Laba porridge contains rice, millet, corn, coix seed, red dates, lotus seeds, peanuts, longan and various beans, such as red beans, mung beans, soybeans, black beans and kidney beans.

The custom of drinking Laba porridge on Laba Festival comes from Buddhism. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when Buddha Sakyamuni became a Buddha. In order not to forget the suffering before Buddha became a Buddha, but also to commemorate the Buddha's enlightenment on the eighth day of December, ancient Indians ate mixed porridge as a commemoration.

First, you need to soak red beans and corn for 3-4 hours in advance. Then mix other materials and wash them. Finally, all the ingredients are mixed and put into a pot, and enough water is added, and the porridge can be boiled with low fire.