Into the melting pot

When it comes to clay pot rice and casserole dishes, the team at Porriginal like to add a handful of new ideas to every preparation, Li Yingxue reports.

Clay pot rice is a traditional Cantonese dish where the rice is steamed directly in the pot before Chinese sausage and cured pork belly are added - and maintaining a layer of crispy rice at the bottom is always the key to carrying off the dish.

Cantonese cuisine chef Kong Zhongyou has been making traditional clay pot rice for more than a dozen years. He learned the secret family recipe to create the special sauce for the rice from his uncle who is also a chef.