Mixed Vegetable Zosui

A really fast, tasty, and traditional Japanese dish. It is known as Japanese gruel and often has bits of left over, probably rotting fish thrown in too. This is great to use up any leftovers or vegetables about to turn. mmmm...




Ingredients:
3 cups cooked rice (brown or white)
4-5 konbu dashi
2 Tbsp sake (I used mirin)
1/2 to 1 tsp salt (to taste)
3 Tbsp soy sauce
2-3 cups vegetables, sliced
1/4 cup green onions (or negi), sliced

For veggies I used Japanese sweet potato, mini asparagus, snow peas, and enoki mushrooms. I also accidentally put in half the amount of rice required but it was still good.

The recipe says that good veggies to use are: broccoli, asparagus, sweet potato, green beans, snow peas, squash, renkon, leek, carrots, mushrooms, etc. It says NOT to use cabbage, lettuce, avocado, tomatoes, cucumbers, or beets.

Method:
1. Combine the dashi, rice, sake, salt, soy sauce, and hard vegetables in a pot and bring to a boil.
2. Add other vegetables in order of length it requires for them to cook.
3. Serve.