Taro and snail meat porridge

Have you ever tasted the taro and snail porridge? The method of making this porridge is quite simple. Here is a detailed introduction. Let's learn about this porridge together.

Ingredients for Taro and Snail Congee

How to make taro and snail porridge

1. Wash and peel the taro, cut into cubes and set aside. Wash and dry the snail meat, chop the ginger (partly slice it), and chop the green onion.

2. Wash the rice, add a little salt and oil, mix well and marinate for half an hour. Add chopped ginger, light soy sauce, oil and pepper to the snail meat, mix well and marinate for half an hour.

3. Add appropriate amount of water and a few slices of ginger to the rice and boil over high heat until the rice pops (30-45 minutes).

4. Add taro and snail meat and continue to cook on low heat for 15-20 minutes, then add appropriate amount of salt for seasoning, sprinkle with sesame oil and chopped green onion and mix well.

Kind tips

Snail meat is plump and delicate, with delicious taste, and is known as the "pearl on the plate". It is rich in protein, vitamins, and essential amino acids and trace elements for the human body. It is a typical high-protein, low-fat, high-calcium natural animal health food.

1. Snail meat is rich in vitamin A, protein, iron and calcium, and has a therapeutic effect on diseases such as red eyes, jaundice, athlete's foot, hemorrhoids, etc.

2. Eating snails has a significant therapeutic effect on body odor.

1. Suitable for people with jaundice, edema, urinary obstruction, hemorrhoids, bloody stools, beriberi, thirst, wind-heat red and swollen eyes, and drunkenness; suitable for people with diabetes, cancer, Sjögren's syndrome; also suitable for people with obesity, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, and fatty liver;

2. People with weak spleen and stomach, loose stools and diarrhea should avoid eating snails. Since snails are very cold, they should be avoided during colds, during menstruation and after childbirth, and those with cold stomach should avoid eating them.

Snail meat should not be taken together with the Chinese medicine Gecko or the Western medicine oxytetracycline; it should not be eaten together with beef, mutton, broad beans, pork, clams, noodles, corn, winter melon, cantaloupe, fungus and sugar; do not drink ice water when eating snails, otherwise it will cause diarrhea.

1. To prevent infection from bacteria and parasites, snails must be cooked thoroughly before consumption. Generally, it is best to cook them for more than 10 minutes before consumption.

2. Dead snails cannot be eaten;

3. Substances secreted by the brain nerves of conch can cause food poisoning. The incubation period of food poisoning caused by conch is short (1 to 2 hours), and the symptoms are nausea, vomiting, and dizziness, so the conch's head must be removed during the cooking process.

It tastes sweet and salty, and is cold in nature. It enters the spleen, stomach, liver, and large intestine meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, promoting diuresis, quenching thirst, and sobering up. It can treat heat-stagnation and difficulty urinating, jaundice, athlete's foot, edema, diabetes, hemorrhoids, blood in the stool, red and swollen eyes, and carbuncle swelling and poison.