Japanese Green Peas and Rice 豆ご飯

Authentic Japanese Green peas and rice recipe with step by step photo instructions and a video. A unique flavoured rice dish with vibrant green coloured peas. Discover how to keep the colour & unique flavour in this post.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cup Green Peas with pods (*1 )
• a pinch Salt
• 2 cups Water
• 1 2/3 cups uncooked rice (*2)
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp sake (*3)
• 2x2 inch Kombu dried kelp

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Wash the peas and remove peas from the pods.
2. 2Boil two cups of water in a saucepan over high heat.
3. 3Turn the heat down to medium heat and add the pods and a pinch of salt to cook for 5 minutes.
4. 4Remove the pods from the saucepan. *4
5. 5Add peas to the saucepan and cook for 2 minutes.
6. 6Turn the heat off and let it cool down for 30 mintues.
7. 7Wash and rinse the rice a few times, drain the water and set aside till the peas are cooled down.
8. 8When the peas have cooled down, drain the cooking water (but do not discard).
9. 9Place the rice in a rice cooker, pour 1 2/3 cup of cooking water from the step above. If you don't have 1 2/3 cup add water to make up to 1 2/3 cup.
10. 10Add sake and salt and give it a stir.
11. 11Place the piece of dried kelp and set the rice cooker. *5
12. 12When the rice is cooked, remove the kelp and add drained peas onto the cooked rice and close the rice cooker to steam cook the rice and peas together for 10 minutes.
13. 13Toss the rice and peas with an wooden spatula to serve.