Eight Treasure Porridge

Main Ingredients:

1) 1/2 cup of short-grained white glutinous rice. Also called sweet rice.

2) One tablespoon of millet (traditional ingredients are lotus seeds, which I don't like.)

3) 1 tablespoon mung beans

4) 1 tablespoon Adzuki red beans

5) 1 tablespoon raw peanuts

6) 1 tablespoon of raw walnuts

7) 3 Aldi's Medjool dates (sliced thin)

8) One tablespoons of golden raisins (traditional ingredients are dried longan, only available at Asian grocery stores). 

Cooking method:

1) Soak Adzuki beans, mung beans, sweet rice, millet, peanuts and walnuts in a big bowl overnight. Drain well.

 2) Place the drained ingredients, sliced dates and 6 cups of water in a pot. Bring to a boil. After 15 minutes, reduce the heat to low and simmer (covered) for 1.5 hours until all the goodies are softened. Stir occasionally as they turn to get stuck at the bottom.

3) Stir in the golden raisins. Turn off the heat and steam for 8 minutes (with the lid on).

It's traditionally served with rock sugar or brown sugar or honey. I prefer mine plain and just sprinkle on toasted sesame seeds & one grind of sea salt.