Fuling, also known as Poria cocos, is a common traditional Chinese medicine with the functions of diuresis, spleen-benefiting, and mind-calming. It contains amino acids, vitamins, proteins, and other nutrients. Fuling porridge and Fuling cake are also popular. So, how is the best way to eat Fuling?
Fuling Porridge
Ingredients
100g glutinous rice, 30g Fuling, 30g jujube (dried).
Instructions
1. Cook the red dates until they are soft and mushy.
2. Add the soup to the glutinous rice porridge.
3. Add Fuling powder and cook until it boils.
Effect: Invigorates the spleen, benefits water metabolism, and calms the mind.
Fuling Cake
Ingredients
15g Fuling, 200g flour, 3g baking powder, 3g baking soda, 20g sugar, various dried fruits, 200g water.
Instructions
1. Grind Fuling into powder and mix with flour, baking soda, and sugar.
2. Mix baking powder with water and let it sit for 10 minutes. Pour it into the mixture from step 1 and stir to form a thick batter.
3. Let the batter ferment in a warm place until it doubles in size, about 40 minutes in this weather.
4. Take a large container and grease the bottom and sides. Pour the fermented batter into it and sprinkle some dried fruits on top. Steam for 25 minutes after the water in the steamer boils.
Effect: Benefits water metabolism, invigorates the spleen, and calms the mind.
Red Bean Lotus Seed Fuling Soup
Ingredients
1.5 cups of red beans, 150g lotus seeds, 2-3 large slices of Fuling, a bunch of red dates (optional).
Instructions
1. Cut Fuling into small pieces the size of fingernails. Make two cuts on the red dates. Soak the red beans and Fuling together for 1.5-2 hours.
2. Put the red beans and Fuling into a pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
3. Add the lotus seeds and continue to simmer for another 20 minutes.
4. Add the red dates and simmer for another 20 minutes. Turn off the heat.
5. Let it cool and add rock sugar or granulated sugar according to your taste.
Effect: Benefits water metabolism, invigorates the spleen.
Fuling Stewed Duck
Ingredients
Old duck, Fuling, scallion, ginger, cooking wine, coix seed, Chinese yam, white kidney beans, fennel, lotus seeds.
Instructions
1. Clean the old duck and cut it into small pieces. Blanch in boiling water.
2. Take out the duck pieces and rinse under running water.
3. Wash the scallion and ginger, tie the scallion into a knot, slice the ginger. Rinse the Chinese herbs.
4. Put all the ingredients and cold water into the pot, add some cooking wine, bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 1.5-2 hours. Add salt to taste before serving.
Effect: Benefits water metabolism, calms the mind.
Fuling Cake
Ingredients
200g glutinous rice flour, 200g Fuling, 100g granulated sugar.
Instructions
1. Grind Fuling into fine powder. Add glutinous rice flour, granulated sugar, and enough water.
2. Mix to form a batter and cook on low heat in a flat pan until it becomes a thin pancake.
Effect: Invigorates the spleen, calms the mind.
Coix Seed Fuling Milk
Ingredients
5g coix seed powder, 5g white Fuling powder, 300ml milk, 1 tablespoon granulated sugar.
Instructions
1. Heat the milk until it simmers.
2. Add coix seed powder, white Fuling powder, and granulated sugar. Stir well.
Effect: Benefits water metabolism, whitens the skin.
Baizhu Fuling Chicken Soup
Ingredients
5g Baizhu, 5g white Fuling, 5g white Paeonia lactiflora, 3g licorice, 500g chicken wings, 10g wolfberry, 50g green beans. Seasonings: salt, 3 slices of ginger, 12 cups of water.
Instructions
1. Wash the chicken wings and cut them into pieces.
2. Bring a pot of water to a boil, blanch the chicken wings and remove any impurities. Rinse all other ingredients.
3. In a clay pot, add water and bring to a boil. Add all the ingredients and cook over high heat for 20 minutes, then simmer over low heat for 2 hours. Remove any oil, add salt to taste.
Effect: Dehumidifies, invigorates the spleen, and benefits digestion.
