Cooking congee is usually done to the depth of one middle finger.

The ratio of water to rice for porridge at home is generally 4:1.

If you don't have a measuring cup at home, you can use your finger to measure the amount of water. Such as cooking rice is generally the middle finger into the water, to a knuckle height as a standard. Horizontal line just to the first knuckle is best (to the plane of the rice as the bottom, not the bottom of the pot).

In fact, each person's taste is different, some people like to eat rotten point, some people like to eat more granular point. So there is no specific standard. The general steamed rice is the ratio of water and rice is 2:1, if the porridge should be added water by volume.

Family porridge tips

1, rice to soak first

Milk should be soaked in water first amassed rice and then soaked for 30 minutes, the rice grains to absorb water, will be able to simmer and soft and thick porridge, but also relatively save fire.

2, master the porridge fire

To start with a strong fire after boiling, to quickly turn to a small fire, pay attention not to let the porridge juice overflow, and then slowly cover the lid to leave a seam, with a small fire to cook.

3, constantly stirring before thickening

wang fire cooking time to constantly stir, small fire cooking time to reduce stirring.

4, how to add ingredients to cook porridge

To pay attention to the order of adding materials, slow cooked first. Such as rice and herbs to be put first, vegetables and fruits last. Seafood must first blanch the soup, meat is mixed with starch and then into the porridge to cook, you can make the porridge look clear and not muddy.

5, white rice porridge

1 bowl of rice with 4 bowls of water, do not stir too much. People with cold stomach are recommended to cook porridge with white rice in boiling water, which is good for health.

6, make good use of casserole heat preservation characteristics

use casserole before the first small fire hot pot, casserole all hot and then turn to medium heat gradually increase the temperature, cooking water can only be added to warm water.