauce, fried onion and chopped mushrooms.
3. Stuff the glutinous rice mix into the pumpkin.
4. Place the stuffed pumpkin on the 2nd tier of the steamer (above Dish 1) and steam for 40 mins.

While Dish 1 and 2 continue cooking, prepare Dish 3! Before cooking Dish 3, however, remember to add the red dates and osmanthus flowers to Dish 1 before letting it continue to boil.

Dish 3: Seafood Galore

Ingredients
- A variety of vegetables (Cabbage and Enoki mushrooms etc. Quantity to preference.)
- A variety of seafood (Green mussels, clams, prawns and sliced squid etc. Quantity to preference.)

Seasoning (Quantity to preference)
- Pepper
- Soya sauce
- Sliced Chilli Padi
- Chopped Ginger

1. Assemble the vegetables on a large plate to form a base for the dish.
2. Assemble the seafood on top of the vegetables in a neat and beautiful manner.
3. Drizzle with the sauce mix.
4. Place the seafood platter on the 3rd tier of the steamer if available. If not, wait till Dish 2 is fully cooked, then replace it with the seafood platter on the 2nd tier.
5. Steam for 15 mins. (Let Dish 1 continue to boil as you do so.)