Japanese Tea Rice

Adapted from Saveur.

Ingredients

1. Steeped tea leaves, 2tbsp
2. Vinegar, 3/4 tsp
3. Soy sauce, 1/2 tsp
4. Sesame oil, 1/4 tsp
5. Cooked white rice
6. Toasted sesame seeds, to garnish

Instructions

1. In a bowl, toss tea leaves, vinegar, soy sauce and sesame oil until well combined.
2. Serve over rice and garnish with sesame seeds.

Salted Egg Tamago Kake Gohan

Ingredients

1. Salted egg, 1
2. Cooked rice, 1 bowl

Instructions

1. Cook rice and transfer to a bowl.
2. Top with salted egg.
3. Serve hot.

Soy Sauce Marinated Egg Yolk Tamago Kake Gohan

Adapted from here.

Ingredients

1. Soy sauce marinated egg yolk, 1
2. Cooked rice, 1 bowl

Instructions

1. Cook rice and transfer to a bowl.
2. Top with soy sauce marinated egg yolk.
3. Serve hot.

Tamago Kake Gohan (Japanese Cooked Rice with Raw Egg)

Variations

1. Meringue Tamago Kake Gohan Version 1
2. Meringue Tamago Kake Gohan Version 2
3. Soy-Sauce Marinated Egg Yolk Tamago Kake Gohan
4. Salted Egg Tamago Kake Gohan

Meringue Tamago Kake Gohan Version 2 (Japanese Cooked Rice with Raw Egg)

Adapted from here.

Ingredients

1. Egg, 1
2. Cooked rice, 1 bowl
3. Soy sauce, for taste

Instructions

1. Separate egg white from egg yolk in two bowls. 
2. In a bowl, whip egg whites with a mixer until fluffy.
3. Cook the rice and transfer to a bowl. 
4. Pour whipped egg whites onto rice, then add the egg yolk on top.
5. Drizzle with soy sauce and serve hot.

Meringue Tamago Kake Gohan Version 1 (Japanese Cooked Rice with Raw Egg)

Adapted from here.

Ingredients

1. Egg, 1
2. Cooked rice, 1/2 bowl
3. Soy sauce, for taste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 100C.
2. Separate egg white from egg yolk in two bowls. 
3. In a bowl, mix rice with egg white.
4. Spread rice mixture at bottom of a bowl. Using your fingers, press a small dent in the middle of the rice to create a small "crater".
5. Bake the rice meringue for 7 min.
6. Place egg yolk into "crater" of the rice meringue. 
7. Drizzle with soy sauce and serve.

Mongolian Sweet Rice Porridge (乌日木)

Inspired by A Bite of China. Similar to a glutinous rice dessert.

Ingredients

1. Butter
2. Dried milk curd
3. Dried raisins
4. Dried hawthorn berries
5. Crabapples
6. Dates (originally, hackberries are used)
7. Cooked white rice

Instructions

1. In a pan, melt butter and dried milk curd until liquid.
2. Add raisins, hawthorn berries, crabapples, dates and white rice to the pan.
3. Stir thoroughly until a thick, porridge-like consistency. Serve hot.

Curd Rice

A simple Indian recipe.

Ingredients

1. Cooked rice
2. Yogurt
3. Salt

Instructions

1. In a bowl, combine cooked rice, yogurt and salt. Mix well.

Toasted Rice

Inspired by Momofuku's Roasted Rice Cakes, and Japanese yakimochi (grilled mochi), yaki-onigiri (grilled rice balls) and gohei mochi (grilled rice cakes). 

Ingredients

1. Glutinuous rice/regular steamed white rice/sushi rice/mochi/rice cakes
2. Oil
3. Miso paste
4. Soy sauce

Instructions

1. In a bowl, mix miso paste and soy sauce until combined.
2. Shape/cut the rice cake into desired size.
3. Heat a pan on medium-high heat until hot. Add oil and let is heat up until just about to sizzle.
4. Place the rice cakes onto the pan and sear for about 2-3 min on each side, while brushing the rice cakes with the miso mixture. Grill until the rice cakes are golden-brown and crisp.