hijiki, green soybeans & pickled plums seasoned rice

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ingredients:

• 280 g rice
• 5 g dried hijiki
• 200 g fresh green soybeans
• (or frozen green soybeans)
• 60 g pickled plums
• 640 ml water
• a little salt (if using fresh green soybeans)

step 1:

Wash the hijiki. Remove the pits from the plums.

step 2:

If using frozen green soybeans, defrost them and remove the green beans from the pods.

step 3:

If using fresh green soybeans, wash and drain them. Bring 240 ml of the water to a boil, and add the salt and green soybeans. Bring to a boil again, and boil for three to four minutes.

step 4:

Drain the soybeans in a colander and remove the green beans from the pods.

step 5:

Wash the rice. Add the remaining 400 ml of water, hijiki, green soybeans and pickled plums. Switch on the rice cooker.

step 6:

After cooking, wait 5 minutes before stirring the rice mixture.