Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, ‘okayu’ japanese rice porridge. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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).
‘Okayu’ Japanese Rice Porridge is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. ‘Okayu’ Japanese Rice Porridge is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have ‘okayu’ japanese rice porridge using 4 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make ‘Okayu’ Japanese Rice Porridge:
- Take 1 cup Cooked Japanese Short Grain Rice *firmly packed
- Prepare 1 & 1/2 cups Water *Do not add anything else!
- Prepare Salt
- Make ready *Note: If you cook from scratch, 100ml Uncooked Japanese Short Grain Rice & 600ml Water
You may also find it on hotel. • Okayu is Japanese rice porridge. It is often eaten when people are not feeling well. It could be a very watery porridge if you add a lot of water, or it can have almost no liquid left if you use less, obviously. Wash Japanese rice well and drain.
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.
It could be a very watery porridge if you add a lot of water, or it can have almost no liquid left if you use less, obviously. 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.
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