On the eighth day of December in the summer calendar, the custom of eating "Laba porridge" (called "laba rice" in some places) spread among the people in Han areas of China. In Henan, Laba porridge, also known as "everyone's meal", is a holiday food custom to commemorate the national hero Yue Fei. According to legend, Yue Jiajun's crusade against Jin Lu won successively in Zhuxian Town, but was repelled by the court's twelve gold medals. On the way back to Li, the soldiers were hungry and cold, and along the way, Henan people poured food from every household into a cauldron and cooked porridge to satisfy the soldiers' hunger and keep out the cold. This day happens to be the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Later, Yue Fei was killed in Fengbo Pavilion. In order to remember this national hero, every household in Henan eats "everybody's meal" on Laba Day to show their memory. Fu Cha Dunchong's "Laba porridge when Yanjing was old": "Laba porridge is cooked with yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet, water chestnut, red cowpea, peeled jujube paste, etc." And externally dyed red peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, white sugar and brown sugar. . Laba porridge, like laba rice, is a relic of ancient La Worship. "Suburb Sacrifice Classic" said that La Worship was "a year in December, gathering all things and looking for food". Laba porridge and rice are cooked together in a pot, which means bringing together everything and harmonizing thousands of spirits. Laba porridge, which combines the traditional health culture and diet culture in China, is called a good health care product. There is another saying: Laba porridge was originally cooked by Buddhist temples for bodhisattvas-eighteen kinds of dried fruits symbolize eighteen arhats, and later this custom became popular among the people.
nutritive value
Laba porridge, as a habitual diet of Laba, has its own allusions and practical significance. When the temperature in La Qibala is the lowest in a year, people's physique becomes weak. However, a simple Laba porridge contains the effects of harmonizing stomach and strengthening spleen, nourishing heart and clearing lung, benefiting kidney and liver, improving eyesight and calming nerves, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, which can be described as comprehensive, and rich nutrition can enhance immunity and improve cold tolerance index.
Laba porridge is suitable for all kinds of people:
1. Iron supplementation for pregnant women
Pregnant women generally have a great reaction in the first trimester, do not want to eat, and feel sick and vomiting. At this time, drinking porridge is a good choice. However, when cooking porridge for pregnant women, we should be careful not to put too much water, otherwise it will cause hyperacidity in pregnant women. Pregnant women can drink porridge with some sesame paste rolls and steamed bread. During pregnancy, you need to supplement calcium, iron and other elements. This Laba porridge is undoubtedly a good choice.
2. Old people help digestion
The digestion and absorption ability of the elderly has declined. Laba porridge is very suitable for the elderly to eat, easy to digest, rich in ingredients, rich in nutrition and has a dietotherapy effect, which is most suitable for the health of the elderly.
3. The female surname is Buxue
I am often asked by some female surnames why my face is ugly and my face is ruddy. Many women have symptoms of deficiency of both qi and blood, so drinking porridge is a good choice. Coix seed, medlar, peanut, jujube, longan, etc. Add them to Laba porridge to replenish qi and blood. Don't waste rice oil in porridge (rice oil is the top oil skin after porridge is cooked, which is good for beauty). Drinking porridge often will really make you look beautiful and control your weight gain.
Nutrition tips
1, Laba porridge is named Laba porridge, but it is suitable for eating all year round.
2. If you feel that the taste is not sweet enough, you can add some honey as a source of sweetness.
3, porridge should be cooked for a long time before it is soft, otherwise people who are not good at stomach will cause gastrointestinal burden. For example, red beans and glutinous rice can be cooked slowly first, or you can use a pressure cooker, and nutrients will be better preserved.
Although this porridge is good, don't eat it suddenly, and don't exceed 1 meal a day.