Whether you drink porridge in the morning or at night can depend on your personal habits. There is not much difference between drinking porridge in the morning and at night. In addition, it is recommended to drink porridge before meals, especially for people who need to control their weight. Drinking porridge before meals can reduce the intake of staple food.

Main Ingredients

60 grams of rice.

Seasoning

5 ml of salad oil and 200 ml of water.

How to make white rice porridge

1. Wash the rice after removing impurities, and soak it in water for 30 minutes.

2. Pour 2/3 of the water into the casserole, bring to a boil over medium heat, add soaked rice, and turn to high heat.

3. When the water in the casserole boils again, drop in the cooking oil, stir evenly in a clockwise direction, then turn to medium-low heat, cover and simmer for 25 minutes.

4. Open the lid of the casserole, stir clockwise with a spoon for 10 minutes until the porridge is soft and glutinous, then turn off the heat.

Benefits of drinking porridge

First of all, porridge can help replenish water, which is suitable for both the dry autumn and winter in the north and the sweaty summer in the south. The water content of porridge is usually as high as 90% or even higher, and the water in the porridge is combined with starch, passing through the digestive tract more slowly and remaining in the human body for a longer time, making people feel more moisturized than drinking water alone.

Secondly, porridge can help reduce dietary energy and help control weight. Porridge is large in volume and low in energy density, with relatively little "dry food". 100 grams of rice contains more than 100 kcal of energy, while 100 grams of thick porridge only has about 30 kcal. The large volume of porridge will make people fuller more easily, which will help prevent excess energy. If you drink multigrain and bean porridge instead of white rice porridge, you will feel fuller. Therefore, if people who want to lose weight drink multigrain bean porridge, they can effectively reduce the energy of staple food and lose weight easily without feeling hungry or reducing nutrient intake.

The third benefit of porridge is that it is good for the stomach. Especially when gastrointestinal function is low, or intestinal infection, diarrhea, etc. occur, it is best to drink some porridge. Even if there are no gastrointestinal diseases, people will feel loss of appetite if they eat too much greasy food and high-protein food. At this time, drinking two meals of porridge can give the gastrointestinal tract a temporary rest. However, it is not recommended to drink white rice porridge. Although it is easy to digest, it has low nutritional value and is extremely detrimental to controlling blood sugar and weight. It is best to use cereals and beans to cook porridge.

The fourth benefit of drinking porridge is that it can help people diversify their staple foods. Although multigrain beans have high nutritional value, many people find them difficult to swallow if used for cooking. However, after cooking porridge, the taste becomes more pleasant.