Buddha’s palm or English Gourd porridge

Yesterday I cooked this recipe for my son’s dinner and he can’t get enough of it even if his tummy is bulging.

1 handful of brown rice
1 tablespoon of mixed grain rice
2 cloves of garlic
5 peanuts
11/2 tablespoon of dried anchovies
1/2 small sliced Buddha’s palm or English gourd
Few pieces of chopped carrots


1. Soaked dried anchovies for a few minutes then drained them and leave to dry.
2. Heat or you can oven baked the dried anchovies until slightly brown. Sprinkle
it with a bit of olive oil before heating or bake.
3. Rinsed the rice until clear.
4. Add in the anchovies, garlic and peanuts to cook with rice.
5. 30 minutes before the rice is cooked, add in Buddha’s palm and carrots.

When the rice is ready, I will remove the anchovies because my son can’t chew on the anchovies. Then I will pick out just the peanuts, mashed them and cut the vegetables into pieces before serving.

This recipe is suitable for one year old and above.