As I know pumpkin is sweet and very nutritious to us and my hubby like my home-cooked porridge a lot. So I tried to incorporate both into one and end up it tastes good and delicious. My hubby loves it.
Recipe I used (for 2 portions):-
quarter pumpkin (can get it from supermarket)
2 piece of fish fillet (I used grouper's fillet)
rice for two
vege (as your liking - maybe cabbage, carrot, etc)
sesame oil
a little bit of soy sauce and pepper for some seasoning (to your liking)
~2 litres of water
Method:
Wash the rice and marinate it with sesame oil for 15 mins.
Remove the skin and cut the pumpkin flesh into cubes.
Boil the water in a pot and put the rice and pumpkin in once the water bubbles rapidly.. :-)
Still on high fire, cook the rice until it expands and a bit soft (approx. 10-15mins)..
Then put the fire to low and stir the porridge for a while.
Close the pot and let it be. Come back to look and stir at the porridge at the interval of 10mins (This will prevent porridge from sticking to the bottom of the pot which may cause your porridge to burnt)
Cook for another 45mins until the porridge is starchy and soft (it will have the texture like the porridge in dimsum house). At this time, your porridge will be in yellow golden from the pumpkin.
You may put the fish fillet and cook for 10mins and then put the vege in.
Serve while hot! (eat this especially on a rainy day with your love ones and feel the warmth)
**TIPS: To make the soup even tastier, throw in a couple of dried scallops when boiling the water. Besides that, you may add in some meatballs as well like in my picture**
I know that this may sound a bit effort and hard work but when you see the smile on your love ones when eating this porridge, all your sweat and hard work melts away.... :-)
