Chinese yam, coix seed and Euryale ferox porridge, three methods are worth learning

In summer, people like to drink various kinds of health-preserving porridge to regulate their bodies, and Chinese yam, coix seed and Euryale ferox porridge is a porridge that can harmonize the spleen and stomach. So, how to make Chinese yam, coix seed and Euryale ferox porridge?

1: Original method - cook directly

Cook yam slices, coix seed rice and water chestnut directly into porridge, which should be the recognized yam, coix seed and water chestnut porridge. The biggest advantage of this method is that it is the simplest. The disadvantage is that it is not very delicious, because the rice is rice and the soup is soup, neither of them is sticky. Moreover, the yam slices are crispy when cooked, and chewing them together with coix seed and water chestnut is an indescribable feeling. Anyway, it is not pleasant to chew several things of different flavors in your mouth at the same time.

What you need to pay attention to when making this method is that all kinds of ingredients must be soaked in advance, and the soaking time is relatively long. Only when they are soaked can they be cooked more easily, otherwise they will basically not be cooked at all (soaking is not necessary when using a pressure cooker). In addition, you can use fresh iron sticks instead of dried yam slices, so that they can be cooked easily, and fresh iron stick yam tastes very good when cooked. Of course, friends who have water chestnuts (chicken head rice) in their hometowns can also use fresh water chestnuts to make porridge, which is fragrant and glutinous and delicious.

2: The most authentic method - cooking "Huhu"

The teacher recommends cooking the porridge mixed with yam powder, coix seed powder and water chestnut powder. It has many advantages. First, you can add powder according to your needs. Second, this kind of porridge is the best and fastest way to replenish qi and blood. This is what it means "a good medicine and delicacy that does not require any extra expenditure from us but can directly provide us with qi and blood". Third, it tastes very good (if the ingredients are good).

Take appropriate amount of Chinese yam powder, coix seed powder and euryale powder, mix them, add warm water (not cold water, not boiling water) to make a paste, wait for the water in the pot to boil, pour the paste into it, stir with a spoon to prevent the pot from getting sticky or sinking to the bottom, then boil for about 10 minutes, and the nutritious and delicious Chinese yam, coix seed and euryale porridge is ready. You can add honey or other seasonings according to your personal preferences. Although Chinese yam and euryale porridge are not sticky when boiled, they are easy to sticky after being ground into powder. A little bit can make a big bowl of thick porridge. So don't add too much raw materials. There is really no disadvantage of this method. If you have to find it, it is that some people don't like to drink this kind of "paste" thing, and it is difficult to wash the pot after cooking the porridge.

3. The most common brewing method: Chinese yam, coix seed and Euryale ferox powder

Chinese yam, coix seed and gorgon seed powder is a mixed powdered food, which is usually used to drink with water. The nutritious powder formed by mixing Chinese yam, coix seed and gorgon seed has many functions when mixed together.

There are two ways to eat yam, coix seed and Euryale ferox powder, one is hot soaking and the other is cold soaking.

Hot soak: Put 50g of yam, coix seed and Euryale ferox powder in a cup or bowl, add warm water; let it stand for 3 minutes without stirring; then rinse with warm water.

Cold soak: Put 50g of yam, coix seed and Euryale ferox powder in a cup or bowl, add an equal amount of cold boiled water, mix well with a spoon; put it in the microwave and heat it for 3 minutes.