Brown Rice and Black Rice Pumpkin Porridge

Introduction

Pumpkin is rich in trace elements cobalt and pectin. The content of cobalt is unmatched by any other vegetable. It is a trace element necessary for pancreatic cells to synthesize insulin. Eating pumpkin regularly helps prevent and treat diabetes. Pectin can delay the intestinal absorption of sugar and lipids. Secondly, the content of vitamin A in pumpkin is better than that of green vegetables. Eating pumpkin can prevent high blood pressure and some liver and kidney diseases. Therefore, pumpkin has many functions such as detoxification, protecting gastric mucosa, helping digestion, preventing and treating diabetes, lowering blood sugar, eliminating carcinogens, and promoting growth and development.

The efficacy and function of brown rice, black rice and pumpkin porridge

Brown rice, black rice and pumpkin porridge. Chinese medicine believes that pumpkin is sweet and warm in nature, and belongs to the spleen and stomach meridians. It has the functions of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is suitable for spleen deficiency and weak qi, malnutrition, lung abscess, and burns from water or fire.

Brown rice and black rice pumpkin porridge "Compendium of Materia Medica" says it can "replenish the middle and replenish qi". Pumpkin contains citrulline, arginine, ophiopogonin and vitamins A, B, C, pectin, cellulose, etc. The pectin in pumpkin can regulate the absorption rate of food in the stomach and slow down the absorption of sugars. The soluble cellulose can delay the emptying of food in the stomach and control the rise of blood sugar after meals.

Brown rice, black rice and pumpkin porridge pectin can also combine with excess cholesterol in the body, reducing cholesterol absorption and lowering blood cholesterol levels. Therefore, pumpkin is known as a "good product for lowering blood sugar and lipids". People with diabetes often take this product as a side dish, which can not only fill their stomachs, but also lower blood sugar and lipids, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

How to make brown rice, black rice and pumpkin porridge

【Ingredients】Pumpkin, glutinous rice flour

【Production process】

1. Peel and cut the pumpkin into pieces, put it in a container, add a little water and cook it in a microwave oven on high heat for ten minutes.

2. Take it out and mash it. To make it smoother and without large particles, it is best to blend it in a blender.

3. Then put the pumpkin puree in a pot and add a little water to boil

4. Mix the glutinous rice flour with cold water, pour it into the pot, stir evenly, and then add appropriate amount of sugar.

ps: It is best to stir continuously in the same direction when cooking to prevent the bottom from getting sticky

[Ingredients] 3 liang (150 g) of rice, 12 cups of water, 1/2 jin (280 g) of pumpkin, 6 liang (210 g) of rock sugar, and 1 liang (50 g) of fresh lily.

【Production process】

1. Wash the rice, bring the water to a boil, put the rice into the boiling water, and cook over medium heat for 40 minutes.

2. Stir the pumpkin powder evenly and add it to the porridge. Continue cooking for 20 minutes and add rock sugar for seasoning.

3. Finally, add the fresh lily petals and toss to serve.

【Production process】

1. Mix white rice with 20 ml of water and cook into a thick porridge;

2. Use a little cold water to puree the pumpkin powder;

3. Put the pumpkin puree on the cooked porridge, stir and serve.