Red Bean and Purple Rice Porridge

How much do you know about the method of making red bean and purple rice porridge? Let me give you a detailed introduction below, I hope you like it.

Ingredients for red bean and purple rice porridge

Purple Rice and Red Beans

Water Rock Sugar

How to make red bean and purple rice porridge

1. Wash the purple rice and red beans a few hours in advance and soak them in water.

2. Put it in the rice cooker and start cooking~

3. Add rock sugar when it is almost done. The amount is up to you. It depends on whether you like sweet food.

4. Check if the porridge is thick enough and if the purple rice is boiled to judge whether it is ready.

Purple rice has high nutritional value. It is said that it was a tribute rice eaten by the emperor in ancient times and is very precious. It contains a variety of vitamins, minerals, iron, as well as natural melanin and 4 essential amino acids.

Many people use purple rice as the staple food for women during confinement, because it contains more trace elements and is very suitable for women's nourishment before and after childbirth; black rice is rich in iron and has the effect of nourishing blood and warming the body. In addition, it is rare and is also a good blood-replenishing rice for anemia and a great longevity rice for the elderly. Eating purple rice directly can easily cause gastrointestinal indigestion due to its stickiness. If you add lotus seeds, oatmeal or mix it with white rice in a ratio of 3:1, you can avoid gastrointestinal problems.

It has lower calories than glutinous rice and has the effect of nourishing blood and strengthening the spleen, so it is widely used in sweet porridge. However, it must be soaked in water for at least 1 hour before cooking. In this way, the porridge will have a granular texture and be quite solid.