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Someii (Colored Rice) | Our Regional Cuisines

RECIPE

Ingredients (5 servings)

  • rice 1 cup
  • glutinous rice 1 cup
  • gardenia fruits 1 to 2
  • water 1 cup
  • salt 2/3 teaspoon
  • sake 1 tablespoon
  • water 1 cup
  • roasted green tea (sencha) 1 teaspoon
  • Black sesame seeds to taste

How to cook

  • 1. Wash the rice and glutinous rice, then soak them in water.

  • 2. Crush the gardenia fruit into fine pieces with a spoon. Soak it in water to create a fruit extract.

  • 3. Place the rice and glutinous rice into a rice cooker. Then, add the gardenia fruit extract, salt, sake, roasted green tea to the rice cook and cook.

  • 4. Once the rice is cooked, serve it in a bowl and sprinkle with black sesame seeds to taste.

provider : Recipe provided by: "Shizuoka's Side Dishes." Kaikōsha.

Recipes vary depending on the region and home.

Contact

Food Cultures Office, Overseas Market Development and Food Cultures Division, Food Industry Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Tel:+81-3-3502-5516