Rice Congee for your bed-ridden mom and many others.

Ingredient(serving one person) half cup of rice(preferably short grain but its ok to use other rice) 1.5 tbsp of Sesame oil Half stick of Celery, chopped 1/4 cup of chopped of onion and carrot 1/4 cup of chopped mushroom(shitake/portobello/common white) 1 tsp of ground garlic. salt, pepper Some green onion Soy sauce

Optional: 1/3 cup of ground beef.

Hint: If you don't have time or are just lazy like me; you can just use cooked rice.

1. In a medium stew pot, heat sesame oil in medium heat. Sautee onion, carrot, garlic, celery, and mushroom. Put beef as well if you have some. Add some salt and pepper.

2. When the veggies(and bee) are tender enough, add your rice. Toast it for 2~3 minutes. Since this is not a risotto, it doesn't really matter a lot if you accidentally brown your rice a bit.

3. Pour in water, and stir consistently so that it doesn't overflow while boiling in medium heat. Keep adding water until the rice is completely gruel-like. If you put cooked rice, it's going to take only 5 minutes. If you put raw rice, it will take 20 minutes.

4. Add some soy sauce to your taste, and chop some green onion on top to garnish.

bon appetit