Writing a PROCESS - Informal Letter

Enrichment 2

Write a process of cooking seafood fried rice by elaborating the notes given. Use suitable sequence connectors and imperatives. Write it in a form of informal letter to a friend who asks you a recipe to be cooked in a cooking contest.

Ingredients

·   oil – four spoonful

·   rice – cold leftover cooked

·   garlic

·   two medium-sized shallots

·   a cup – shrimps – unskin

·   4 squids – slice as desired

·   12 crab filament

·   salt and pepper

·   two carrots – shred

·   processed peas – strain

·   Chinese celery – garnishing

Sample Answer

No. 14, Jalan Megah 2,

Taman Megah,

33400, Lenggong,

Perak.

1 October 2012

Dear Maria,

            How are you? Don’t worry about me over here for I’m as fit as a fiddle day in, day out. You told me the other day that you are participating in a cooking contest and asked a recipe that would fit the competition. So, I wrote this letter to share a recipe called ‘Seafood Fried Rice’ which I inherited from my mother. This recipe is suitable for 4 persons.

            The ingredients you need for this mouth-watering cookery are a medium-sized bowl of cold leftover cooked rice, four spoonful of cooking oil, garlic, two medium-sized shallots, a cup of shrimps, four squids and twelve sticks of crab filament. You also need two carrots and a large tin of processed peas besides salt and pepper for flavouring and Chinese celery for garnishing.

            Once you have the listed ingredients, clean all the seafood items such as shrimps, squids and crab filament sticks. Firstly, skin the shrimps’ shells and wash them thoroughly. Then, wash the squids and cut them as desired. Don’t forget to cut the filament sticks into two inches long. Put aside all the processed seafood.

            Next, shed the shallots and garlic, wash them and slice them finely. Don’t forget to peel the carrots and shred them in a bowl. Then, sift the processed peas and wash them slightly followed by the shredded carrots and the spring onion.

After that, turn on the heat and place a wok on the stove. Then, pour the oil in the wok and let it heat for about thirty seconds. Later, put the sliced garlic and shallots in the wok, stir for a while and leave them until they turn golden brown. Then, put in the processed seafood, stir lightly and leave them for about three minutes or until the shrimps turn pink.

            In the meantime, sprinkle generous amount of salt and pepper onto the rice for seasoning. Then, mix them well. Pour the seasoned rice into the wok and keep on stirring the mixture for about three minutes. Leave the mixture for a while before stirring again afterwards. While leaving the mixture, chop the Chinese celery finely. Then, stir the mixture again for another two minutes.

            Turn off the heat, and serve the dish on a large-sized serving plate. Finally, sprinkle the chopped celery on top for garnishing. Now, the fried rice is ready to be enjoyed and it is best to be served hot. It is really simple to be prepared, isn't it? All the best for the competition though. Well Maria, I have to sum up my writing right here. Hope to hear from you very soon. Bye!

Yours sincerely,

Sue