Red Bean, Red Dates, Blood and Glutinous Rice Porridge

I believe everyone is familiar with red bean, red dates, blood and glutinous rice porridge. Let me introduce to you the cooking method of this porridge in detail.

Red Bean, Red Dates, Blood and Glutinous Rice Porridge

Red beans, red dates, and black glutinous rice (also known as black glutinous rice) are a few ordinary things. Mix them together and cook them in a pot. Have a bowl of it in the cold winter to warm your heart and stomach, replenish your blood and nourish your skin. Just a few simple steps will make you feel like you have taken good care of yourself.

Red bean, red dates, blood and glutinous rice porridge ingredients

1/2 cup of red beans, 1 cup of glutinous rice, about 12 red dates, appropriate amount of rock sugar, about 1.5L of water.

How to make red bean, red dates, blood and glutinous rice porridge

1. Mix red beans and glutinous rice and soak them in water overnight.

Red Bean, Red Dates, Blood and Glutinous Rice Porridge

2. Add red beans and glutinous rice to water and bring to a boil.

3. Pour into a slow cooker and cook on high heat for 4 hours.

4. Add the washed and soaked red dates and rock sugar, continue to cook on low heat for 2 hours and it’s done.

Nutritional Analysis of Red Bean, Red Date, Blood and Glutinous Rice Porridge

red bean

Adzuki beans, also known as red beans and small beans, are produced all over the province. In addition to being cooked directly, they are the main raw material for making bean paste for food. Red beans are used to make bean noodles, pastry fillings, and substitute foods, which increases the variety of pastries in the food industry and improves people's lives. Rice, porridge, and soup made from red beans are delicious and are loved by people of all ages; red bean ice cream is delicious and is a flavorful summer cold food, and its skin can be used to extract pigments. Red beans are a good food therapy product, sweet and cold in nature, and have the effects of treating blood, expelling pus, reducing swelling, and detoxifying. They can treat heart and kidney, organ swelling and pain, and rib pain. Red beans are rich in nutrients and have a wide range of uses, and are popular all over the world.

red dates

The Chinese herbal book "Ben Jing" records that red dates are sweet and warm in nature, and belong to the spleen and stomach meridians. They have the functions of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind, and alleviating the properties of medicines. Modern pharmacology has found that red dates contain rich nutrients such as protein, fat, carbohydrates, organic acids, vitamin A, vitamin C, trace amounts of calcium and multiple amino acids.

Black glutinous rice

Black glutinous rice is known as "black pearl". It is a rice plant with a purple-red seed coat. Because the rice is sticky, it is also called blood glutinous rice. The nutritional value of black glutinous rice is very high. In addition to protein, fat, and carbohydrates, it is also rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, B2, etc. Black glutinous rice has the effect of nourishing blood and qi. Eating it regularly can help you stay fit and can also be used to soak in wine.