Barley Whitening Porridge

Barley Whitening Porridge

When peeling yam, it is best to wear gloves or rinse it with water while peeling to avoid the yam juice biting your hands. Also, do not cook the yam for too long; a crispier yam will have a better taste.

Ingredients for Barley Whitening Porridge

3 liang of Job's tears, 6 liang of yam, 2 liang of lean pork, 12 cups of water, 1/2 cup of rice, a little salt, a little chicken powder

How to make coix seed whitening porridge

1. Soak coix seeds in cold water for 2 hours and drain. Wash the yam, peel it and cut it into large dices. Wash the lean pork and dice it for later use.

2. Take a deep pot, add 12 cups of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat, add rice and the barley from step 1 and cook for 50 minutes. Then add the yam and lean pork from step 1 and continue cooking for 10 minutes. Finally, add seasonings and mix well.

Life Tips

1. Chinese Yam and Wolfberry Porridge: Removes Pigment Spots

Ingredients: 100 grams of japonica rice, 50 grams of fresh yam, 15 grams of wolfberry, 15 grams of white sugar, 10 grams of honey, and 1500 milliliters of cold water.

Production process:

1. Wash the japonica rice, soak it in cold water for one hour, then take it out and drain.

2. Peel the fresh yam, scrape and clean it, cut it into small dices for later use. Soak the wolfberries in warm water for later use.

3. Add 1500 ml of cold water into the pot, put in polished rice, yam and wolfberry, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until soft. Add sugar and honey when serving.

Medicinal food effects: nourishes blood and skin, eliminates spots.

2. Assorted fruit soup - relieving heat and removing spots

Ingredients: one pear, one apple, one banana, one pineapple, one kiwi, four strawberries, 20 grams of water starch, 15 grams of white sugar, 10 grams of honey, and appropriate amount of cold water.

Production process:

1. Wash the pears, apples, bananas, pineapples, kiwis and strawberries, cut them into cubes and set aside.

2. Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, put in all the diced fruits, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat. When the fruits are cooked, add sugar, and finally pour in water starch, stirring with a spoon while pouring. After boiling, pour into a soup bowl, add honey and serve.

Medicinal food effects: relieve heat and relieve restlessness, whiten and remove spots.

3. Barley and lotus seed porridge: whitening and removing freckles

Ingredients: 150 grams of coix seed, 50 grams of lotus seeds, five red dates, 15 grams of rock sugar, and 1000 milliliters of cold water.

Production process:

1. Wash the coix seeds, soak them in cold water for three hours, and drain. Remove the lotus seeds and wash them in cold water; wash the red dates and remove the pits.

2. Add 1000 ml of cold water into the pot, put in the coix seeds, bring to a boil over high heat, then add the lotus seeds and red dates, simmer together until cooked through, finally add rock sugar, cook until it becomes a porridge-like consistency and is ready to eat.

Medicinal diet effects: Whitening and moisturizing, can eliminate freckles, age spots, butterfly spots, etc.