I. Materials

Blood glutinous rice 150g, brown sugar 15g.

Second, practice.

1, the blood glutinous rice is washed clean, soaked in cold water for 3 hours, picked up and drained.

2. Add about 1500 ml of cold water to the pot, put the blood glutinous rice in, boil it with high fire first, and then cook it with low fire 1 hour.

3. When the porridge is thick, add brown sugar to taste and cook for a while.

Third, the nutritional value

Blood glutinous rice contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, B vitamins, vitamin E, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc and other nutrients, and is rich in nutrition; It has many physiological functions, such as scavenging free radicals, improving iron deficiency anemia, anti-stress reaction, immune regulation and so on. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that nourishing blood and eating glutinous rice has the functions of appetizing, invigorating spleen, warming liver and improving eyesight, promoting blood circulation and smoothing qi, and replenishing essence and tonifying deficiency, and has a good nourishing effect on juvenile gray hair, postpartum physical weakness of women, physical weakness after illness, anemia and kidney deficiency. Regular consumption of blood glutinous rice is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of dizziness, anemia, gray hair, eye diseases and soreness of waist and knees.

Blood glutinous rice is rice with purple seed coat. Because of its waxy quality, it is called blood glutinous rice. After the blood glutinous rice is soaked in warm water, the red pigment in the seed coat is dissolved by the aqueous solution, and a purple-red aqueous solution will appear. The longer it takes, the thicker the red will be. After cooking, the red seed coat will be separated from the embryo (rice grain).

Fake blood glutinous rice is made of inferior rice and dyed with purple pigment. The most obvious difference is that after soaking in water, the water quality turns red faster than the genuine blood glutinous rice. After washing several times, the original shape of white rice will be revealed, and the red seed coat will not appear after cooking.

The effect of blood glutinous rice It has the effects of nourishing liver, caring skin and moistening skin, and is suitable for people with malnutrition, pale face, dry skin and emaciated body. Young women may wish to eat some blood glutinous rice properly to play the role of beauty and skin care.

According to the health care theory of traditional Chinese medicine, five colors enter the five internal organs, that is, foods with different colors have different health care effects. Generally speaking, black enters the kidney, yellow enters the spleen, white enters the lungs, cyan enters the liver and red enters the heart.

Red blood glutinous rice enters the heart meridian. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, the heart governs blood, which means its efficacy is related to nourishing qi and blood. Taking blood glutinous rice is helpful to treat menorrhagia and has astringent effect.

It should be noted that blood glutinous rice is thick and easy to produce phlegm, so people with fever, cough, yellow and thick phlegm and poor gastrointestinal function should not eat more.