Rice with Green Peas

Name: Rice with Green Peas (Endomame Gohan)
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2¼ cups (3 rice-cooker cups) short-grain or medium-grain white rice; 2¼ cups (3 rice-cooker cups) short-grain or medium-grain white rice; ½ teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon mirin (sweet cooking wine); 1 tablespoon mirin (sweet cooking wine); 1 cup (1½ rice-cooker cups) fresh shelled green peas

Endomame Gohan

Preparation info

Yields
5
servings as a side dish

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Kitchen

By Hiroko Shimbo

Published 2000

About

Tiny, sweet green peas turn plain cooked rice into a delicious treat. For this recipe, fresh peas are a must. Frozen peas lack sweetness and texture.

Ingredients

2¼ cups (3 rice-cooker cups) short-grain or medium-grain white rice
½ teaspoon

Asia
Japan
Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Put the rice into a bowl, cover it with cold water, and rub it in the water for 10 to 20 seconds. Discard the liquid. Add fresh water, and repeat the process three times. Cover the rice with fresh cold water, and soak it for 30 minutes.

Drain the rice, and let it stand in a colander for 20 minutes before cooking.

Into a rice cooker or heavy-bottomed pot, put the rice, 2⅔ cup (3⅔