Kinoko Gohan - Japanese Mushroom Rice

I made Kinoko Gohan for dinner yesterday. This is cooked in a rice cooker, and so simple to make. Kinoko Gohan means Mushroom Rice in Japanese, and simple seasonings: light soya sauce, mirin and cooking sake, are added to the rice for flavor.

About once or twice a week, I add a multi grain mix to white rice or substitute 1/4 cup of white rice with unpolished rice, since the Health Promotion Board has been encouraging Singaporeans to eat more unpolished or brown rice, to combat the rising numbers of Diabetes. If you are thinking of doing the same, this recipe is a great way to get started as you can hardly taste the nutty grains in it. 

I served the Kinoko Gohan with oven baked salmon teriyaki and pan fried gyoza and it complimented the rice perfectly. :) 

Kinoko Gohan (serves 4)

Ingredients:

1 pack of Shimeiji mushrooms

1/2 carrot (peeled, and thinly sliced)

2 cups Japanese rice (washed and soaked in enough water to cover the rice for 1/2 hour)

2 cups water and additional 10g of water

2 TBSP sake

2 TBSP mirin

2 TBSP light soya sauce

1/2 tsp salt

Optional: A packet of 16 grain Multigrain Mix (see below picture)

Method:

1. Drain water from the soaked rice and place into rice cooker pot
2. Add the water and rest of the ingredients into the rice, and stir well.
3. Set your rice cooker to cook at normal setting
4. When rice is cooked, stir rice well till all ingredients and seasonings have been well incorporated
5. Serve warm with dishes of your choice, or simply on its own!

Enjoy!

Pics for reference:

Ingredients and seasonings

Multi grain mix - individual packs for convenience

Simply open packet and place into rice and water

Place all ingredients and seasonings into pot

Mixed well