Soft Rice Porridge (Alicia Silverstone)

Soft Rice Porridge

Ingredients

• 2 cups leftover rice
• 4 dried apricots (or any dried fruit you like), chopped
• Toasted sunflower seeds
• 1/3 umeboshi plum, pit removed and cut into little pieces
• Chopped fresh parsley

Instructions

1. Place the rice, 2 cups of water and the apricots into a saucepan. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer (on a flame deflector if you have one) for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and pour into a bowl. Top with the seeds, plum, and parsley. Good morning! 

Variation: Skip the apricots and add diced onion and 1 small carrot, also diced. Simmer as usual and add 1 teaspoon diluted miso during the last 3 minutes of cooking. Garnish with scallions, torn nori and the toasted seeds.