Pumpkin and red dates are nutritious when used as porridge. And the color combination is more appetizing. . .

Pumpkin has the effect of lowering blood sugar. It is rich in vitamins, including carotene 2.4mg%, vitamin B1 0.05mg%, vitamin B2 0.06mg%, vitamin C, etc.

Jujubes can improve human immunity and inhibit cancer cells: pharmacological studies have found that red dates can promote the production of white blood cells, lower serum cholesterol, increase serum albumin, and protect the liver. Red dates also contain substances that inhibit cancer cells and can even Substances used by cancer cells to transform into normal cells; 2. People who regularly eat fresh dates rarely suffer from gallstones

Method:

Korean pumpkin porridge

Usage Ingredients: 500 grams of pumpkin, 50 grams of red dates. 2 tablespoons of glutinous rice flour, appropriate amount of sugar.

Method: 1. Peel the pumpkin, wash it and cut into thick slices. After steaming, press it into puree with a spoon.

2. Put pumpkin puree and red dates into a small pot, add appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over low heat. Add glutinous rice flour and cook while stirring until thick and shiny. Add appropriate amount of sugar according to personal preference. Just make it even. Eat it hot in winter and enjoy it in the refrigerator in summer.

A simple way to make pumpkin porridge

1 First select an appropriate amount of rice for making porridge, wash it, put it into a pot, add more water, bring to a boil over high heat and then use low heat. stew. At this time, cut the pumpkin into pieces, put it into a microwave steaming box, and heat it for 5 minutes. When the pumpkin is fully cooked, peel it off (it will fall off as soon as you peel it off), put it in a bowl and mix it into pumpkin puree. Put the pumpkin puree into the porridge, stir it up with a spoon, and simmer over medium heat until the rice blooms and the porridge becomes thick.

2 Ingredients: One and a half pounds of pumpkin, six ounces of fine pearl rice.

Method: 1. Peel, wash and cut the pumpkin into chunks for later use.

2. Wash the rice and soak it for 30 minutes to allow the rice grains to fully absorb water, so that soft and thick porridge can be cooked.

3. Put the rice and pumpkin pieces into the pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and the water should cover 15 cm of the raw material surface.

4. Cook over high heat first, then switch to simmer and stir constantly until the rice grains are completely cooked, and you have a delicious pumpkin porridge.

Tips for cooking:

1. It is best to cook porridge with rice under cold water. Because when cooking porridge, you need to put the rice grains and cold water into the pot and boil them so that the rice grains can fully absorb the water and the cooked porridge will be more fragrant and soft. Otherwise, the rice grains will be hard and the porridge will not be thick.

2. Master the heat of cooking porridge. After the rice and water in the pot are boiled over high heat, quickly turn to low heat, being careful not to let the porridge juice overflow, and then slowly cover the pot with the lid. The key is not to cover the lid tightly, and cook slowly over low heat. .