Red bean porridge, black rice
Ingredients: 50 grams of black rice, 50 grams of red beans, a little water, dried orange peel (optional, to increase the flavor).
Implementation: First, soak red beans in clean water for 6-8 hours (preferably soak overnight). This will make red beans easier to cook and also shorten the time of cooking.
Put black rice in a sieve, rinse with clean water to remove impurities and dirt on the surface. Hard black rice shell, washed can help curve to smoother.
Put the red beans soaked in the pot, add enough water and boil in medium heat. Then, turn down the heat and continue cooking for 30-40 minutes until the red beans are slightly soft. If you prefer softer red beans, you can extend the cooking time.
When the red beans are almost cooked, the black rice has washed into the pot and cooked with red beans. The amount of water added depends on the personal taste. To increase the fragrance, you can add a small amount of dry orange peel. Orange peel has the effect of deodorizing and increasing the fragrance, making it more fragrant. Continue to cook on low heat for 5 minutes.
When congee is ripe, red beans and brown rice are ripe, turn off the heat. Mix well according to needs. If you prefer darker flavor, you can taste more spices.
Purple sweet potato porridge and mushrooms
Ingredients: 2 purple sweet potatoes (about 200 grams), 20 grams of white ear ear (snow ear mushroom, ear atrium), 50 grams of glutinous rice, sufficient amount of alum sugar (according to personal taste), sufficient amount of water , goji berries (optional).
Implementation: Soak dried wood ear in clean water for 30-60 minutes, until the wood ear is completely soft. After soaking, it is necessary to remove the roots of mushrooms and tear into small pieces to use.
Purple sweet potato peeled, cut into small pieces. This can accelerate the process of cooking purple sweet potatoes and release nutrients as well as the color of purple sweet potatoes.
Wear sticky rice first to remove impurities. You can soak glutinous rice for about 20-30 minutes to make glutinous rice softer.
Add enough water to the pot, add purple sweet potatoes, boil in high heat. Then turn to small heat, boil for 10-15 minutes until the sweet purple sweet potato is soft. In this way, the sweetness of purple sweet potatoes can easily mix in congee.
After the sweet potato is soft, the wood ear has soaked and shredded, then added the sticky rice to clean first, continue to add water, boil on medium heat for 30-40 minutes.
When the congee is almost ripe, add enough alum sugar according to the personal taste, boil for another 5-10 minutes until the alum sugar dissolves. If you like, you can add a few goji berries to the end to increase the flavor and nutrition, then cook for 2-3 minutes and enjoy.
