If you are tired of rice, let’s go eat fish porridge for a change! TasteVN will share with you the recipe for fish porridge with carp and carrots, delicious and nutritious, right below. Let’s go to the market to buy ingredients and cook it right away!
1. Carp and Carrot Porridge
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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Carp and Carrot Porridge Serves 4 people
Carp 500 gr White rice 50 gr (about 1/2 cup) Sticky rice 25 gr (about 2 tablespoons) Fresh coconut 1 fruit (to extract water) Carrot 1/2 piece Shallots 6 bulbs Ginger 1 piece (small piece) Green onions and coriander a little Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Seasoning/ MSG a little
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How to make Carp and Carrot Porridge
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Prepare the ingredients
Clean the carp by removing the scales, all the internal organs, and scraping off the black skin inside the fish’s belly. Then wash it, using a clean towel or paper towel to absorb all the water, ensuring the fish is completely dry.
Peel the ginger, then slice it. Peel the carrot and cut it into small cubes.
Peel the shallots and slice them thinly. Clean the green onions and cilantro by removing any damaged leaves, discarding the roots, and chopping them small.
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Boil and Separate Fish Meat
Put about 1 liter of water in a pot, add sliced ginger and the cleaned fish to boil for about 10 minutes until the fish is cooked.
To make the broth more delicious and sweet, add the water from 1 fresh coconut, then cook for another 5 minutes before turning off the heat.
Remove the fish and let it cool slightly, then proceed to separate the fish from the bones. Strain the broth through a strainer to prepare for cooking the porridge.
In a pan, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, turn on the heat to heat the oil, then add sliced shallots, frying until fragrant and golden. Next, add all the fish meat, stir-frying evenly over medium heat.
To enhance the flavor of the fish, season with 1 tablespoon of good fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and stir-fry for about 5 minutes before turning off the heat.
Tip: The fish bones can be crushed and strained to extract the juice, which can be added to cook the porridge for a sweeter flavor.
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Roast rice and cook porridge
Wash the rice and glutinous rice clean, drain the water and put it in a pan to roast until fragrant.
Put a pot on the stove, add 1 liter of water and the roasted rice and glutinous rice, cook for about 20 minutes.
When the porridge grains have expanded evenly, add the filtered broth and continue to simmer. After cooking for another 10 minutes, add the carrots to cook until tender.
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Completion
When the carrots are cooked and the porridge grains have expanded, soft, and slightly thickened, add the carp meat, season to taste. Then add chopped green onions and cilantro to complete the carp porridge dish.
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Final Product
So now we have a delicious, nutritious bowl of carp porridge with carrots to invite the whole family.
The carp meat is sweet and fragrant, the seasoning is just right, the porridge is soft and smooth, making it irresistible.
2. Pureed Carp Porridge with Carrots
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pureed Carp Porridge with Carrots Serves 2
Carp 200 gr Carrot 100 gr Rice 2 tablespoons Seasoning a little
How to prepare Minced Carp and Carrot Porridge
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Prepare the ingredients
After purchasing the carp, clean the fish scales, remove all internal organs, scrape off the black membrane inside the fish’s belly, and wash it thoroughly.
Peel the carrot, cut it into small pieces, and steam it together with the carp. Rinse the rice and let it drain.
Tip: If you are cooking this porridge for children, to make the porridge smoother, after the fish is cooked, make sure to filter out all the fish bones. Also, mash the carrot into smaller pieces.
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Roast the rice and cook the porridge
After draining the rice, roast it until fragrant, then add about 1 bowl of water (soup bowl), 1 teaspoon of seasoning, turn on the stove, and cook the porridge for about 10 minutes.
When you see the rice grains have puffed up, add the fish meat along with the steamed carrot, cook for another 2 – 3 minutes, then season to taste and turn off the heat.
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Blend porridge
After cooking, pour all the porridge into the blender and blend until smooth.
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Final product
Now you have a delicious bowl of blended carrot catfish porridge for the whole family to enjoy!
The porridge is blended smoothly, easy to eat, the catfish is sweet and nutritious, ensuring that not only the kids but the whole family will love this dish!
How to choose fresh and delicious carp
- It is advisable to choose live carp that are thick and plump.
- Choose carp with dark gray scales as they are river carp and will be very tasty.
- Avoid buying egg carp as they will be skinny, and the meat will not taste good anymore.
See details: How to choose fresh and delicious carp
How to choose fresh and delicious carrots
- Choose carrots that are deep orange in color, have smooth skin, and a small tip.
- Choose carrots that still have fresh green leaves, feel firm when squeezed lightly, are not bruised, and are easy to hold.
- It is advisable to choose medium or small-sized carrots to ensure they are crunchy, sweet, and tender when cooked.
- Avoid choosing carrots that are too large as they are usually old, lack sweetness, and are not tasty.
- Avoid choosing carrots with black spots, bruises, cracks, or strange smells.
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How to clean carp properly to avoid fishy smell
- To clean carp properly without the fishy smell, you must first clean the scales thoroughly, remove all internal organs, and scrape off the black membrane inside the belly of the fish.
- Rub the fish with salt or wash it with diluted salt water, then rinse with clean water and prepare for cooking.
- You can also use lemon juice to eliminate the fishy smell; rub the fish with lemon juice for about 5 minutes and then rinse with clean water.
- While boiling or steaming the fish to prepare this porridge, you can also add a few slices of ginger to make the fish meat fragrant and not fishy.
See more:
- Detailed instructions on how to cook carp porridge without fishy smell, delicious like in the restaurant
- How to cook snakehead fish porridge with coconut milk, delicious and simple, authentic Southern flavor
- How to cook snakehead fish porridge with straw mushrooms and meatballs, delicious and simple at home
Above is a detailed guide on 2 ways to cook carp porridge with carrots that are delicious, nutritious, and simple at home. TasteVN hopes that with the simple and detailed recipes we suggest, it will assist you in your cooking. Wishing you success in your cooking!
*Image and recipe reference sources from 2 YouTube channels Vietnamese Housewife and thao nguyen
