Pumpkin Millet Porridge
Overview
Pumpkin contains starch, protein, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and other ingredients. It is rich in nutrients and is often eaten by rural people. It is increasingly valued by urban people. Not only does it have high food value. And it has a therapeutic effect that cannot be ignored. According to "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica", pumpkin is warm in nature, sweet in taste and non-toxic. It enters the spleen and stomach meridians and can moisten the lungs and replenish qi, reduce phlegm and thicken phlegm, expel parasites and detoxify, treat cough and asthma, treat lung abscess and constipation, and has diuretic and beautifying effects. In recent years, research and experiments by domestic and foreign medical experts and scholars have shown that eating pumpkin can also treat prostate hypertrophy (pumpkin seeds can treat prostate hypertrophy), prevent prostate cancer, prevent arteriosclerosis, gastric mucosal ulcers, and calculus. In autumn and winter, pumpkin and millet are a perfect pair!
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Steps
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Peel and wash the old pumpkin!
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Cut into thin slices of about 1 mm, it is easier to cook.
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Wash the millet and pour the water into the pot after boiling, so that it will not overflow easily.
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Then add the pumpkin slices!
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After boiling the pot, lower the heat to low and cook slowly. After cooking for a while, use a spoon to press the pumpkin. When the pumpkin is soft and rotten, use a spoon to crush it one by one. The pumpkin will be integrated with the millet. The pumpkin porridge cooked in this way will be sticky, very sweet, and delicious.
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After about 20 minutes, the porridge is almost ready. Turn off the heat and simmer for a while, and you can have sweet pumpkin porridge! No need to add sugar, it’s great!
