Tomato Porridge With Egg
If you are not Cantonese, the plain congee(also called porridge) maybe not be your dish. Most people think the plain congee is too light for them. If we put some meat on it, it will lack the meaning of a healthy lifestyle. Maybe you can try the middle-style tomato porridge with egg.
Tomato has the functions of promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, invigorating the stomach and eliminating food, clearing away heat and relieving heat, and invigorating the kidney and diuresis. Tomato porridge is the most common food in people’s daily life, and it is favored by many people, especially in the hot summer. Otherwise, egg porridge is also full of nutrition. This recipe combines tomato and egg to make excellent porridge.
You can watch the detailed video guide below if you want to follow it. If you like another type of porridge, you can try the sweet pumpkin porridge.
How To Make Tomato Porridge
Step 1: Wash Rice
Firstly, we should prepare 100 grams of rice. Prepare a large bowl filled with water. Then put the rice in the bowl. Wash the rice several times. Then save them for later.
Wash Rice
Step 2: Cut Tomatoes
Second, we need to prepare three tomatoes. Cut the tomatoes like cubes. And then dice them. Then chop a few times. Trying to chop the tomatoes as little as possible. Then save them for later.
Cut Tomatoes
Step 3: Beaten Eggs
Next, we should prepare three eggs. Break them into a bowl. Then add a quarter teaspoon salt. And then use chopsticks to break up the eggs. Beat like this. Save it for later.
Beaten Eggs
Step 4: Cook Tomato Porridge
Now we can start to cook the tomato porridge. Firstly, we should add 1.5 liters of water to the pot. Then add the clean rice in.
Add The Clean Rice In
Turn to medium heat or high heat to boil the water. After the rice boils, continue to cook for ten minutes. Stirring from time to time. When you see the rice grains soften, pour the tomatoes in. Stir the tomatoes thoroughly. And cook for another three or four minutes. Try to soften the tomatoes as much as possible. Then pour in the beaten egg.
Pour In The Beaten Egg
Stir them evenly. And cook for a minute. Finally, add one teaspoon salt. Stir well. And then turn off the heat. The fragrant tomato porridge is ready. The tomato porridge cooked in this way is beautiful in color and rich in nutrition. Please enjoy it!
Beautiful In Color And Rich In Nutrition
FAQ
How do you make Chinese porridge?
Although we don’t follow the best tips to cook porridge. There are six tips for cooking Chinese porridge:
1. Soaking: Soak the rice in cold water for half an hour before cooking the porridge to allow the rice grains to expand. The advantage of doing this is that it saves time by boiling the porridge. The porridge will be soft and taste good.
2. Add Rice To Boiled Water: The consensus of everyone is to cook porridge with cold water, but the real experts use boiling water to cook Chinese porridge. Why? You must have boiled porridge in cold water before that maybe you would find that the rice is easy to stick to the pan. There will be no such phenomenon when you add rice to boiling water, and it saves time than boiling porridge in cold water.
3. Heat: Firstly boil rice on high heat, then turn to low heat and cook on low heat for about 30 minutes. Don’t underestimate the size of the fire, the aroma of the porridge comes out. It is very important when you cook plain congee.
4. Stirring: It turns out that the reason why we sometimes stir the porridge is that we are afraid that the porridge will become sticky if we use cold water to cook it. But why if we use boiled water to cook and still need to stir? To “thick”, is to make the rice grains full and thick. The stirring technique is boiling a pot of water and stirring it a few times. Then cover the pot, simmer for 20 minutes, and then start stirring continuously for about 10 minutes, until the porridge is thick and thick.
5. Add Oil: Do you need to put oil in porridge? Yes, add a little salad oil when the porridge is simmered for about ten minutes, you will find that the finished porridge is not only bright in color, but also very smooth in the mouth.
Tomato Porridge With Egg
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Instructions
- Firstly, we should prepare 100 grams of rice. Prepare a large bowl filled with water. Then put the rice in the bowl. Wash the rice several times. Then save them for later.
- Second, we need to prepare three tomatoes. Cut the tomatoes like cubes. And then dice them. Then chop a few times. Trying to chop the tomatoes as little as possible. Then save them for later.
- Next, we should prepare three eggs. Break them into a bowl. Then add a quarter teaspoon salt. And then use chopsticks to break up the eggs. Beat like this. Save it for later.
- Now we can start to cook the tomato porridge. Firstly, we should add 1.5 liters of water to the pot. Then add the clean rice in.Turn to medium heat or high heat to boil the water. After the rice boils, continue to cook for ten minutes. Stirring from time to time. When you see the rice grains soften, pour the tomatoes in. Stir the tomatoes thoroughly. And cook for another three or four minutes. Try to soften the tomatoes as much as possible. Then pour in the beaten egg.Stir them evenly. And cook for a minute. Finally, add one teaspoon salt. Stir well. And then turn off the heat. The fragrant tomato porridge is ready. The tomato porridge cooked in this way is beautiful in color and rich in nutrition. Please enjoy it!
ScramblinEggs
Looks so tasty! Want to try the recipe soon.