Eight Treasure Congee—Mixed Congee

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup glutinous rice
• 2 tablespoon black rice or any other type you prefer
• 1 tablespoon peanut
• 5 Chinese dried red dates
• 1 tablespoon mung beans
• 1 tablespoon red beans
• 1 tablespoon corn flakes
• 10 dried Longan
• 1/2 tablespoon walnut
• 6-10 cups of water depending on your cooking ware

Instructions

1. 1

   --- High pressure cooker: ---

2. 2

   Pre-soak peanuts, mung beans and red beans, walnut for at least 4 hours and soak the rice for around 1 hour too. Place all the ingredients and pour around 6 cups of water. Cook for around 30 minutes until pressure mode or select beans option.

3. 3

   --- For pot without pressure mode: ---

4. 4

   Pre-soak beans overnight and soak rice for at least 4 hours. Mix all the ingredients with 10 cups of water. Cook with strong heat to a boil, turn to low heat, cover and simmer for 40 to 60 minutes until all the ingredients are soft to taste. Leave a gap between the pot edge and cover to prevent the boiling congee from blowing out.

5. 5

   Serve hot, optionally with a sweetening like sugar.