Barley can be cooked together with rice. Barley is a dehumidifier, so cooking it with beans has a better effect. Adding rice will affect the dehumidification effect. If it is just for the taste, not for dehumidification. You can cook them together and they taste good.

Extended information:

Mung bean and barley porridge: Wash 15 grams of rice, 15 grams of mung beans, and 15 grams of barley, and add water to make porridge. Direct consumption can satisfy hunger, clear away heat and quench thirst, nourish the lungs, strengthen the spleen and stomach, clear away heat, dispel rheumatism and eliminate edema. You can also add mung bean flour to make bean paste and cook it into mung bean and barley porridge. Both mung bean and barley have diuretic effects and improve edema.

Barley itself has the effect of lightening dark spots and whitening skin, while mung beans have a detoxifying effect, allowing toxins to be discharged from the body as quickly as possible. For girls who love beauty, in addition to its whitening effect, barley porridge is also a low-calorie weight loss food.

Reference materials:

Barley water Baidu Encyclopedia