PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a retort ojiya (rice gruel seasoned with miso or soy sauce), including uniformly swollen rice due to fast absorption of water into the rice.SOLUTION: The retort ojiya has an overall hardness of 1×10to 5×10N/m, containing 0.02 to 0.5 mass% pectin having an esterification degree of 1 to 25%, with a salt equivalent concentration of 0.5 mass% or more. The retort ojiya has a soft texture, suitable for an aged person having declined functions for chewing and deglutition. The retort ojiya has a syneresis ratio of 5.0 mass% or less, a volume per 100 g of the ojiya of 70 mmor more, and a measured value in the line spread test of 2.3 cm or less.
