The slow meal I make when I need to come back to myself

When my head is crowded and the day has been too much, I don't try to think my way out of it. I cook. Nothing fancy — usually just rice, some vegetables, an egg. I rinse the rice slowly, chop at an easy pace, and stand there watching the pot steam. It gives my hands something to do and my mind somewhere quiet to sit for a while. No phone on the counter, no rushing. By the time I eat, I feel a little more like myself again. It doesn't fix whatever was weighing on me, but it reminds me that simple, unhurried things still exist. Do you have something like that — a small task that brings you back?