Porridge (Eastern Style)

The best porridge recipe!

Serves 2.


Total Preparation and Cooking Time: 5 hours.

Ingredients

- 3/4 cup Jasmine Rice, rinsed.
- 3 tablespoons Dried Scallops
- Sesame Oil
- Salt
- 1/2 cup Spring Onions (shallots), chopped.


Note: _pdra also recommends eating the porridge with pepper and soy sauce.


Method

- Soak dried scallops in small bowl with luke warm water for 3 hours.
- Mash dried scallops into small pieces with hands. DO NOT POUR WATER AWAY.
- Place rice on medium-large sauce pan, add 1 tablespoon of Sesame Oil and salt (any amount, but try not to over-add) and rub with hands. Leave (covered with lid) for 10 minutes.
- Pour dried scallops (+ the bowl of water) into porridge and add water (covers 3/4 of the sauce pan). Bring to boil.
- Lower the fire and cook for 2 hours, stirring every 30 minutes. Add more salt/water to adjust.
- Serve porridge in medium bowl with spring onions.



Recipe originated from Mel and Experimenting Baker; altered and written by _pdra.