It is recommended to discard and recreate. Although it is said that lye can make mung bean porridge cook faster, boiled out more thick, but if you put too much lye will destroy the natural fragrance of mung beans, and cooked mung bean porridge will also have a strong alkali flavor and slippery taste, taste is not good.
If you want to thick mung bean porridge, it is recommended to add a small handful of oatmeal or glutinous rice to replace lye when cooking, which can effectively increase the consistency of the mung bean porridge, the most important thing is to eat with a natural grain flavor, it will be more delicious.