Peanut Porridge

This peanut porridge recipe is for my daughter.  No hard and fast rules about the ingredients.  It is up to you to add whatever you like.  The recipe can serve 5 portions. The basic ingredients are:- 

1 1/4 cup of  rice

1)      A cup of  raw peanuts 
2)      Some dried anchovies  (washed)
3)      A piece of  preserved 'tai tau choy' -  about 3" (washed and cut into strips or cut into 6 pieces)
4)     1/2 cup of dried shrimps  -   (soaked for 10 mins. and washed .. set aside)
5)     5 medium size dried Chinese mushrooms - (soaked until soft, wash and cut into strips)
6)     Optional :    cuttlefish strips,  small dried oysters

Method

1)     Boil the peanuts in a pot of water for at least 1/2 hours.  Set aside.  Wash them after that.
2)     Wash the rice and put in a slow cooker.  Add in about 2 lit. of water.
3)     Put some soil in the pan/wok and fry the dried shrimps and anchovies.  Dish out.
4)     Put all ingredients into the slow cooker.   Turn on to high and cook for 5 hours.  Most of the time
        there is no need to add salt as the preserved salted 'tai tau choy' is enough to flavour the
        porridge.