Vegan Lugaw
This is a delicious, creamy and savory Filipino porridge.
Servings: 5 people
Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp cooking oil we use avocado oil
- 10 cloves Garlic minced
- 1/4 cup Ginger minced (can use less if you like. Ginger is strong)
- 1/2 medium white onion chopped
- 3 cups Sweet rice uncooked
- 10 cups Water
- 2 Tbsp No chicken bouillon we use the Better than Bouillon brand.
- 1 tsp Saffron
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
- Pinch of salt to taste
Optional toppings
- Green onions
- Fried garlic
- Hot sauce
- Lemon
Instructions
- Wash sweet rice a couple of times until water isnt too cloudy. Strain out water and set aside.
- To a pan over medium heat, add a little oil, minced garlic, ginger and onions. Cook until onions are translucent. Stir often, do not let garlic burn.
- Once onions are translucent add sweet rice to your pan. Toast rice slightly, about 2-3 minutes. Stir often so rice does not stick to pan.
- Add 10 cups of water and bouillon to the pan. Stir well to combine.
- Allow mixture to come to a slight boil.
- Once it boils, add saffron, pepper and salt. Stir to combine. Lower heat to keep a gentle simmer. Keep stirring.
- Cook until rice is cooked/soft. For us, that took about 15 - 20 minutes. Test your rice before turning off heat.
- Once rice is cooked, serve hot (be careful) and eat as is or use optional toppings
Notes
- If your porridge is too thick for your liking, just add one cup of water and stir. Keep adding water, one cup at a time until you get your desired consistency
- Ginger is strong tasting, you can use less if you like
- We love adding lemon and green onions to our porridge. It elevates the flavor!
- Please be careful when eating/serving this as it is very hot. You can serve when it is warm