Cornmeal porridge

Cornmeal porridge tastes pretty good. Let’s learn a little about it.

Cornmeal porridge

Cornmeal porridge is also called muddled porridge.

Cornmeal porridge: (suitable for babies aged 7-8 months) Add cornmeal and water to make a paste. After the water in the pot boils, pour in the corn paste and stir while pouring. After the porridge boils, you can cook it for a while. You can add some jujube paste to the porridge, which will make the baby like it more.

You can also cook some millet porridge or other whole grain porridge for your baby to drink.

Cornmeal porridge is a coarse grain and is suitable for both the elderly and the young.

Especially the porridge made from fresh cornmeal is sweeter and more fragrant.

The same can be made with chopped green onions and salt.

Cornmeal porridge nutrition

Corn is rich in nutrients, containing a lot of protein, dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, unsaturated fatty acids, lecithin, etc. Among them, niacin is very beneficial to health.

But the niacin in corn does not exist alone, but is combined with other substances, which makes it difficult for the human body to absorb and utilize. There is a little trick when cooking corn - adding some baking soda can release the niacin and be fully utilized by the human body.

Nicotinic acid, also known as nicotinic acid, plays an important role in the metabolism of proteins, fats, and sugars, and helps us maintain the normal functions of the nervous system, digestive system, and skin. If the human body lacks nicotinic acid, it may cause mental hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, mental confusion, digestive symptoms such as angular cheilitis, glossitis, diarrhea, and skin pellagra.

Eating more whole grains is an important way for us to obtain niacin. The niacin content in corn is much higher than that in rice, but in ordinary eating methods, they can hardly be released at all. Experiments have shown that if you add some baking soda when making cornmeal steamed bread or cooking corn porridge, about half of the niacin can be released. At the same time, baking soda can also help retain vitamin B1 and vitamin B2 in corn, avoiding nutritional loss.

In addition, when eating corn, you can also make a reasonable dietary combination and eat it with some foods high in niacin, such as beans, rice, wheat, etc. The niacin in these grains is mostly free, which can greatly improve the utilization rate of protein in corn.