Ginkgo and Winter Melon Porridge

I believe that female friends are more familiar with Ginkgo and Winter Melon Porridge than male friends. Let me introduce the cooking method of this porridge to you in detail.

Ginkgo and Winter Melon Porridge

In a few days, it will be Laba Festival. People use grains, peanuts, chestnuts, red dates, lotus seeds, etc. to make a pot of sweet and delicious Laba porridge, which has become a major festival custom of the Chinese nation. Porridge is not only nutritious in itself, but also an excellent carrier of other nutritious foods. Recently, relevant experts suggested that Laba should be designated as China's Nutrition Day. It's Laba, let's see whose porridge is more fragrant.

Ingredients for Ginkgo and Winter Melon Porridge

Ingredients: 100g rice, 150g winter melon, 25g ginkgo (dried), seasoning: 3g ginger, 2g salt, 1g pepper

How to make ginkgo and winter melon porridge

1. Cook rice into porridge. Wash ginkgo nuts, soak until soft, blanch thoroughly, remove and drain. Peel winter melon and cut into thick slices for later use.

2. Add broth and minced ginger to the pot, bring to a boil, then add porridge, ginkgo, salt and pepper, bring to a boil over high heat, add winter melon slices, stir well and cook for 5 minutes.

Tips:

Health Tips:

Ginkgo nuts are slightly poisonous. Adults should eat no more than seven at a time, while children should eat less than five.

Spring disease prevention and health porridge

Foods that are incompatible with Ginkgo and Winter Melon Porridge

Rice: Tang Dynasty Meng Shen: "Japonica rice cannot be eaten with horse meat, as it will cause tumors. It cannot be eaten with Xanthium sibiricum, as it will cause sudden heart pain."

Wang Yuying of the Qing Dynasty: "Although fried rice is fragrant, it is dry and helps to stimulate fire. People who are not suffering from cold and diarrhea should avoid it."

Ginkgo nuts (dried): Ginkgo nuts should not be eaten with eels.