How to make Chinese yam and lotus seed porridge

How much do you know about the methods of making yam and lotus seed porridge? Let me introduce it to you below.

Yam and Lotus Seed Porridge

Chinese yam is sweet and mild in nature, and enters the lung, spleen, and kidney meridians; it is neither dry nor greasy. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and lungs, benefiting the stomach and kidneys, strengthening the kidneys and improving essence, improving hearing and eyesight, helping the five internal organs, strengthening tendons and bones, improving will and calming the mind, and prolonging life.

Lotus seeds are sweet, astringent, and neutral in nature. They are mainly used to treat deficiency of the five internal organs, injury to the middle and loss of qi. They can nourish the spleen and stomach, astringe the intestines and consolidate essence, nourish the heart and calm the mind.

Long-term consumption of yam and lotus seed porridge can achieve the health-promoting effect of prolonging life.

Ingredients for yam and lotus seed porridge

Ingredients Recipe Calories: 357.8 (kcal) Main ingredients: yam 25g lotus seeds (core removed) 25g Accessories: glutinous rice 60g a little white sugar a little red dates

How to make yam and lotus seed porridge

1. Rinse the lotus seeds, glutinous rice and red dates and soak them in water for about 2 hours.

2 Peel the yam and cut it into small pieces. The ones with large root pieces, more mucus in the flesh (you can see the mucus when you break it), more roots, no damage to the skin, whiter fractures, and less water content are better.

3 Pour the soaked ingredients and yam into the pressure cooker, add appropriate amount of water, and soak them for 2 hours except yam, so that it is easier to cook.

4 It is best not to use a pressure cooker. When cooking porridge, use high heat first, then turn to low heat after boiling, and cook for another 60 minutes. That's it.

You can add some sugar according to your personal preference for a better taste.

Precautions: There are generally no obvious contraindications to eating yam, but because it has an astringent effect, people with colds, dry stools, and gastrointestinal stagnation should not eat too much.

Lotus seeds: "Bencao Beiyao" states that people with constipation should not eat lotus seeds.