(1) Material selection: For millet, choose new rice, not old rice. We often say, “It’s hard for a clever woman to cook without rice.” It can be seen how much influence the raw materials have on cooking. If you want millet porridge to taste delicious, choose to buy it. Millet is very important. For millet, choose new rice instead of old rice. You can tell the difference by smelling it when buying.

(2) Wash the millet first and then soak it. If you are not in a hurry, it is best to soak the rice before cooking porridge so that the rice and water can fuse. After being put into the pot, the rice will bloom more easily and the porridge will also be cooked. Thicker. Before cooking millet porridge, you can do this: wash the millet with clean water first. When washing, be careful not to rub it with your hands. Just stir it with a spoon to avoid losing the nutrients in the millet. After washing it, wash the millet with clean water again. Just soak it for 30 minutes. Because the grains of millet are relatively small, you don't need to soak it for a long time. The water just covers the millet. You don't need to pour it out after soaking. Just put it into the pot with the millet and cook it to avoid nutrient loss.

(3) There are only two ways to cook millet porridge with boiling water: adding cold water to the pot and adding hot water to the pot. Among these two methods, adding hot water to the pot is the best, and adding hot water to the pot is the best. When cooking millet porridge, millet will not stick to the bottom of the pan easily. Even if you do not stir it frequently, it will not stick to the pan. After pouring the millet into hot water, bring it to a boil first, then turn to medium to low heat and simmer for half an hour. The last few minutes can Stir frequently with a spoon to make the porridge thicker.

(4) The ratio of millet to water: 1:15~1:20 The more difficult thing about cooking porridge is that there is either too little water or too much water. If the ratio of water to rice is not controlled well, it will be difficult to cook porridge. The porridge that comes out is not thick. Generally, if you want the porridge to be thick and delicious, the weight of water should be between 15 and 20 times that of rice. This amount of water refers to a pot that does not consume much water. If the pot consumes more water, The water should be added appropriately. It is best to add all the water at once. Do not add water halfway to prevent the rice and water from separating and becoming sticky.

(5) When cooking millet porridge, you can add a small amount of glutinous rice. Millet is a coarse grain and has less stickiness. In order to make the millet porridge sticky and delicious, you can add a small amount of glutinous rice, because glutinous rice is more sticky than millet. After adding glutinous rice, the millet porridge becomes thicker.

(6) If you add pumpkin, yam, etc. to millet porridge later, you can add chopped pumpkin and yam to cook together. You can also add diced apples to cook together. These can be cooked with millet for about 15 minutes. Add it later and cook for about 15 minutes before taking it out of the pan. If you want to add sugar, you can add it in the last 5 minutes.