When I first got married, my mother used to tell me that the fastest way to cook a meal was to make porridge. I believed her and in the process a lot of mishaps took place till I was too afraid to try cooking porridge again until my 2nd. child came along.
If you are inexperience, this is what will happen to your porridge.
1. Your porridge will be so thick.
2. Your porridge will taste bland
3. Your porridge gets burn most of the time.
Now the steps to remedy it.
1. 1 cup of rice to half pot of water.
The pot is roughly about 10cm in diameter. Not a big pot. Add water if it becomes too thick.
2. Marinate your meat with the 4 ingredients
sugar + salt + pepper + light soya sauce
3. Do not stir.
This is the secret that no one will share with you. In fact some will even tell you to stir your porridge. If you do then you will need to be near the fire most of the time stirring the pot to ensure that nothing sinks and gets burn at the bottom (if you are using fire) but even if you are using a rice cooker, there is no necessity to stir the porridge. I do stir but for a reason.
You can cook your porridge in 30 minutes.
1. Use gas to boil your porridge.
2. Boil the porridge for about 15 minutes.
3. Lower fire and start pressing the soft grains against the rice pot.
Use a ladle. Any ladle. Keep stirring and pressing. In no time your porridge will be smooth and you will get the consistency of a good porridge. In addition you will save cost of cooking porridge. Normally porridge takes an hour to two to be ready. If you use a rice cooker it will take time and if you use gas, even if you don't stir, you still need time for the porridge to cook.
To make your porridge fragrant
1. Use screw pine leaves
I would advice you not to use fragrant rice which can be quite expensive and I always have my doubts over the authenticity of the fragrance. I believe they uses some kind of food perfume which can be harmful to our health.
2. When the porridge is ready, add a dash of sesame oil and some spring onions.
You can choose to add fried onions.If fried onions are done at home, then feel free to use them but if you buy it from the shop I would strongly advice you not to use it. The oil could turn rancid and it is definitely cancerous.
O.K. let's boil chicken porridge.
Ingredients
1. 1/2 chicken
2. 4cm ginger
3. 4 to 5 pieces of scallops
4. 3-4 screw pine leaves (optional)
Method
1. Cut chicken to bite size and marinate for at least 15 minutes.
2. Wash your rice and put in the amount of water you want.
3. Slice or shred your ginger.
4. Wash your scallops.
5. Put everything to boil.
Rice, chicken, ginger, scallops and screw pine leaves
6. After 15 minutes, lower your fire and start stirring and pressing the rice grains against the pot till you get a fine porridge texture.
7. Add salt to taste.
8. You can add some spring onions and fried onions.
9. To add fragrance, put a dash of good sesame oil.
10. Your porridge is now ready.
If you are inexperience, this is what will happen to your porridge.
1. Your porridge will be so thick.
2. Your porridge will taste bland
3. Your porridge gets burn most of the time.
Now the steps to remedy it.
1. 1 cup of rice to half pot of water.
The pot is roughly about 10cm in diameter. Not a big pot. Add water if it becomes too thick.
2. Marinate your meat with the 4 ingredients
sugar + salt + pepper + light soya sauce
3. Do not stir.
This is the secret that no one will share with you. In fact some will even tell you to stir your porridge. If you do then you will need to be near the fire most of the time stirring the pot to ensure that nothing sinks and gets burn at the bottom (if you are using fire) but even if you are using a rice cooker, there is no necessity to stir the porridge. I do stir but for a reason.
You can cook your porridge in 30 minutes.
1. Use gas to boil your porridge.
2. Boil the porridge for about 15 minutes.
3. Lower fire and start pressing the soft grains against the rice pot.
Use a ladle. Any ladle. Keep stirring and pressing. In no time your porridge will be smooth and you will get the consistency of a good porridge. In addition you will save cost of cooking porridge. Normally porridge takes an hour to two to be ready. If you use a rice cooker it will take time and if you use gas, even if you don't stir, you still need time for the porridge to cook.
To make your porridge fragrant
1. Use screw pine leaves
I would advice you not to use fragrant rice which can be quite expensive and I always have my doubts over the authenticity of the fragrance. I believe they uses some kind of food perfume which can be harmful to our health.
2. When the porridge is ready, add a dash of sesame oil and some spring onions.
You can choose to add fried onions.If fried onions are done at home, then feel free to use them but if you buy it from the shop I would strongly advice you not to use it. The oil could turn rancid and it is definitely cancerous.
O.K. let's boil chicken porridge.
Ingredients
1. 1/2 chicken
2. 4cm ginger
3. 4 to 5 pieces of scallops
4. 3-4 screw pine leaves (optional)
Method
1. Cut chicken to bite size and marinate for at least 15 minutes.
2. Wash your rice and put in the amount of water you want.
3. Slice or shred your ginger.
4. Wash your scallops.
5. Put everything to boil.
Rice, chicken, ginger, scallops and screw pine leaves
6. After 15 minutes, lower your fire and start stirring and pressing the rice grains against the pot till you get a fine porridge texture.
7. Add salt to taste.
8. You can add some spring onions and fried onions.
9. To add fragrance, put a dash of good sesame oil.
10. Your porridge is now ready.
scallops 
ginger
Add a few drops of sesame oil for fragrance and to make the porridge is smoother. You can use other types of oil
Add the marinated chicken pieces. Doesn't look too good, right? But don't worry the porridge is really tasty
Sorry, my camera is again not doing justice to the delicious food. The porridge is ready. The black spots are actually light soya sauce. The light soya sauce enhances the taste of the porridge. Some people even added pepper. It is up to individual taste.
A variation to porridge
1. Add salted egg
2. Add century egg
3. Just plain white porridge to eat with fried fish and salted fish.
4. Just plain white porridge to substitude the eating of rice
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