Metric:
540ml Water
240ml Short-Grain Rice
( or Calrose Rice )
75gr Raw Green Peas
3 pieces Dried Kombu Seaweed
5gr Salt
TRADITIONAL JAPANESE RECIPE: Mame Gohan is a humble dish. Simple steamed white rice with green peas in it. Mame Gohan, green pea rice, is a rice dish popular in spring time when peas are in season.
Mame (豆) means any type of bean or legume in Japanese, like edamame, and gohan means rice. However, when we say Mame Gohan, it usually refers to rice with green peas.
Many of you probably have never heard of Mame Gohan as Japanese restaurants outside of Japan (or even in Japan) don’t serve this dish, but it is a classic home cooked dish that most Japanese grow up eating
You can make Mame Gohan two ways:
Method 1 ) Cook rice and peas together:
All you need is one pot or rice cooker for this method, so this is the convenient option. The rice will absorb the flavor of the peas while cooking. However, the drawback is that green peas will slightly discolor after being cooked.
Method 2 ) Cook rice and peas separately:
For the second method, peas and rice are cooked separately and mixed together afterwards. The best part about this method is that green peas will maintain their beautiful bright green color and crispness, and the peas will not overcook.
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Time: 60 Minutes |
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Serves: 4 People |
Ingredients:
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Directions:
01 - Put the Rice in a bowl. Wash and pour the water out. Repeat 4-5 times.
02 - Place the Rice and Water in a heavy pot.
03 - Add Dried Kombu Seaweed and Salt and stir. Let it soak for about 30 minutes.
04 - Start cooking the Rice without the lid at high heat util a boiling point. Then, stir, reduce heat to low and cook-covered for about 15 minutes.
05 - Once it's over, let it sit ( covered ) for and extra 10 minutes.
06 - While you are cooking the Rice, boil for a couple of minutes, the Raw Green Peas with 2 pinches of Salt and strain water out.
07 - When the Rice is done, discard the Kombu Seaweeds, add the cooked Peas, mix and serve.
Notes:
- You can put raw peas in the same pot as the rice and cook them together, but cooking separately makes the peas crisper and keeps their bright color.
- If you are using a Japanese rice cooker which uses a 180ml rice cup, use 2 cups of rice and water according to the machine’s instructions.
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