Eight Treasure Porridge

Basic features: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, eliminate stagnation and lose weight, replenish qi and calm the mind. It can be used as a dietary therapy for obesity and neurasthenia, and can also be used as a daily health and fitness food.

One:

Raw materials: 100 grams of fragrant rice, 100 grams of glutinous rice, 20 grams each of golden dates, mung beans, red beans, lotus seeds, wolfberry, peanuts, appropriate amount of sugar, and a small amount of salt.

Preparation

1. Soak the red dates in cold water for 20 minutes, then wash the outer skin; steam them together with mung beans, round meats, lilies, lotus seeds, etc. for 30 minutes and set aside.

2. Wash the glutinous rice and japonica rice and put them in a pot. Simmer for 40 minutes, then add the above ingredients and cook for a while. Then add wax gourd sugar cubes or white sugar, and add a small amount of salt. So as not to be too sweet.

3. Cut the stem of the pumpkin, scoop out the seed sacs, put it in a steamer, and steam it for about 20 minutes. When the flesh of the pumpkin is cooked, put the above ingredients into the melon cup and steam it for about 20 minutes. 10 minutes is enough.

Two:

Category Folk Recipes

Source Folk Recipes

Ingredients: Gorgon, barley, rice, white lentils, lotus flesh, yam, red dates, longan and lily 6 grams each , 150 grams of rice

Preparation: First decoct each medicine for 45 minutes, then add rice and continue to cook until it becomes porridge.

Usage: Mix sugar into meals and eat for several days.

Effects: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, nourish qi and kidneys, nourish blood and calm the mind. Suitable for insomnia and physical weakness

Swelling, diarrhea, thirst, cough with less phlegm, etc.

Millet porridge

Ingredients

50 grams of millet, 1 egg

Accessories

Adequate amount of brown sugar (optional) Select)

Preparation

First cook porridge with millet, extract the juice, then add eggs, cook briefly, and add appropriate amount of sugar.

Usage

Soak your feet in hot water before going to bed, drink this porridge, and then fall asleep.

Efficacy

Nourishes the mind and calms the mind. Used for insufficiency of heart, irritability and insomnia.

Function

Millet is corn, which can open the stomach, replenish deficiency and damage, and benefit the Dantian. It can be used for tonic for those with Qi and blood deficiency, weak constitution, and poor appetite. It is suitable for maternal milk. If you suffer from fatigue, fatigue and unsatisfactory diet caused by postpartum deficiency, it can be eaten as breakfast. Millet porridge in winter and spring is more suitable for pregnant women.

Millet contains a variety of vitamins, amino acids, fats and carbohydrates, and has high nutritional value. Every 100 grams of millet contains 9.7 grams of protein and 3.5 grams of fat, which is no less than that of rice and wheat. Carotene is not contained in ordinary grains, but millet contains 0.12 mg per 100 grams, and the vitamin B1 content ranks first among all grains. Millet is also very high in sugar, with 72.8 grams of sugar per 100 grams, and its caloric output is much higher than that of rice. Therefore, millet can be said to be the most ideal tonic for the elderly, frail patients and pregnant women.

Many women in northern my country have the tradition of using millet and brown sugar to take care of their bodies after giving birth. Millet porridge is rich in nutritional value and is known as "Ginseng Soup". The reason why millet is favored by pregnant women is that the iron content of millet is twice as high as that of rice, vitamin B1 is 1.5 to 3.5 times higher than rice, vitamin B2 is 1 times higher, and fiber is now called the seventh nutrient. Vegetarian content is 2 to 7 times higher than that of rice. Because of its high iron content, it is very effective in nourishing yin and blood for postpartum women. It can recuperate the weak and cold physique of postpartum women and help them regain their physical strength.

Under the pressure of work, gastric discomfort has become a common problem among modern people. Loss of appetite and loss of appetite have become the mantra of many people every time they eat. Various drugs that help digestion and increase gastric motility It is also very popular in TV commercials. In fact, there is one stomach-building food that is the greenest and has the least side effects, and that is millet. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that millet "can cure nausea and dysentery, and can be used as porridge to benefit the Dantian, replenish deficiency and damage, and open the stomach." Traditional Chinese medicine also says that millet is "harmful to the stomach and warms the body." It is believed that millet is sweet and salty in taste and has the functions of clearing away heat and quenching thirst, strengthening the stomach and dehumidifying, and soothing the stomach and inducing sleep. It is more suitable for people with internal heat and those with weak spleen and stomach. Some people have a bad appetite. After eating millet, it can stimulate the appetite and nourish the stomach. It has the effect of strengthening the stomach, digesting food, and preventing nausea and vomiting.

Nutritional content

Millet is rich in vitamins B1, B2, etc., and it also has the function of preventing indigestion and sores at the corners of the mouth.

Millet porridge is a healthy food. It can be cooked alone, or you can add dates, red beans, sweet potatoes, lotus seeds, lilies, etc. to make nutritious porridge with different flavors. Millet is ground into powder and can be made into delicious cakes. However, it should be noted that the nutritional value of millet protein is not better than that of rice, because the amino acid composition of millet protein is not ideal. Lysine is too low and leucine is too high. Therefore, whether it is pregnant women or the elderly and weak, , cannot completely take millet as the staple food, and should pay attention to the combination to avoid lack of other nutrients.

Mung bean porridge

Recipe effects

Heat-clearing, detoxifying, heatstroke prevention, arteriosclerosis, summer health care

Making materials

Accessories: white sugar (20 grams)

Production process

1. Rinse the rice with clean water. Remove impurities from the mung beans and wash them with clean water.< /p>

2. Put the mung beans into the pot, add about 1750 grams of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then lower the heat and simmer for about 40 minutes. When the mung beans are crispy, add rice and cook over medium heat for about 30 minutes. , cook until the rice grains bloom and the porridge soup is thick. After cooling, add sugar, mix and eat.

Dish texture

Taste: sweet

Mung bean cake The porridge is thick and fragrant, and the porridge is thick and sweet, cooling and relieving heat.

Recipe nutrition

Rice: Rice has high nutritional value and is a basic food to supplement nutrients; rice can provide rich B complex Vitamins; rice has the effects of replenishing qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, replenishing essence and strengthening the will, harmonizing the five internal organs, unblocking blood vessels, improving ears and eyesight, relieving irritability, quenching thirst, and stopping diarrhea.

Mung beans: Mung beans are rich in nutrients and have the functions of increasing appetite, lowering blood lipids, lowering cholesterol, anti-allergic, detoxifying, and protecting the liver;

Mung beans are sweet in taste, cool in nature, and can be eaten Heart and stomach meridian: It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving heat and relieving irritability, quenching thirst and strengthening the stomach, diuresis and reducing swelling; it mainly treats summer-heat polydipsia, damp-heat diarrhea, edema and abdominal distension, sores, erysipelas, boils, and acne. And those who are poisoned by gold, stone, arsenic, grass and trees. Mung beans are cold in nature, so those with a weak body should not eat too much or for a long time, and those with a weak spleen and stomach who have diarrhea should eat with caution.

Compatible recipes

Rice: Rice should not be eaten with horse meat, honey, and cocklebur.

Mung beans: Mung beans, carp, dog meat, and torreya shells cannot be eaten together.

Health Tips

Clear heat and detoxify, relieve heat and thirst, reduce swelling, and lower fat. It is suitable for heatstroke, excessive thirst due to heatstroke, sores, boils, food poisoning, and can also prevent arteriosclerosis.