Posts Tagged ‘millet’

Kabocha Squash Millet Congee 日本南瓜小米粥

Friday, December 30th, 2011

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

Congee (rice porridge, rice gruel) is such comforting food. Other than using rice grains, I enjoy using millet 小米 as millet gives congee a smoother consistency.


This Kabocha Squash Millet Congee 日本南瓜小米粥 was adapted from a pumpkin oatmeal porridge 南瓜燕麦粥 recipe from a Chinese recipe booklet that I (Read more...)

Egg Congee with Peas and Roasted Peanuts

Thursday, February 17th, 2011

This post is a reprint of a post by tigerfish that originally appeared at Teczcape-An Escape to Food.

We have heard that when you have a bowl of thick smooth silky Cantonese congee, it is made from a variety of rice - glutinous, "broken" rice (碎米), etc.; or selecting a starchy grain such as short-grain (Source: Food-4tots' Superfast Congee). The characteristics of each type of grain renders (make or (Read more...)