Green Peas Porridge

This is a very common dish cooked in Malaysian homes normally for tea. A good dish for a rainy day.


Green Peas Porridge

1.5 cups green peas
2 tbs of glutinous rice
1 cup thick coconut milk/fresh milk
pandan leaves torn and tied (or essence)
1 cup brown sugar (or palm sugar)
500 ml water
a pinch of salt

Wash and soak green peas for 2 hours. In a pot, add green peas, water, salt, pandan leaves and a pinch of salt. Bring to boil, when green peas are 3/4 cooked, wash and drain the rice and add to the pot. (water should be added if needed as you know water will get reduced). When you see the that the rice is cooked , add sugar. Once sugar is melted, add coconut milk. Taste and add more sugar if you want it to be sweet. Serve on its own. No need accompainment for this.

If you want thick consistency, add less water and more coconut milk. AGain, all ingredients to your discretion. But the porridge must have a consistency of tomato soup.

If you are using palm sugar, cook the palm sugar, remove the dirt/stones, before adding to green peas.

You can subsitute green peas for red beans or red glutinous rice.