Eight-treasure porridge is a kind of porridge made with a variety of ingredients during the Laba Festival. How to make it delicious? Every year around Laba Festival, my family will cook a pot of fragrant Laba porridge for breakfast for the family. Laba porridge is the same as the traditional eight-treasure porridge. It is made from a variety of grain ingredients. The subtle difference is that the ingredients of Laba porridge are more nutritious, so that it can better repel the cold and warm up the body.

The Laba porridge recipe I used was summed up by my 90-year-old grandma after half a lifetime. It is nutritious and easy to digest. After cooking it in one pot, the whole family will benefit from it. Lotus seeds and dried longan have the benefits of calming the mind and replenishing qi. Gorgon and barley can remove dampness. Red peanuts, red rice, red beans and red dates have the benefits of nourishing blood and nourishing the skin. They are all good ingredients for women to keep their hands and feet in winter. Women who tend to get cold especially should drink more.

Laba porridge, there are at least 8 kinds of ingredients, but of course it can be more than 8 kinds. Let me share with you how to make Laba porridge. The ingredients you need to prepare are: 20 grams of red peanuts, 30 grams of red beans, 25 grams of pitted red dates, 30 grams of lotus seeds, 20 grams of barley, 20 grams of gorgon seeds, 30 grams of red rice, and 15 grams of dried longan. grams, appropriate amount of white sugar, 1000 grams of water. If you don’t have red rice, you can replace it with glutinous rice, which will make it a little stickier.

The first step: except for red dates, dried longan and white sugar, simply clean all the ingredients, add enough water to soak them for about 4 hours, or you can soak them directly overnight.

Step 2: Cut the red dates in half into small pieces. If you are using whole red dates, it is best to cut them and remove the core. Simply wash the red dates and dried longans with water.

Step 3: Put the soaked ingredients into the pot together with red dates and dried longans, add 2 pounds of water, select the eight-treasure porridge program, and cook for about 1 hour. If you use a rice cooker, select boil The porridge program cooks for 2 hours.

Step 4: After the eight-treasure porridge is cooked, add an appropriate amount of white sugar according to your family’s taste, and simmer for about 5 minutes. If you like brown sugar, you can replace the white sugar with brown sugar.

Step 5: Boil a pot of fragrant Laba porridge, let it cool for a while and then you can drink it.