Cabbage, Tomato And Shiitake Congee 高麗菜蕃茄香菇粥

If you don't have a rice cooker at home, I urge you to invest in one. My Japanese rice cooker practically saved my life while we had our terrible flu! I'm sure you all know how difficult it is to get up when you're sick, not to mention having to cook! But because of my rice cooker, I didn't have to spend much time or energy. All I had to do was to throw all the ingredients in the rice cooker, and let it do its job. How easy is that! This recipe is the perfect dish for emergency situations or when you just don't have tim to prepare a meal. It's light, delicious, and warming, plus it offers you plenty of vitamins A, C, K, minerals and antioxidants! Next time you're feeling under the weather, make this congee and it'll make you feel better!

  

Cabbage, Tomato And Shiitake Congee (2 servings)

2 dried shiitake mushrooms, soaked in water

A: 1              large tomato, cut into 8 pieces
    1 1/2- 2 C Chinese cabbage or savoy cabbage, torn into bite size pieces
    1/2 C        brown or white rice (about 1/3 C + 1 T) *Here, I'm using the 

                   measuring cup that comes with the rice cooker
    1/4 C        millet ( about 3 T)
    1/2 t         vegetable bouillon (If not using vegetable broth like me)
    1/4 t         sea salt

water or vegetable broth

small handful of cilantro, toughly chopped

*T = tbsp, t = tsp, C = cup
 

1. Chop the mushrooms into small pieces.

2. Throw the chopped mushrooms and ingredients A in the rice cooker. Follow the indications of your rice cooker to add enough water for 1 C of porridge.

3. Set up the rice cooker to cook porridge and just sit back and wait until it's ready! Serve with some cilantro. (*Cilantro can help you to perspire and boost your appetite, which could be very helpful during a flu/cold.)

                                                                                               - Yvonne

在現代這種繁忙的生活裡，電鍋對我來說真的很重要，今天要為大家介紹的食譜就是完全靠電鍋做出來的。前一陣子感冒的很嚴重，我想大家都知道在生病的時候有多難爬起來，更不要說是煮三餐了！還好家裡有電鍋，我想說就用它來煮一鍋簡單既又營養的粥。由於它真的不需要花什麼時間與太多的精力，所以很適合在身體不適的時候煮，而且裡面的食材還含有相當多的維他命A、C、K、礦物質與抗氧化劑，可以幫助我們身體痊癒的較快。平時早餐想吃粥的朋友們，也可以晚上把食材都放入鍋內，早上起來就可以直接享用囉~

高麗菜蕃茄香菇粥 (2 人份)

乾燥香菇 2 朵…泡水

A: 蕃茄         1 顆
    高麗菜      1 1/2 - 2 杯…以手撥成小片
    糙米或白米 1/2 杯 (電鍋量杯)
    小米         1/4 杯 (電鍋量杯)
    素食調味或雞精粉 1/2 小匙 (若使用高湯，請不要使用)
    海鹽         少許

水或蔬菜湯、雞湯

香菜  少許

 

1. 將香菇切小塊。

2. 將切好的香菇與A料都ㄧ起放入電鍋中，然後倒入水或高湯至1杯粥的水位。

3. 將電鍋設定好就可以了！ 食用時可撒上ㄧ點香菜會更好（＾ν＾）(*香菜具有發汗與促進食慾的作用，適合發燒、感冒時食用！)

                                                                                               - Yvonne