Red bean and barley porridge is a common home-cooked porridge. The main ingredients are red beans and barley. It can be eaten as breakfast.
1. Ingredients required:
Main ingredient: 100g barley
Accessory ingredients: 25g jujube (dried), 50g red bean, 10g agrimony
Seasoning: 30 grams of white sugar
2. Production method:
Method 1
1. Wash barley and red beans in advance Soak (about twelve hours).
2. Put the soaked barley and red beans into the pot and bring to a boil over high heat.
3. Wash the red dates and longan meat and set aside.
4. After the soup boils, add red dates and longan meat.
5. Turn to medium-low heat and simmer until the red beans are slightly blooming and cooked and soft.
Tips:
Generally, barley and red bean porridge is used to remove dampness, whiten skin, and strengthen the spleen. In addition to cooking porridge, it can also be made into barley tea. Common barley tea Contains: barley kernels, adzuki beans, light bamboo leaves, gorgon seeds, purslane, green tea, and sophora rice. A cup of it in your spare time is more conducive to removing dampness, whitening and strengthening the spleen.
Method 2
1. Soak barley and red beans in warm water for half a day;
2. Wrap the agrimony with gauze;
3. Peel and soak the jujube;
4. Put barley, red beans, agrimony and jujube into the pot together;
5. Add water and cook into gruel, and finally sprinkle Add sugar to taste.
Method 3
1. For red bean and barley porridge, prepare equal amounts of red beans and barley. After washing, the red beans need to be soaked for about two to three hours, and the barley for one hour. .
2. Then cook the red beans first, because it takes a little longer. After boiling, add some cold water, and after boiling again, add cold water again. In this way, the red beans will bloom and ripen easily, and it is said that they are also easier to cook. fragrant.
3. After the red beans are boiled and blooming, add barley, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and simmer until soft, then add rock sugar to taste.
3. Nutrients:
Barley contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, which can promote metabolism and reduce gastrointestinal burden. It can be used by patients who are weak during or after illness. Tonic food;
Regular consumption of barley food is also effective in treating chronic enteritis, indigestion and other diseases. Barley can enhance kidney function and has a heat-clearing and diuretic effect, so it is also effective for patients with edema;
Modern pharmacological research has proven that barley has anti-cancer effects, and its anti-cancer active ingredients include selenium. It can effectively inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and can be used as an auxiliary treatment for gastric cancer and cervical cancer;
Healthy people often eat barley to make the body more flexible and reduce the chance of tumors;
Barley It contains a certain amount of vitamin E and is a beauty food. Regular consumption can keep human skin shiny and delicate, eliminate acne and stains, and improve skin color. It also has a certain therapeutic effect on warts caused by viral infections;
Barley is rich in vitamin B, which is very beneficial to the prevention and treatment of beriberi.
3. Efficacy
Diuretic, reduce swelling, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and nourish the heart. It can cure dampness, benefit the intestines and stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and take it for a long time to lighten the body and replenish qi.
IV. Contraindicated groups
Pregnant women and those with constipation should not use it; those with semen and excessive urination should not consume it.
5. Suitable people
Everyone can eat it. The main function of barley and red bean porridge is to remove dampness, which can remove moisture from the body. It is very suitable for consumption in summer and for people with heavy moisture in the body. It can be eaten as a meal and is a good product for removing dampness and strengthening the spleen. Others use it to regulate constipation, lose weight, whiten, etc.