Millet porridge is the best, and it doesn't taste like rice when cooked. Millet has the functions of invigorating spleen and nourishing stomach, promoting digestion, promoting gastric acid secretion and intestinal peristalsis. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that Xiaomi "treats nausea, heat and abdominal distension, makes porridge, benefits gallbladder and tonifies stomach". Millet contains a variety of amino acids, fats, vitamins and carbohydrates, and has high nutritional value. But like other cereals, the content of protein in lysine is too low. You can add sweet potato, quinoa, beans, red dates, pumpkins, longan, longan and other ingredients to porridge, which not only increases nutrition but also increases taste. Compared with other whole grains, millet is softer and easier to cook and digest than rice, which makes it especially popular among ancient people without gas stoves, rice cookers and pressure cookers. However, the advantage that millet is easy to cook and digest may also be its disadvantage.
Among all cereals, millet has the lowest dietary fiber content and is the most likely food to improve the glycemic index. In the glycemic index table of China food composition table, the glycemic index (GI) of millet is 7 1, which is obviously lower than that of rice (83). It shows that the GI value of brown rice and short-time rice is not high, and the blood sugar rises slowly after meals. However, this kind of rice tastes hard and is not popular with diners. If you soak it first and then steam it, it will taste much better, and it will be soft and delicious. However, this kind of millet is soft, the digestion speed is too fast, and the blood sugar rises much faster after meals.