Millet Red Date Congee

Name: Millet Red Date Congee
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 25G Millet; Some Dried Red Dates; Some Wolfberry

by keouke

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Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

15m

Serving

2

Millet is originally produced in the Yellow River Basin in northern China. It has a cultivation history of more than 8,000 years and is the main food crop in ancient China.

Millet is also called corn, and it is called he in ancient times. It is the product of millet after shelling. It is named after its small grain, about 1 mm in diameter. The most famous and best millet should be the millet produced in northern Shaanxi, Dingxiang County and Qin County in Shanxi. The millet produced in the west is softer and waxy than millet produced in other regions. It is delicate and rich in nutrients, which may be related to the western geography and dry climate.

Millet porridge is rich in nutritional value and has the reputation of "Ginseng Decoction". Because millet does not need to be refined, it preserves a lot of vitamins and inorganic salts. The vitamin B1 in millet can be several times that of rice; the content of inorganic salts in millet is also higher than that in rice. Many women in northern China have the tradition of using millet and brown sugar to nourish their bodies after giving birth. Old people say that millet is the most nutritious, especially the "oil" on the surface of millet porridge is the most nutritious, and it is generally used to feed children at home."

Ingredients

Millet Red Date Congee

1. Millet rinsed with clean water.

2. Pour enough water in the casserole, pour the washed millet and boil it over high heat, then change to low heat.

3. Soak red dates and wolfberry in warm water and wash them.

4. After the dried red dates are washed, slice them vertically to remove the date cores.

5. Pour the sliced red dates into the millet porridge and simmer for 30 minutes until the rice porridge is thick.

6. Finally, sprinkle the washed goji berries and simmer for 10 minutes.

Tips:
1. When buying millet, you should choose the millet produced in Northern Shaanxi, Dingxiang County and Qin County in Shanxi. The millet porridge produced here is easy to be cooked and has a soft, sweet and sweet taste.
2. When cutting dried red dates, it is easier to stand up the red dates and cut them (be careful with your hands and pay attention to safety).
3. Check frequently when millet is boiled to prevent boiling.