Millet can open the stomach, tonify deficiency, and benefit the abdomen, and can be used for tonic for people with qi and blood loss, physical weakness and poor appetite.
Therefore, pumpkin millet porridge is suitable for people with blood gas loss and weak body, especially for drinking pumpkin millet porridge after operation and postpartum, with poor appetite, and you can also drink more pumpkin millet porridge if there is heat poison in your body.
One: the efficacy of pumpkin millet porridge:
Pumpkin millet porridge has many functions, and the most important thing is that it is good for the stomach. Pumpkin is warm, sweet and non-toxic. When it enters the spleen and stomach meridians, it can moisten the lung and replenish qi, eliminate phlegm and concentrate, expel worms and detoxify, treat cough and asthma, and treat lung abscess and constipation. In addition, pumpkin also has diuretic and beauty functions. Pumpkin is rich in pectin and vitamins. Pectin has good adsorption, which can bind and eliminate bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body, such as lead, mercury and radioactive elements in heavy metals. Therefore, the use of pumpkin has the function of detoxification. Pectin in pumpkin can also protect gastrointestinal mucosa from the stimulation of coarse food, promote the healing of ulcer surface, promote bile secretion and strengthen gastrointestinal peristalsis, thus helping food digestion. Generally speaking, pumpkin has a good effect of clearing away heat and toxic materials.
Millet also has a good dietotherapy effect. It can not only tonify the spleen and stomach and kidney, but also has a good effect of calming the mind and yin beauty. Chinese medicine believes that millet can "warm the stomach", so millet is very beneficial to people with diarrhea, vomiting, indigestion and diabetes. Eating millet, which can effectively tonify the middle energizer and replenish qi, has therapeutic effects on spleen and stomach cold deficiency, deficiency of middle energizer and insomnia. Pumpkin millet porridge can be used as a diet health care product to calm the nerves. Compared with some health care products with unknown ingredients on the market, this kind of health care porridge is safer, and there is no need to worry about any adverse reactions after eating.
Second, the nutritional value of pumpkin millet porridge
Pumpkin and millet are very powerful, and the porridge can not only ensure the original flavor of the ingredients, but also keep the nutrients in them well. Pumpkin itself has complete nutrients and high nutritional value. It is an excellent match to make porridge with millet, a coarse grain rich in vitamins. Pumpkin contains starch, protein, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium and phosphorus. The contents of vitamin C and glucose in young pumpkins are richer than those in old pumpkins. Old pumpkins are high in calcium, iron and carotene. Pumpkin is rich in dietary fiber, so it is also a good food for nourishing the stomach.
Xiaomi, as the "head of the five cereals", contains many vitamins, amino acids, fats and carbohydrates. Because millet usually does not need to be refined, it preserves more nutrients and minerals, among which the content of vitamin B 1 is several times that of rice, and the content of minerals is also higher than that of rice. Millet has outstanding iron content, has a good blood-enriching effect, and its phosphorus content is also high, which is 2 to 3 times that of rice. After being boiled into porridge, millet not only retains its own nutrients, but also is more conducive to absorption. Therefore, millet porridge is also one of the most nutritious ways for millet to eat. It can be seen that pumpkin millet porridge has high nutritional value! Eating pumpkin millet porridge daily can not only provide a good feeling of fullness, but also nourish the stomach and clear the intestines.
Three: the practice of pumpkin millet porridge
Pumpkin is rich in vitamins and minerals, among which zinc is an important element for human growth and development, and the carotenoids contained in it have a good health care effect on human visual system. Moreover, pumpkin also contains a variety of amino acids needed by the human body, which is what millet lacks, so the two are just right. Millet contains a lot of carbohydrates, which can provide energy for human body.
Practice 1:
1, peel the pumpkin and cut it into cubes.
2. Put it into the pot, add water and cover it, and cook for about 5-7 minutes, then it will be cooked.
3. Wash the millet and rice, put them in a bowl, and soak them in clear water for about 1 hour (soaking is to save the time for cooking porridge, but if you are in a hurry, you can just add water without soaking, but it will take longer to cook);
4. Add the rice to the pot where the pumpkin soup is cooked.
5. Boil the fire to ensure that the rice is not hard.
6. Open the lid, pour in half of the milk and simmer for about 20 minutes. During this period, stir frequently so that the pumpkin and rice can be boiled evenly without sticking to the pot. Then add salt and sugar, and finally pour in the remaining half of the milk.
7. After the porridge is cooked, turn off the fire and cover it. There should not be too much porridge, because porridge will always absorb milk during the stewing process, and it can be stewed for about 20-30 minutes.
Practice 2:
1, cut off the pumpkin skin, and then cut it into thin slices. Wash the millet and soak it for one hour.
2. Add 5 times of clear water to the pressure cooker. After the water boils, pour the millet and pumpkin, cover the lid and boil over high fire. If you are in a hurry, it's faster to cook porridge in a pressure cooker, but if you have time, it's better to cook it in a casserole.
3. Turn the heat down and press 10- 15 minutes.
4, you can add medlar, mix well and cook for a few minutes.
Practice 3:
Jujube pumpkin millet porridge
Required materials: millet100g, pumpkin 200g, jujube 80g, and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
1, millet can be washed once with water, and soaked with some water 1 hour; Peel the pumpkin and cut it into small pieces; Wash the red dates for later use.
2. Soaked millet, pumpkin and red dates are put into the pot together, and appropriate amount of water is added, and the mixture is boiled over high fire. After skimming the floating foam, the mixture is boiled over low heat 1 hour.
3, until the pumpkin and millet are fully integrated, add the right amount of rock sugar according to your own taste, and cook for a while until the sugar melts.
Practice 4:
Egg yolk pumpkin millet porridge:
Materials needed to cook pumpkin millet porridge: a cup of millet (the rice measuring cup that comes with the rice cooker), a proper amount of pumpkin, an egg and a proper amount of rock sugar.
1, millet can be washed once with water, and soaked with some water 1 hour; Peel the pumpkin and cut it into small pieces; Boil the egg, peel off the yolk and crush it.
2. Soaked millet and pumpkin are put into the pot together with water, and then appropriate amount of water is added, and appropriate amount of rock sugar is added according to your own taste.
3. Bring to a boil with high fire, skim off the floating foam, then turn to low heat for 1 hour, and turn off the heat until the pumpkin and millet are fully blended.
4. Finally, sprinkle broken egg yolk into the cooked pumpkin millet porridge and mix well to serve.