Healthy eight-treasure porridge

Overview

It is said that drinking porridge has many health benefits. This sentence is not true at all. As early as the Ming Dynasty, the great medical scientist Li Shizhen said in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" that porridge is extremely soft and greasy, which is compatible with the intestines and stomach. The most important dietary secret is that porridge can replenish yin fluid, generate stomach fluid, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and replenish deficiency and damage. It is the best for nourishing people. After the porridge is cooked, there is a layer of fine, sticky, ointment-like substance floating on it. It is called rice oil in Chinese medicine and commonly known as porridge oil. It is the essence of rice soup and has a strong nourishing effect, comparable to ginseng soup. On our family’s breakfast table, porridge appears more frequently. Maybe it’s due to habit and preference. We often cook a pot of warm and stomach-nourishing porridge for our family members. Generally, we choose rice and millet as the main ingredients, and choose nutritious ingredients that suit our own needs as auxiliary ingredients. We can make various porridges, such as millet yam porridge, chestnut porridge, lotus seed porridge, eight-treasure porridge, etc. In the lightness of a bowl of porridge, you can feel the happiness of life. I felt sleepless during this period, so I chose eight-treasure porridge, which has the effects of strengthening the spleen, nourishing the stomach, replenishing qi and calming the mind. Millet, lotus seeds and longan have a nourishing and calming effect, which is beneficial to sleep; red beans and barley remove dampness and nourish the spleen; red dates nourish blood, and walnuts strengthen the spleen and kidneys. The flavors of all the ingredients are harmonious, and the cooked porridge has a natural sweetness, a soft texture and a rich aroma.

Tags

• staple food
• porridge
• home cooking
• breakfast
• barley
• lily
• longan
• red beans
• red dates
• rice
• walnut
• xiaomi
• lotus seeds

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare the required ingredients

   

2. 2 Soak lotus seeds, red beans and barley in water for 4 hours in advance. Wash longan, lily, red dates and walnuts and soak them in water for 30 minutes

   

3. 3 Wash the rice and millet twice, put them into the rice cooker together with the soaked ingredients, select the porridge setting, and cook for 2 hours

   

4. 4 Serve a bowl of porridge to satisfy your morning stomach

   

5. 5 Feel the happiness of life in the lightness of a bowl of porridge.