Danyang barley porridge

Danyang barley porridge

Overview

Barley porridge is definitely a specialty of Danyang. Every household in Danyang has the habit of drinking barley porridge, especially in summer. Two bowls of cold barley porridge is many times better than drinking other drinks. This is no bragging. As spring passes and summer comes, heatstroke prevention and cooling have become one of the health and fitness contents that the public pays attention to. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that barley has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing yin and relieving heat, so it is recommended that everyone insist on drinking barley porridge in summer. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine health care, barley porridge has two major effects: first, it strengthens the spleen and stomach. The second is to relieve summer heat and relieve fever.

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  1. Drinking a bowl of fragrant and lubricating alkaline barley porridge in the morning and evening in the scorching heat is also a blessing!

    Danyang barley porridge step 1

  2. Every Spring Festival when I go home, my mother-in-law gives us a bag of barley flour. She says it is made from Yuanmai, not Youmai.

    Danyang barley porridge step 2

  3. First, wash half a cup of rice and select the porridge cooking function of the rice cooker. The process takes 50 minutes. I added water to less than three-quarters, because I will add barley paste later

    Danyang barley porridge step 3

  4. Add three spoons of barley flour (you can choose the thickness) to water to make a paste. When the porridge is cooked until it is seven-cooked, about 15 minutes, add it to the boiling porridge and mix thoroughly

    Danyang barley porridge step 4

  5. Add an appropriate amount of edible alkali so that the porridge in the pot does not turn red

    Danyang barley porridge step 5

  6. The well-mixed barley porridge has a light alkali aroma

    Danyang barley porridge step 6

  7. The explosive power of boiling porridge is quite strong. It will overflow and people cannot leave it. Otherwise, the soup will damage the pot and make it sticky and difficult to clean.

    Danyang barley porridge step 7

  8. My experience is to open the lid every 10 minutes and stir well

    Danyang barley porridge step 8

  9. After calming down, the fragrant barley porridge is ready. Does it look like brown sugar porridge?

    Danyang barley porridge step 9

  10. The fragrant and smooth porridge relieves heat and quenches thirst

    Danyang barley porridge step 10