The ratio of water to rice for porridge is 4:1, but for those who prefer thinner porridge, the ratio can be adjusted to 5:1.

The easiest way to measure congee is in bowls, which contain 4 bowls of water and 1 bowl of rice, and are usually simmered in a pot for 30 minutes before serving.

If you want to make the porridge a little thicker, you can follow the 5:1 ratio of water to rice, thick porridge is generally easier to satiate the stomach, and many parents will cook some thick porridge for their children as a staple food, especially some of the babies who have not yet learned to bite their teeth.

Precautions for cooking porridge

1, don't rub the rice with your hands when you wash it?

When washing rice many people will choose to use their hands to rub the rice to wash, because it will be cleaner, but if you really do this then it will be a lot of nutrients outside the rice grains are washed away. If it really appears that some of the rice is very dirty, rubbing it with your hands is not something that can be done...?

2, don't use an iron pot to cook porridge?

Many people in the porridge will choose to cook with an iron pot, but if you cook with an iron pot, it will cook the rust on the iron pot, so that the color of the porridge out of the dark, when you eat porridge, it may cause diarrhea and other diseases.

3, do not add alkali when cooking porridge?

Many people will add some alkali when cooking porridge, because they think that the porridge will be very sticky and delicious. But this will destroy the porridge inside the vitamin B1, so that the nutrients are lost for nothing.