Saturday, January 08, 2011

Nanakusagayu - Traditional Herb Porridge

七草粥

On the 7th of January, you are supposed to eat some rice porridge made with 7 Japanese herbs. I always forget about it, and always wanted to try making it. Happened across said 7 herbs for sale at the supermarket the night before, so hey, why not.

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Here is what they look like. If you care what they are, google will tell you.

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Chop them up.

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Cook in your rice cooker on the porridge setting.

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Done!

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It was awful. Tasted like rice with... herbs. Its supposed to be easy to digest.

Later I added carrots and some chicken bouillon cubes, then topped it with a drizzle of chili oil. And it was good.

3 comments:

AdelaideBen said...

Nothing wrong with improvising! Looked good (apart from last photo which apparently tasted like it looked).... no offence.
?:p

scarves said...

vegetable or medicine?
Scarves Scarves

kitchen remodeling nyc said...

I still need to wait until my dining and kitchen is done. I think I'll try this porridge for the meantime.