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Tips for making red date and millet porridge

Autumn is here, and red dates are also on the market. Cook some red dates and millet porridge to eat. It can not only strengthen the stomach, nourish the stomach, activate blood circulation, and nourish the skin, but it is also a puzzle porridge with high nutritional value, suitable for both adults and adults. Suitable for little babies to eat.

Recipe 1 for red date and millet porridge:

Ingredients: 30 grams of millet, 5 to 6 red dates.

Usually, 5 to 6 red dates are enough for every 30 grams of millet. If you don’t match according to this ratio, there is no problem.

Steps:

1. Wash the millet and soak it in water for about half an hour.

2. Cut the red dates, pick out the core, and cut into several pieces for later use.

3. Pour the millet into the casserole together with the water for soaking the rice, then add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat.

4. Switch to low heat and cook for about 20 minutes. Add red dates and continue to cook the porridge on low heat until the porridge in the pot becomes sticky and then turn off the heat.

Method 2 for red dates and millet porridge:

Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot and bring to a boil over high heat, then add the washed millet and bring to a boil, add the red dates, and then cook over low heat to make porridge. All subsequent steps are the same.

Additional notes:

1. In fact, millet does not need to be soaked. It is also the same if it is cooked directly in the pot for a longer period of time.

2. When making red date porridge, it is best to pick out the date cores, because the date cores are hot and dry, which can easily cause internal heat and can easily hurt the baby's mouth.

3. Cut the red dates into several pieces and add them to the pot. This will make it easier for the active ingredients in the red dates to dissolve in the porridge and make it easier to cook the red dates thoroughly. You must know that the skin of the red dates is very hard. You can also cut jujube slices or diced jujube into pot.

4. Put the millet in boiling water and cook the porridge. The porridge will taste better and will not stick to the pot easily.

5. In order to shorten the time required for cooking porridge, you can also soak the red dates and millet in advance. Of course, the water for soaking the red dates must also be poured into the pot.

6. The prepared red dates and millet porridge can also be seasoned with white sugar, rock sugar or brown sugar, with brown sugar having the best effect.

7. You can also add an appropriate amount of adzuki beans to the porridge and cook it together, which can enhance the blood-enriching and beauty-enhancing effects of this porridge. Just add 5 grams of adzuki beans for every 30 grams of millet. The adzuki beans added must be soaked in advance, because the adzuki beans are more difficult to cook.

8. If you want to add adzuki beans, you must first cook the adzuki beans until they are half cooked, then add millet into the pot and cook together.

9. When making red date and millet porridge, you can also add an appropriate amount of wolfberry and put it in the porridge about 20 minutes before serving.

10. When making this porridge, remember to check and stir frequently to prevent the porridge in the pot from overflowing or smearing at the bottom.