Red Bean, Barley and Lily Porridge

I believe some female friends are very clear about some knowledge about red bean, barley and lily porridge. Let’s review it together below.

Red Bean, Barley and Lily Porridge

Women need to be supplemented, especially those of us who are about to enter our 40s. We have our own careers just like men, and we also have to take care of the family and the elderly. The burden we shoulder is no less than that of men. Women are made of water by nature, and their bodies are extremely delicate. Once they get older, all kinds of discomfort symptoms will appear immediately. Not only will they become weaker, but they will also age faster. Of course, your relatives will love you and advise you, but you still have to rely on yourself to do something for yourself. Therefore, I think women are actually stronger than men. Women not only know how to love others, but also know how to love themselves, because loving yourself is loving your family, and the reason is self-evident.

A porridge dish that replenishes blood and beautifies the skin, served with rock sugar or brown sugar, the flavor of which only women can appreciate.

How to make red bean, barley and lily porridge

100g red beans 50g coix seeds 10g lily bulbs

Soak red beans for more than 12 hours in advance, and coix seeds and lilies for 2 hours. First, boil the red beans with water until they are almost soft, then add coix seeds and lilies and cook until they are soft.

Red beans are difficult to cook, so you can put them in a pressure cooker for 10 minutes, then pour the soup into a casserole and cook them together with the coix seed and lily.

The climate in the south is humid, so eating red beans, coix seeds and lilies in the spring is good for your health. I have become addicted to them recently and cook them often. They are also a good choice for breakfast or supper!

Barley, called "Coix seed" in traditional Chinese medicine, is listed as a top grade in Shennong's Herbal Classic. It can cure dampness, benefit the intestines and stomach, eliminate edema, strengthen the spleen and stomach, and take it for a long time to lose weight and benefit qi. Red beans, called "red adzuki beans" in traditional Chinese medicine, also have obvious effects of diuresis, swelling, and strengthening the spleen and stomach. Because it is red, red enters the heart, so it can also nourish the heart. Modern people have great mental stress, weak heart qi, irregular diet, little exercise, and spleen deficiency and dampness. To remove dampness, nourish the heart, and strengthen the spleen and stomach, barley and red beans are the best. Boiling them into porridge is intended to make their effective ingredients fully absorbed by the human body, while not causing any burden to the spleen and stomach.