How to make millet, yam and red dates porridge

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Millet, Yam and Red Dates Porridge

According to Compendium of Materia Medica, "millet can cure gastric nausea and dysentery, and can be cooked into porridge to benefit the dantian, replenish deficiency and invigorate the stomach." In addition, millet has a good effect on lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, preventing constipation and losing weight.

Now I recommend a dietary recipe called "Millet, Yam and Red Dates Porridge", you may want to give it a try.

How to make millet, yam and red dates porridge

1 Take 100 grams of millet, 30 grams of glutinous rice, 70 grams of yam, 10 red dates, and 15 grams of white sugar.

2 Soak millet and glutinous rice in water for 15 minutes. Soak red dates in water until they swell and remove the core.

3 Peel the yam and cut it into small pieces. Marinate the red dates and yam pieces in sugar water for 30 minutes.

4 Then put millet, glutinous rice, yam cubes and red dates into the pot, add appropriate amount of water and boil until the millet is cooked.

The efficacy of millet, yam and red dates porridge

Red dates are sweet and warm in nature. They can enter the spleen and stomach meridians, and have the effects of nourishing the middle qi, nourishing blood and calming the mind, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. Chinese yam is sweet and neutral in nature. It can enter the lung meridian, spleen meridian, and kidney meridian, and has the effects of strengthening the spleen and qi, nourishing the kidney and nourishing yin. Elderly people with weak constitution, poor appetite, and poor gastrointestinal function often eat this recipe, which has a good health care effect. Millet porridge has always been known as "golden porridge". For the elderly, weak, sick and pregnant women, millet is the most ideal tonic. Because millet does not need to be refined, it preserves many vitamins and minerals, and the content of protein, fat, calcium, etc. is higher than that of rice. Carotene, which is not found in general grains, is 0.12 mg per 100 grams of millet. The content of vitamin B1 ranks first among all grains. The iron content of millet of the same weight is twice that of rice, which is beneficial for nourishing yin and blood for pregnant women after childbirth.

Millet is not only rich in nutrition, but also has the effect of nourishing the stomach. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that millet is sweet, salty, and cool in nature. It enters the kidney, spleen, and stomach meridians. The Compendium of Materia Medica records that millet "treats stomach nausea, heat dysentery, and can be eaten in porridge to benefit the dantian, replenish deficiency, and open the stomach." Therefore, it is very beneficial for the elderly who are weak and sick, have insufficient qi and blood, and have weak spleen and stomach. Experts bluntly say: "Millet is the best for nourishing people."

Although millet porridge is a very good way, in line with the principle of eating a variety of grains, potatoes, sweet potatoes, jujubes, lotus seeds, lilies, etc. can be added to millet porridge to balance its nutrition. In addition, since porridge foods are easily absorbed and cause blood sugar to rise rapidly, people with diabetes need to be more cautious when drinking porridge.