Let's Cook! Vegetable Donburi

I had a day off finally so I did my cooking during the day so the pictures have decent lighting! Whoo! Also, this is probably the best a dish has turned out so far. Especially proud of the rice. Really helps if you follow the directions XD.

Anyway, I made vegetable donburi, which according to The Essential Rice Cookbook are "one-dish meals in which a dish of cooked rice is topped with well flavored meat, eggs, tofu or a combination of all of them," aka a Juno kind of dish. I had to get a few things for this （eggplant and sushi rice) even though I still replaced a few ingredients. Luckily for me there is a 24 hour grocer near my school so I can stop by after dropping off my friend. There are a surprising amount of people grocery shopping at 9:30 at night.

If I type it in hiragana it looks like this:　やさい　どんぶり

I'm getting distracted. Anyway, here is what I did:

Step 1: Make Rice!

The directions in the recipe said to wash 2 cups of rice (put it in a colander and run water over it) and put into a pan with 2.5 cups of water. Bring to boil and then drop the heat to the lowest possible and let it simmer for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes is up, remove from heat and let sit for 10 minutes. Do not take off the lid after you turn it to simmer until it has finished cooking and has been off the heat for 10 minutes. I'm fairly certain that's part of the reason I got such good results this time.

Step 2: Cut Up Vegetables!

Cut up an onion and get that cooking then start cutting up the other vegetables, in my case 2 eggplants, 4 mushrooms, and a small handful of green beans. Make sure to cut the eggplant thin enough that it cooks as quickly as the mushrooms and green beans. I like to put all the vegetables into a bowl while cutting them because I don't like having stuff on the cutting board when I'm trying to cut up stuff.

Step 3: Cook the Vegetables!

So you have already been cooking the onions and now it's time to add the rest of the vegetables. Cook them until they are fairly cooked. I like things cooked well so I probably cook things longer than most people.

Step 4: Make Sauce!

So what I did for the sauce was combine coconut aminos, apple cider vinegar, and some water. Not really what it was supposed to be but anyway that's what I did. Pour whatever you end up making into the pan and stir things around a bit and let simmer together for 4 minutes or so.

Step 5: Add Eggs!

Crack 3-4 eggs into a bowl and beat them until they are all combined (this step is REALLY important for me because I can't stand cooked egg in its separate parts). Pour over vegetable mixture and let set for a couple minutes before stirring everything together to cook a little more.

Step 6: Serve!

Scoop some rice into a bowl and top with the vegetable and egg mixture. Grab your chopsticks and dig in!

Note: I had some of this cold for dinner and it is AMAZING that way. Definitely great for leftovers and will be making this a lot more.