Rice porridge with pennywort is a refreshing dish that helps cool down, making it very suitable for babies starting to eat solid food, and it’s incredibly simple to make right at home. Today, TasteVN will introduce you to 2 delicious and nutritious ways to cook pennywort porridge for your little one. Let’s get cooking right away!
1. Pennywort porridge with pork
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pennywort porridge with pork Serves 1
Pork 100 gr Pennywort 100 gr White rice 125 gr (1 cup) Olive oil 1 teaspoon Salt a little
How to choose fresh and delicious pork
- To choose fresh and delicious pork, you should buy pork that is pink or light red in color, has a firm texture and is not slimy when touched.
- Avoid choosing pork that is pale or too dark in color and has a foul smell.
Required tools
Pot, hand blender, knife, scissors,…
How to make Pork and Pennywort Porridge
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Prepare and boil the pork
After purchasing, wash the pork thoroughly with water. Then, rinse the meat with salted water to eliminate some of the odor, but do not soak the pork to avoid losing its nutrients.
Next, place a pot of water on the stove and boil the pork with a little salt for about 15 – 20 minutes. During boiling, skim off the foam to avoid removing the meat’s odor.
Note: You should boil the pork starting with cold water, so the pork will retain its sweetness.
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Prepare the pennywort
First, wash the pennywort thoroughly with water, then soak it in saltwater for 5 minutes and drain it in a basket.
Boil water and blanch the pennywort until cooked. After that, drain the pennywort and rinse it with cold water.
Next, use scissors to cut the pennywort into small pieces and blend it finely with the hand blender.
Tip: You should cut the pennywort into small pieces before putting it into the blender to avoid the pennywort fibers getting caught in the blades, which could damage the machine!
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Chop the meat
Pork after boiling should be cooled, then you slice the meat into thin slices.
Continue to chop the boiled pork into small pieces, then finely mince the meat.
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Cooking porridge
First, cook 1 cup of rice with 2 cups of water using a rice cooker.
Then, transfer the cooked mushy rice to a pot, add 2 more cups of water, cover, and cook on low heat for about 10 minutes until the rice is soft and becomes porridge.
Next, add the finely chopped boiled pork from step 3, and stir well with the porridge. Then add the blended pennywort, and season with salt and seasoning powder to taste.
Finally, scoop the porridge into a bowl, drizzle 1 teaspoon of olive oil or fish oil on top, and it’s done.
Note: You should stir continuously while cooking to prevent the porridge from burning at the bottom of the pot!
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Finished product
The porridge when completed will have a refreshing green color from the pennywort, with a characteristic cool taste of pennywort and the sweet aroma of pork. The pennywort porridge with pork is extremely nutritious, low in seasoning, refreshing, and very suitable for small children who are starting to eat solid food!
2. Watercress Porridge with Carp
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Watercress Porridge with Carp For 2 people
Carp fillet 150 gr Watercress 200 gr White rice 125 gr (1 cup) Ginger 1 piece Salt a little
How to choose fresh and delicious carp
- To choose fresh river carp, you should select fish that have a thick body, long scales, dark color, and a long body.
- You should avoid choosing those with light color and round body as they are farmed fish, and their meat will not be as firm and sweet as river carp.
Tools needed
How to Make Water Spinach and Carp Porridge
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Prepare and Boil the Carp
After buying the carp, wash it thoroughly with cold water, remove the skin, and soak it in a mixture of salt water and vinegar for about 5 – 10 minutes to eliminate the fishy smell. After soaking, rinse the fish well and let it drain.
Next, add 2 cups of water to a pot, add a little salt and 1/2 a piece of ginger cut into slices, and bring to a boil before adding the carp to cook. Boil the fish for about 10 minutes until just cooked.
Once the fish is cooked, remove it from the pot and let it cool.
Finally, shred the boiled carp finely. Add a little salt, a little pepper, and a little fish oil to the shredded fish, and mix well.
How to Prepare Carp Without the Fishy Smell- Soaking the fish in salt water mixed with a little vinegar will help reduce the fishy smell. If you don’t have vinegar, you can substitute it with lemon juice or cooking wine.
- Adding ginger to the water while boiling will help eliminate the fishy smell of the carp.
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Prepare and Blend the Water Spinach
Wash the water spinach thoroughly with water, then soak it in salt water for 5 minutes, then remove it to a colander to drain.
After washing, let the water spinach drain, then chop it finely, and place it in a blender to puree.
Tip: It’s best to chop the water spinach before blending to prevent the fibers from getting stuck in the blades, which can damage the machine.
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Cook the porridge
First, add 1 cup of rice to the fish boiling water, cook until it boils vigorously, then reduce to low heat, cover and simmer the porridge for about 15 minutes, until the rice grains are swollen, soft, and mushy. If the porridge is too thick, you can add a little water.
After the porridge is soft, add the ground pennywort to the pot of porridge, stir well. Continue to cook on low heat for 5 – 10 minutes, until the porridge boils, then add the shredded carp on top, and mix well.
Then, add a little minced ginger, cook until the porridge boils again to finish.
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Final product
Pennywort fish carp porridge with refreshing pennywort, combined with a bit of warm minced ginger and delicious sweet carp meat. This nutritious refreshing pennywort porridge is very suitable for cooling down for babies in complementary feeding!
How to choose fresh and delicious Malabar spinach
- When buying Malabar spinach, you should choose greens that are bright green and have juicy stems.
- Avoid choosing greens with dark green leaves as these are older Malabar spinach, which will have a bitter and harsh taste when blended or cooked.
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Above are 2 ways to cook Malabar spinach porridge that are incredibly quick and simple, so why hesitate to get into the kitchen and make it right away? TasteVN wishes you success!
