Vegan rice porridge with dried fruits
Description
Rice is a very healthy porridge that can be prepared both sweet and savory. To avoid gaining weight from rice, I recommend eating it at lunchtime, as in the evening it will be more calorie-dense. To prepare a fasting rice porridge with dried fruits, you can add prunes in addition to apricots, raisins, and candied fruits. It's also great to add various spices or nuts.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Rinse the rice and start cooking it. Meanwhile, prepare the dried fruits. It's better to soak the apricots and raisins in hot water about 20 minutes beforehand. Chop the walnuts into medium pieces and fry them in olive oil. Then add the soaked dried fruits (apricots, raisins, and candied fruits). You can cut the apricots into small pieces, and also chop the candied fruits if they are large.
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Step 3
Add sugar (brown is better, but you can use regular). Mix. Add spices: saffron, cinnamon, and vanilla.
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Step 4
Then add 2 tablespoons of hot water and let the dried fruits simmer for about 10 minutes. By this time, the rice will be almost ready; the next step is to add it.
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Step 5
Mix the rice with the dried fruits, then simmer for another 10 minutes under the lid over low heat.
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Step 6
You can season the ready-to-serve vegan rice porridge with dried fruits with honey.