Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, ‘okayu’ japanese rice porridge. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
‘Okayu’ Japanese Rice Porridge is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. ‘Okayu’ Japanese Rice Porridge is something which I have loved my entire life.
Japanese Rice Porridge - A Healing Food. Rice Porridge, or we call it Okayu (お粥), is a simple dish made with rice and water. How to Make Japanese Rice Porridge. We refer to this ratio as zen-gayu (全粥).
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have ‘okayu’ japanese rice porridge using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make ‘Okayu’ Japanese Rice Porridge:
- Make ready 1 cup Cooked Japanese Short Grain Rice *firmly packed
- Prepare 1 & 1/2 cups Water *Do not add anything else!
- Make ready Salt
- Take *Note: If you cook from scratch, 100ml Uncooked Japanese Short Grain Rice & 600ml Water
Wash Japanese rice well and drain. Put the pan on medium heat and bring to boil. This is a recipe to make plain okayu. You might want to add some vegetables or meat, depending on your appetite.
Steps to make ‘Okayu’ Japanese Rice Porridge:
- <Easiest Method> - Place Cooked Japanese Short Grain Rice and Water in a saucepan, bring to the boil over medium high heat. Break down any lumps.
- Once boiling, reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 to 10 minutes. Add 1 pinch Salt and stir.
- <Uncooked Rice Method> - Cook Japanese Short Grain Rice with Water in the ratio of 1:6. For example, cook 100ml Rice with 600ml Water.
- Wash Rice by stirring it thoroughly in water a couple of times. Drain the rice, place into the rice cooker’s inner pot and add Water. Press Cook/Start button to cook. Add 1 pinch Salt and stir.
- If you cook in a pot or saucepan, you need to be careful because it is easy to boil over. Once it is boiling, reduce heat to low, stir well, then cover with a lid but do not close completely. Cook for 40 minutes or until rice is soft. Add 1 pinch Salt and stir.
This is a recipe to make plain okayu. You might want to add some vegetables or meat, depending on your appetite. It is often eaten when people are not feeling well. It has a very mild taste and it's easy to digest, making it a perfect For the flavoring of the porridge, the most popular topping is Umeboshi. Umeboshi is sour and salty pickled plum, and its taste goes with rice very well.
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