Zōsui (Rice Soup) with Dumplings

Name: Zōsui (Rice Soup) with Dumplings
Total time: 900 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 cups Dashi Stock *OR 2 cups Water & 1 teaspoon Dashi Powder; 1 tablespoon Sake (Rice Wine); 1/2 teaspoon Salt; 1/2-1 teaspoon Soy Sauce; Some Vegetables (Carrot, Daikon Radish, Shiitake, Shimeji, Potato, Spinach, etc.); 2 servings Cooked Rice *about 240g; 1 Spring Onion *finely chopped; 1/4 cup Plain Flour; 1/4 cup Glutinous Rice Flour; 1 pinch Salt; 1/4 cup Water *alter the amount; *Note: Instead of the Dumplings, 100g Gnocchi can be used

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

My mother used to make 'Zōsui' (Rice Soup) to finish off bits and pieces of leftover vegetables and cold cooked rice. To make this soup more filling, she often added some dumplings which I loved. 'Mochi' is also very nice in this soup but they are not available always, so she used to make simple dumplings. This soup will keep you warm on a cold day.

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

15 minutes

2 servings

2 cupsDashi Stock *OR 2 cups Water & 1 teaspoon Dashi Powder
1 tablespoonSake (Rice Wine)
1/2 teaspoonSalt
1/2-1 teaspoonSoy Sauce
Some Vegetables (Carrot, Daikon Radish, Shiitake, Shimeji, Potato, Spinach, etc.)
2servings Cooked Rice *about 240g
1Spring Onion *finely chopped
Dumpling
1/4 cupPlain Flour
1/4 cupGlutinous Rice Flour
1 pinchSalt
1/4 cupWater *alter the amount
*Note: Instead of the Dumplings, 100g Gnocchi can be used

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Steps

15 minutes

1

Cut Vegetables in small bite-size pieces.
2

Heat Dashi Stock, Sake (Rice Wine), Salt and Soy Sauce in a saucepan, add the Vegetables, cover with a lid, and simmer for a few minutes.
3

Mix all the Dumpling ingredients in a small bowl and make a thick paste. You would need about 1/4 cup Water, but alter the amount.
4

When the Vegetables are half-cooked, add Cooked Rice, and cook for a few minutes. Then, using a dinner spoon, drop bite-size dumplings into the boiling soup. (If you use Gnocchi, add them now.) Simmer until Rice is soft and dumplings are cooked.
5

Sprinkle some finely chopped Spring Onion and serve hot.
6

*Note: The photo below is the same Zōsui but cooked with Gnocchi.