How to make five-grain porridge

How much do you know about the method of making five-grain porridge? Let me give you a detailed introduction below.

Five-grain porridge

The porridge recipes of "five grains for nourishment, five fruits for assistance, royal livestock for suitability, and five vegetables for filling" involve the profound food culture, health culture, and Chinese medicine culture, as well as related poems and songs. The five flavors are mixed, each taking what it needs. Its main flavor is diet and health, which is achieved through porridge. A reasonable diet is the first of the four cornerstones of health. Health preservation has been pursued by the Chinese for a long time. It has been integrated into our lives and our diet.

Ingredients for five-grain porridge

1 tablespoon each of buckwheat, coix seed, black rice, Euryale ferox, peeled mung bean, brown rice, red bean, and wheat kernel, 10 red dates, 10 longans, 100 grams of polished rice,

How to make five-grain porridge

1. Wash buckwheat, coix seed, black rice, Euryale ferox, peeled mung bean, brown rice, red bean, and wheat kernel, soak them in water for two hours, peel longan, and wash red dates and glutinous rice for later use;

2. Put the above raw materials into the pressure cooker, add 1500ml of water, cover the pressure valve, and turn off the fire after the gas is released on high heat. After all the gas is released, turn on the fire again and cook until the gas is released, then turn off the fire. Do this after three times of gas release;

3. If you like sweet food, you can add sugar when eating, but brown sugar is best, which has the best effect of replenishing blood and qi.

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