Red Date Millet Congee

Name: Red Date Millet Congee
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 100g Millet; 20g crystal sugar; 1500ML Plain Water; 50g Red dates

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Difficulty

Easy

Time

15m

Serving

Millet enters the spleen, stomach and kidney meridian, has the function of strengthening the spleen and stomach, and is especially suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach. When cooking millet porridge, when the porridge is cooked, it will cool and settle slightly. You can see that there is a layer of fine viscous on the top layer of the porridge. This is the porridge oil, which has the effect of protecting the gastric mucosa and replenishing the spleen and stomach. It is most suitable for chronic gastritis. Eat ulcer patients. Millet contains a variety of vitamins, amino acids, fats and carbohydrates, with high nutritional value. Therefore, millet porridge has the reputation of "Ginseng Soup". "

Ingredients

100g Millet
20g Crystal Sugar

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1500ML Plain Water
50g Red Dates

Red Date Millet Congee

1. Prepare millet.

2. Add clean water and wash it again.

3. Add enough water to the pot at one time. After the water is boiled, pour the millet. (This amount makes four bowls)

4. Stir a few times to avoid sticking to the pot, and turn to a low heat when the pot is boiled again.

5. Leave a small gap in the lid to avoid overflowing the pot.

6. Boil for 40 minutes.

7. Wash the red dates and prepare 20 grams of rock sugar. (Personally, it is recommended that the red dates and rock sugar are not easy to put in too early to avoid the slightly bitter porridge)

8. Cut the dates in half.

9. The porridge is already very viscous. When it is about to boil, pour in rock sugar.

10. Pour in the red dates.

11. Stir a few times, boil the pot again, turn off the heat for 5 minutes, and let it suffocate for a while.

12. Finished picture.

13. Sweet and sticky~~~

14. Exudes a strong jujube fragrance~~~

15. Invigorate the stomach and dehumidify~~~

16. Nourishes the spleen~~~

17. Peace of mind~~~

Tips:
1: For millet, choose fresh rice with bright yellow color instead of dark yellow aged rice.
2: Don't wash the millet many times to avoid the loss of the nutrients it contains. It is good to wash it twice at most.
3: Add enough water in the pot at one time, boil the millet under water, no need to soak in advance.
4: Stir a few times, turn to a simmer after boiling again, and boil for about 40 minutes until it is sticky.
Red date millet porridge, millet and water are generally at a ratio of about 1:15. In the last few minutes, add the cut red dates and the right amount of rock sugar (rock sugar is sweet but not greasy than white sugar). Master these points and you can make delicious millet porridge!