Whole grain porridge
Overview
Laba'er, drink porridge. The jackdaws froze to death. It was the coldest time of the year in the north when Laba was a child. Watching a land of ice and snow, northerners don't drink wine and eat large pieces of meat, but drink a bowl of meaningful porridge. Laba'er was once a major festival, and it was indispensable to worship Buddha and ancestors. The most appropriate food is the rich Laba porridge, which is called Laba porridge. It is a porridge eaten on Laba day, but it does not mean that it only contains eight ingredients. Specifically, it should include glutinous rice, rice, millet, corn grits, white sorghum rice, red sorghum rice, barley rice, yellow rice, barley rice, chicken head rice, kidney beans, mung beans, red beans, white lentils, as well as dried lilies, lotus seeds, longan, pine nuts, hazelnut kernels, almonds, walnut kernels, chestnuts, and red dates. . . . . . No matter what, we need more than 20 kinds of raw materials. Because in the past, this porridge was first used to worship Buddha and ancestors - to be offered to gods and then to be eaten by humans. The content is so rich, it not only expresses inner respect, but also reveals the richness of life. Every bite is full of flavor. In the coldest days of winter, a warm bowl of Laba porridge not only suits the scene, but also nourishes the body and mind. A happy life is so simple, rich and full of warmth. This bowl of multigrain porridge contains more than ten kinds of raw materials, including several kinds of rice, beans, dried fruits, dried fruits, and potatoes, and is extremely nutritious. Among them are barley for whitening and reducing swelling, buckwheat rice and oats for anti-aging, red beans and black beans for nourishing blood and black hair and rich in dietary fiber, black rice and purple potatoes rich in anthocyanins, yams for nourishing the kidneys and spleen, red dates and raisins for nourishing skin and blood, and walnuts and peanuts for moisturizing. If you want, you can add more raw materials. . . . . . Nutrition, warming up, beautifying the skin, losing weight, this bowl of porridge can do it all.
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Ingredients
- Barley Appropriate amount
- Big red dates Appropriate amount
- Black beans Appropriate amount
- Black glutinous rice Appropriate amount
- Black rice Appropriate amount
- Brown rice Appropriate amount
- Buckwheat rice Appropriate amount
- Instant oatmeal Appropriate amount
- Oatmeal Appropriate amount
- Oats Appropriate amount
Steps
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Raw materials
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Wash all the items in Ingredients 1 and remove the lotus core from the lotus seeds. No need to soak them. After washing, put them into the casserole
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After adding 8-10 times of water, cover the casserole and cook on high heat until the water in the pot boils (the time varies depending on the amount of ingredients and water, usually no more than 10 minutes), turn off the heat, do not open the lid, and simmer for 1 hour
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When simmering ingredient 1, peel the purple sweet potatoes and yams and cut them into pieces, clean the red dates, remove the cores and cut them into pieces, break the walnut kernels into small pieces, wash the peanuts, raisins and wolfberry and set aside
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After simmering for an hour, open the lid and see that the rice and beans are soft and the lotus seeds are almost ripe
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Pour the processed ingredients 2 and 3 into the pot, stir evenly, cover the lid, cook on high heat again, cook until the water in the pot boils and then turn off the heat (the second cooking time is very short, the pot can be boiled in 3 or 4 minutes), do not open the lid, and simmer for another 1 hour
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After simmering for an hour for the second time, all the ingredients have been thoroughly cooked and the porridge is ready. At this time, open the lid of the pot and check the condition of the porridge. If the consistency is right, it can be eaten directly. If you feel there is too much water, you can add some instant oatmeal to increase the consistency
