Main ingredients

About 10 lotus seeds 25g barley

15g red beans 15g glutinous rice

Accessories

Water Appropriate amount

How to make barley, red bean and lotus seed porridge

1. Rinse the lotus seeds, red beans and barley with water and soak them for half an hour (soaking saves the time for cooking porridge later).

2. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot and bring it to a boil (boiling water will cook the porridge faster and it will not stick to the pot).

3. Add soaked lotus seeds, red beans and barley.

4. Boil over high heat for half an hour and add washed glutinous rice (lotus seeds, red beans and barley are more difficult to cook. In order to cook them at the same time, add the glutinous rice later)

5. ?Cook over medium heat for half an hour and start stirring with a spoon (stirring with a spoon can make the porridge cook more evenly and make the porridge thicker).

6. Cook until it becomes sticky and serve.

Tips

1. Lotus seeds are sweet in taste and slightly cool in nature. Nourish the heart and kidneys, strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea, treat palpitations and insomnia. .The "Ben Jing" records that it is mainly for replenishing the middle, nourishing the mind, and replenishing the energy. Lotus seeds are good at replenishing deficiencies in the five internal organs, and can benefit the qi and blood of the twelve meridians, making the qi and blood smooth and not rotten

Barley is sweet in taste, light in nature, and cool in nature. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and removing dampness, nourishing the lungs and clearing away heat.

2. Glutinous rice is a mild tonic that has the functions of nourishing deficiency, nourishing blood, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and antiperspirant. It is suitable for nausea, loss of appetite, diarrhea caused by deficiency of spleen and stomach, sweating, shortness of breath and bloating caused by qi deficiency.

3. Red beans are neutral in nature, sweet and sour in taste, non-toxic, and have the functions of nourishing and strengthening the spleen and stomach, diuresis and dehumidification, clearing away heat and detoxification, clearing milk and replenishing blood. Red beans are rich in iron and have the effect of replenishing blood. They are a good nourishing product for women during their menstrual period.