World Flavors Cookbook

Peya (Nourishing Rice Gruel)

Name: Peya (Nourishing Rice Gruel)
Cook time: 35 min
Cuisine: Ancient World
Ingredients: white rice, water (four parts water to one part rice), fresh ginger, rock salt, ghee

A lightly thickened rice gruel — between the watery manda and thick yavagu, seasoned with rock salt and ginger. The Ayurvedic rehabilitation food.

Cuisine: Ancient World

Ingredients

white rice, water (four parts water to one part rice), fresh ginger, rock salt, ghee

Instructions

Rinse rice. Add to four times its volume of water with a piece of fresh ginger. Simmer uncovered 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally, until rice begins to dissolve and liquid thickens slightly. Season with rock salt. Remove ginger. Add a small spoon of ghee. Serve in a cup — it should be pourable but slightly viscous.