Red Date and Millet Porridge
Many girls know that eating red dates can improve beauty and maintain youthfulness. Have you ever tried making red date and millet porridge? What are the benefits and effects of red dates? Let's find out together.
Red date and millet porridge has the effects of clearing heat, quenching thirst, invigorating the stomach, and promoting sleep. It is also beneficial for blood circulation, nourishing the qi, and improving brain function.
Ingredients for Red Date and Millet Porridge
Millet: 80g Red dates (seedless): 5 pieces
Water (750cc): 3 bowls
Steps to Make Red Date and Millet Porridge
1. If you have whole red dates with seeds, remove the seeds and dice the dates. If you have seedless red dates, simply wash them.
2. Soak the millet in water. Sometimes there may be small grains of sand in the millet, so be sure to pick clean ones.
3. Pour the millet into a clay pot, add water, and add the diced red dates. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat.
4. Stir occasionally to prevent the porridge from sticking to the pot. Add rock sugar, and after about 20 minutes on low heat, the porridge should become soft and smooth.
Tips
1. Millet is best consumed with soybeans or meat. This is because millet lacks lysine in its amino acid composition, while soybeans are rich in lysine and can supplement the deficiency in millet.
2. The porridge should not be too watery. Do not rub the millet with your hands, and avoid soaking it for too long or using hot water to wash it.
3. The nutritional value of millet protein is not superior to that of rice. The amino acid composition of millet protein is not ideal, with low lysine and high leucine content. Therefore, after childbirth, millet should not be the main staple food. It is important to pay attention to a balanced diet to avoid nutritional deficiencies.
4. Millet can be steamed, boiled into porridge, or ground into flour to make various dishes such as pancakes, buns, silk cakes, and sponge cakes. Glutinous millet can also be used to make wine, vinegar, and sugar.
Benefits and Effects of Red Date and Millet Porridge
1. Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach: Red date and millet porridge can clear heat, quench thirst, invigorate the stomach, and promote sleep. It also nourishes the yin and blood.
2. Activates Blood Circulation and Supplements Qi: Red dates have the effects of promoting blood circulation, supplementing qi, enhancing brain function, improving immune system, preventing osteoporosis and anemia, softening blood vessels, and calming the mind.
3. Harmonizes the Stomach and Appetite: Red date and millet porridge can tonify the heart and spleen, nourish qi and blood, invigorate the stomach, promote digestion, and promote sleep. It can help improve appetite and suppress the activity of hepatitis viruses.
Nutritional Value of Red Date and Millet Porridge
Protein, carbohydrates, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin P, beta-carotene, dietary fiber, calcium, potassium, magnesium, iron
Suitable Audience for Red Date and Millet Porridge
Can be consumed by the general population
