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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
35 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
A family member has a fever and needs an effective, easy-to-eat porridge that is also easy to make, then the porridge with scallions and perilla is the right choice. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN to make this dish right away!
Ingredients for Perilla Scallion Porridge Serves 2
Rice 2 cups (rice bowl) Chicken eggs 2 eggs Perilla leaves 100 gr Scallions 100 gr Chili 1 piece (chopped) Fish sauce 1/2 teaspoon Common spices A little (salt/ seasoning powder/ pepper)
How to choose good chicken eggs
- Choose chicken eggs with sturdy shells, when touched, they feel slightly rough rather than smooth, indicating they are freshly laid and still fresh.
- The chicken eggs you choose should be of uniform color and light brown; dark brown eggs are from industrial chickens.
- Do not choose chicken eggs with cracks on the shell or any unusual leaking.
What is perilla leaf?
- Perilla is an herbaceous plant that grows from 0.5 to 1 meter tall, almost annually. The stem is straight and has soft hairs. Perilla leaves grow opposite, are oval-shaped, have serrated edges, and have hairs on the leaf surface. The color of the leaves can be purple or sometimes bluish-purple.
- All parts of the perilla plant including leaves, stems, fruits, and roots are used for various purposes, mainly as a spice and medicinal herb.
How to Make Purple Perilla Porridge
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Prepare the ingredients
2 cups of rice (rice bowl) you wash thoroughly by hand about 2 times with water.
100g of green onions, cut off the stems, only take the leaves, wash thoroughly, and chop finely.
100g of purple perilla leaves, wash thoroughly after purchasing, then chop finely.
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Cook the porridge
Turn on the stove, add about 2 cups of washed rice along with 1 liter of water over high heat to bring the water to a boil quickly, then lower the heat and continue cooking the porridge.
When the porridge boils, skim off the foam, add 200ml of water if you see that the water has evaporated.
After about 25 minutes of cooking the porridge, season with 1/2 teaspoon of fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, then continue to cook the porridge for about 5 more minutes until the porridge is soft then you can turn off the stove.
Tip: To prevent the porridge from burning, you should frequently stir the porridge from the bottom of the pot.
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Completion
You put the porridge into a bowl, add 2 egg yolks, perilla leaves and green onions, season with 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, then mix well.
After that, to enhance the warmth of the porridge, you can add a little ground pepper or minced chili!
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Final product
Thus, the porridge with perilla has been completed. The hot porridge, just right to eat, combined with rich egg yolks and perilla leaves along with green onions makes the dish more delicious, nutrient-rich, and very effective for relieving colds.
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With these simple steps, the dish chive porridge with purple perilla will be an easy choice for you to cook and eat to relieve cold symptoms. Wishing you success in making this dish and a quick recovery!
*Refer to the images and recipe from the YouTube channel RURAL CUISINE
