Recipe for Barley with Vegetables

Ingredients for Barley with Vegetables:
1 cup Barley, soaked for 1 hour
1 tsp Toasted sesame oil
1/2 x Onion,
diced, optional
1/2 cup Carrot, diced
1/4 cup Burdock roots,
sliced
3 cup Water
1/4 tsp Sea salt

Barley with Vegetables preparation instruction:
* Dry roast the barley in a
heavy skillet until it smells lightly toasted. Heat the sesame oil in a
saute pan. add the onion, carrot, and burdock, and saute 5 minutes.
*
Place the barley and vegetables in a large pot with the water an salt.

* Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, simmer 40 minutes.

* Serve in deep bowls.