Can millet porridge be cooked with glutinous rice? Why should glutinous rice be added to millet porridge?

We all know that there are many ways to cook porridge, and millet porridge is a very popular one. It can be eaten in many ways and can be paired with a variety of ingredients, such as yam, red dates, pumpkin, and brown sugar. Many people also put glutinous rice in millet porridge, so what is the role of putting glutinous rice in millet porridge? Let's take a closer look!

The effect of millet porridge with glutinous rice

You can add a small amount of glutinous rice when cooking millet porridge.

Millet is a coarse grain with relatively low stickiness. In order to make millet porridge thick and delicious, you can add a small amount of glutinous rice to it. This is because glutinous rice is more sticky than millet. After adding glutinous rice, the millet porridge will also be thicker. This method is also suitable for all grain porridges.

Although a small bowl of porridge is simple, there are still many things to pay attention to when making it. In fact, you don’t have to be too demanding about using a casserole and open fire to cook porridge. After all, everyone is very busy at work now and doesn’t have much time to watch the fire. You can use an electric rice cooker or an electric casserole with the porridge cooking function button. You don’t have to worry about overcooking or lack of water. You can still cook delicious millet porridge.

What are the benefits of millet porridge to the body

1. Nourish the stomach

Millet, especially unrefined millet, which has only the husk removed without repeated grinding, retains rich B vitamins and minerals, which are nutrients that can maintain healthy gastrointestinal function.

2. Helps improve vision

Millet contains a lot of carotene, with 100μg of carotene in every 100 grams. Carotene is very helpful for vision health, and it also has strong antioxidant effects and can improve immunity.

Nutritional methods of millet porridge

Millet Porridge with Red Dates and Lily

Ingredients: 50g millet, 2 fresh lilies, 20 dried red dates

Production steps:

1. If you want to boil millet to produce oil, the first trick you need to master is: [soak rice]. First, wash the millet with clean water to remove impurities, then soak the millet in warm water for 5 minutes. The soaking time should not be too long. If the time is too long, the nutrients in the millet will easily be lost.

While waiting for the rice to soak, you can break off the lily petals, remove the yellow parts, and wash them clean; also wash the red dates to remove impurities and set aside.

2. Add clean water to the pot. The amount of clean water should be enough at one time. During the process of cooking porridge, do not add more water. Cook the red dates and clean water together in the pot. This will better cook out the sweetness of the red dates.

3. The second tip for making millet porridge is to add rice after the water boils. If you want the millet porridge to be thick and oily, the time of adding rice is very critical. Many people are used to putting millet into the pot with cold water when making millet porridge, which makes it difficult to make rice oil. Add rice after the water boils, and simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes, and the millet porridge will be thick and oily. Before serving, use a spoon to stir the rice porridge in one direction for 1 minute. The millet porridge cooked this way will be particularly fragrant.

4. Fresh lilies are easy to cook, but do not need to be cooked for a long time. When the millet porridge is cooked, pour the lilies in before turning off the heat, stir evenly and serve. This way, the lilies will not melt or rot.

To cook millet porridge, as long as you master the two tips of [soaking rice] and [adding rice after the water boils], you can easily cook the millet porridge to be fragrant and oily. The porridge will form a crust after being left to cool for a while, which is delicious and nutritious!