This Vegan Porridge is a healthy version of a famous rice porridge or “Jok” from Thailand. With only a little bit of grains, a fair amount of legumes, and lots of vegetables, this can be a healthy breakfast, lunch or dinner!
Missing a trip back to Thailand during this pandemic, I crave all kinds of Thai foods. To make me feel at home, I started to cook Thai foods more often.
However, the Thai foods I cook are not exactly the same as Thai foods in Thailand. Why?
First of all, not all the ingredients I need can be found where I am right now. Second of all, I don’t eat animal products anymore, so my Thai food versions are meatless. Third of all, I prefer to substitute some ingredients that are shipped directly from Thailand with ingredients I can find locally.
Even though my version of Thai food is pretty different, I try to maintain the key ingredients and make it taste as similar as I can. The flavors of Thai food are comforting and bring me closer to home—regardless where I am.
With this Vegan Porridge, instead of having just rice as the main ingredient, I add all kinds of vegetables I like.
I make this with sprouted brown rice, white rice and rolled oats.They all work great, but white rice and rolled oats are easier and faster to cook. Brown rice takes longer to cook and make it soft the way “Jok” is. I usually sprout it first to make it more digestible.…
