Breakfast
Malaysian congee with soy sauce and ginger
This home-style Malaysian congee is flavoured with soy sauce and ginger. Adjust the seasoning and toppings to taste.
Servings in this printout: 2
Ingredients
- 100 g dry long-grain white rice
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp spring onion
- 700 ml water
- salt to taste
Method
- Rinse the rice, put it in a saucepan with the water and bring to a boil.
- Simmer over low heat, stirring, until the rice is soft and the porridge has thickened.
- Add the grated ginger and soy sauce. Stir and heat for one more minute.
- Season with salt, divide the porridge among bowls and sprinkle spring onion on top.
Nutrition per serving
Nutrition values are approximate estimates, not laboratory analyses. Products and portion size affect the result.
- Net carbs
- 40.68 g
- Total carbohydrates (incl. fibre and polyols)
- 41.32 g
- Protein
- 4.64 g
- Fat
- 0.54 g
- GL estimate
- about 30 / serving
Confidence · Low Some values or assumptions in the calculation are uncertain.
The calculation also uses comparison values from similar foods or food groups. Small amounts of carbohydrate were left out of the calculation.
Estimate details and sources ↗
How was the estimate calculated?
The serving’s GL is calculated from ingredient data. Confidence describes the evidence behind the calculation. Your blood sugar response may vary.
- dry long-grain white rice · Food group average
- spring onion · Food group average
Calculated ingredient-based estimate per serving, not a measurement of the prepared meal. All supported positive carbohydrate amounts are included. An unmatched individual portion under 1 g available carbohydrate per serving may be omitted only while all such portions total less than 2 g per serving; the omitted amount is disclosed. This is an editorial tolerance, not a clinical precision limit.
Small portions omitted: 0.9 g available carbohydrate per serving.
Research sources and technical details
Source names and technical notes appear in their original form.
- dry long-grain white rice ·
rice-category-mean-gi-67 · fineli-11521-release-20 - spring onion ·
vegetables-category-mean-gi-66 · afcd-F006250-release-3
Carbohydrate data sources
- RIISI PITKÄJYVÄINEN, PUUROUTUMATON · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- Ginger, peeled, fresh, raw · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
- MAUSTEKASTIKE, SOIJAKASTIKE · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
- Onion, spring, fresh, raw · Available-carbohydrate value from AFCD Release 3; FSANZ attribution and CC BY-SA 3.0 Australia terms apply.
- VESI, VESIJOHTOVESI · Available-carbohydrate value from THL Fineli Rel20; CC BY 4.0.
GI and calculation sources
- International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review · rice category mean; rice flour is a broad grain-form analogue (Low)CATEGORY_MEAN
- International tables of glycemic index and glycemic load values 2021: a systematic review · Very broad category proxy. It may poorly represent individual non-starchy vegetables and is shown with low confidence. (Low)CATEGORY_MEAN