Japanese Rice Porridge
Rice porridge or we call it okayu お粥 is a simple dish made with rice and water.
Japanese rice porridge. The rice is simmered in a pot with water until the mixture disintegrates. As the rice is tender soft and easily digestible it is known as a healing food in japan. Incorporating traditional japanese ingredients into your diet can be a useful way to make healthy protein rich and easy to digest meals during treatment. We usually serve okayu to people who are recovering.
It is often eaten when people are not feeling well. Compared to other countries rice porridge okayu is much thicker due to the water to rice ratio of 1 to 5 cantonese style congee is 1 to 12 this is a basic recipe to make plain okayu but various ingredients such as chicken salmon eggs and vegetables like radishes can be added if desired. Japanese rice porridge a healing food. Okayu is also eaten for breakfast sometimes.
One particularly healing dish okayu this japanese rice porridge is comforting and simple. For example some hotel restaurants there serve okayu in a breakfast buffet.