How to make red bean and winter melon porridge

Ingredients for Red Bean and Winter Melon Porridge

Ingredients: red beans (also known as adzuki beans), winter melon, rice

How to make red bean and winter melon porridge

1: Wash red beans and rice in a 1:1 ratio and soak overnight;

2. Peel the winter melon and slice it, not too thin;

3. Add enough water, bring to a boil, cook the red beans and rice until the red beans crack, then add the winter melon slices and cook together;

4. Boil until the winter melon becomes transparent. You can add salt or sugar.

Tips

Winter melon has high nutritional value. It plays an important role in preventing obesity and improving body shape. Winter melon does not contain fat and has low carbohydrate content, so it has low caloric value and is a light food. Eating winter melon regularly in summer and autumn is beneficial for the general population or people with high weight. Winter melon has been known as a weight loss product since ancient times.

"Compendium of Materia Medica for Food Therapy" says: If you want to be thin, light and healthy, you can eat it often; if you want to be fat, don't eat it.

Every 100g of winter melon contains: Fat (0g) Calories (11Kcarl) Therefore, modern medical research believes that winter melon is different from other vegetables in that it does not contain fat, has a very low sodium content, and has a diuretic and dehumidifying effect.

Everyone should be familiar with tomatoes. It is a kind of vegetable and fruit that is used a lot by our army of weight loss.

Ingredients: 500g winter melon (you can choose whatever you want, I just picked it up randomly so I don’t know how heavy it is), 2 tomatoes, some minced ginger, salt, MSG, chopped green onions

1. Remove the seeds and skin of the winter melon, and cut into slices or cubes; wash the tomatoes, remove the stems, and cut into cubes.

2. Pour oil into the wok (the amount is up to you, but if you want to lose weight, it is better to put less), add the minced ginger and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the tomatoes and stir-fry for one or two minutes.

3. Add winter melon, salt, and MSG, stir-fry for a few times, then add appropriate amount of water (it’s up to you to add water or not). Cover and simmer until the winter melon is cooked.