Mung Bean and Lily Porridge

Ingredients for mung bean and lily porridge

Ingredients: 100g mung beans, 20g dried lily bulbs, 10g rice

Ingredients: 20g rock sugar

How to make mung bean and lily porridge

How to make mung bean and lily porridge:

1. Wash the mung beans and remove impurities;

2. Wash and break off the lily bulbs;

3. Wash the rice thoroughly;

4. Crush the rock sugar;

5. Put mung beans and rice into the pot, add 500 grams of water, and boil over high heat;

6. Add lilies, simmer for 1 hour, add rock sugar until dissolved.

Tips

Remember to stir the porridge frequently while cooking, otherwise it will easily stick to the bottom of the pot.

Mung beans can be soaked in water for a few hours before cooking to make it easier to cook them messily. On hot days, I like to drink porridge. Maybe it’s because of the weather in Guangdong. In summer, Guangdong people like to make porridge, and mung bean porridge is the most popular. The mung beans and lilies in the porridge cooked today are both cool in nature. Mung beans: cool in nature, sweet in taste, have the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, relieving heat and irritability, quenching thirst and strengthening the stomach. Lilies: sweet in nature, slightly cold, enter the lung and heart meridians, have the effects of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs, clearing the heart and calming the mind.

Mung beans and lilies put together have a strong effect of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, but some people can't stand eating too cold food. Guangdong people like to add a piece of "tangerine peel" to neutralize it. Tangerine peel is pungent, bitter and warm in nature, and enters the spleen and lung meridians; it has the functions of promoting qi and strengthening the spleen, relieving adverse effects and stopping vomiting, regulating the stomach and stimulating appetite, and drying dampness and resolving phlegm.

There is a saying among the people: "Guangdong has three treasures: tangerine peel, old ginger, and straw grass." A small piece of tangerine peel, dry and shrunken, has many benefits. Whether you are making soup, cooking, or cooking sweet soup, a piece of tangerine peel can remove the fishy smell and relieve greasiness. Before traveling, holding a piece of tangerine peel in your mouth can relieve bloating and prevent vomiting. Something as simple as brewing a cup of tangerine peel water can also help you relieve stomach gas. The sweet fragrance of tangerine peel emanating from the pot is refreshing and uplifting. It can be said that "you can't judge a person by his appearance, and you can't underestimate tangerine peel."