Rice gruel or Congee from South-East Asia

Rice gruel or rice porridge or Congee is a popular breakfast food in South-East Asia. Basically it is overcooked rice with plenty of liquid giving it a gooey and sticky consistency. It is flavoured with wide-ranging toppings like chopped spring onion, soya sauce and slivered ginger to fish and meat. In the photograph below you can see three different types of Congee (one is plain and the others cooked with shrimp and meat) alongwith the different toppings including sliced and fried pork sausage, egg and dried fish.

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