Whole Grain Porridge

Name: Whole Grain Porridge
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Some Barley; Some Buckwheat rice; Some Red rice; Some oatmeal; Some Rhubarb; Some black rice; Some Black glutinous rice; Some brown rice; Some red beans; Some Black beans; Some Lotus seed; Some Big red dates; Some raisin; Some Wolfberry; Some walnut; Some Purple Sweet Potato; Some Yam; Some Instant oatmeal

by Elf Honey Bean

5.0 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

2h

Serving

2

Laba, drink porridge.

Laba'er, the jackdaw froze to death.

The northern part of Laba’s childhood was the coldest time of the year. Guarding a piece of ice and snow, the northerners are not gulping to drink and eat meat, but to drink a bowl of meaningful porridge.

Labal was once a major festival, and worshipping Buddha and ancestors were indispensable. The most suitable food is Laba porridge, which is rich in content. It is called Laba porridge. It is a porridge that is drunk on Laba day. It does not mean that there are only eight ingredients in it.

To be particular, it should include glutinous rice, rice, millet, corn grits, white sorghum rice, red sorghum rice, barley rice, yellow rice, barley rice, chicken head rice, kidney beans, mung beans, red beans, white lentils, and dried lilies , Lotus seeds, longan, pine nuts, hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts, chestnuts, red dates. . . . . . There are more than 20 kinds of raw materials.

Because in the past, this porridge was first to come to worship the Buddha and to worship the ancestors-to offer to the gods and withdraw for people to eat. The content is so rich, it not only expresses the inner respect, but also reveals the abundance of life. Every bite is full of flavor.

On the coldest days of winter, warmly drank a bowl of Laba porridge, which not only responded to the scene, but also nourished the body and mind. A happy life is so simple, rich and full of warmth.

This bowl of whole grain porridge contains more than ten kinds of raw materials, including several kinds of rice, beans, dried fruits, dried fruits, and potatoes. It is extremely nutritious.
Among them are barley for whitening and swelling, buckwheat rice and oatmeal for anti-aging, red beans and black beans, which are rich in blood and fat and rich in dietary fiber, black rice and purple sweet potato rich in anthocyanins, and yam that nourishes the kidney and nourishes the spleen. There are red dates and raisins for beauty and blood, walnuts and peanuts for moisturizing, if you want, you can add more raw materials. . . . . . Nutrition, warm-up, beauty, weight loss, this bowl of porridge, you can do it all. "

Whole Grain Porridge

1. raw material

2. Wash all the items in material 1 and remove the lotus core from the lotus seeds without soaking. After washing, put it in a casserole

3. After adding 8-10 times of water, cover the lid of the casserole and cook until the water in the pot is boiled (depending on the amount of material and the amount of water, generally no more than 10 minutes), turn off the heat, do not open the lid, and simmer 1 Hours

4. When simmering ingredients 1, peel and cut the purple sweet potato and yam into pieces, clean the red dates, remove the pits and cut into pieces, break the walnut kernels into small pieces, wash the peanuts, raisins, and medlars and set aside.

5. After simmering for an hour, open the lid, the rice and beans are soft, and the lotus seeds are almost ripe

6. Pour the processed ingredients 2 and 3 into the pot, stir evenly, cover the lid, and cook again, and cook until the water in the pot is turned off. (The second cooking takes a short time, 3 or 4 minutes. Boiling), do not open the lid, and simmer for another hour

7. After the second simmering for 1 hour, all the ingredients have been thoroughly cooked and the porridge is ready. At this time, open the lid and take a look at the porridge. If the consistency is right, you can eat it directly. If you feel a lot of water, you can add some instant oatmeal to increase the consistency

Tips:
Remarks:

1. Ingredients 1 are difficult to cook, so they must be cooked first, ingredients 2 and 3 are easy to cook, and ingredients 4 are optional ingredients, add oatmeal according to the situation

2. Among these materials, black glutinous rice and large yellow rice increase viscosity, and white glutinous rice can also be added. The oatmeal added at the end can also greatly increase the viscosity and consistency of the porridge.

3. For potatoes, you can also choose sweet potatoes, taro, or add chestnuts, pumpkins and other materials

4. Using this fire-saving method of cooking porridge, there are two common grains that are not suitable for direct use: one is dried ginseng and the other is large white kidney beans. Dried Gorgon is still hard to soften after being braised twice. Because it contains a kind of poisonous protein, the big white kidney beans must be thoroughly cooked before being eaten. However, it is not yet possible to judge whether such a stew method can destroy this toxin. For the sake of insurance, it is better not to use it. If used, the white kidney beans should be soaked and boiled until they are mature before making them with other ingredients. Dried ginseng should also be softened first.

How to preserve porridge:

Congee is usually made a lot at a time, and you can't finish it at one time. Now, here is a good way to preserve it:

After the porridge is cooked, immediately divide it into several clean containers. Each portion is for one serving. After the porridge is sealed, do not move it. Let it cool down and store it in the refrigerator for three days. Then take one portion and eat after heating each time you eat, leaving the others alone. This can maximize the freshness and taste of the porridge during the preservation process.