(Last Updated on May 7, 2025 by Amiee)
The author of the medical book “On Cold Damage”, the famous doctor Zhang Zhongjing, when he treated patients for some diseases, would ask them to drink porridge after taking medicine to help the medicine and speed up recovery. This porridge is the simplest white porridge.
Today’s recipe is the simplest and most basic white porridge, with only rice and water as ingredients. The round rice used to cook porridge is produced in the northeast of China. The thin and long rice is not suitable for cooking porridge
Usually, put 30 grams of rice and 1 liter of water, and simmer on low heat for half an hour after the water boils. These rice and water are cooked into a bowl of porridge, which is enough for one person. The amount of rice and water can be increased or decreased according to the number of people eating.
The porridge that Guangdong people eat is boiled for a longer time, until the water and rice are integrated. This kind of porridge tastes better, but it takes longer. This kind of porridge that has been boiled for a long time is used to cook hot pot with porridge instead of water.
The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine says that the five grains are nourishing, and porridge nourishes people. After the porridge is cooked, the film floating on it is like milk skin, which is particularly beneficial to the body, especially for people with poor spleen and stomach function. Salt, sugar, honey, and other seasonings can be added to the white porridge to make the porridge more delicious.
Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the maintenance of the spleen and stomach. Porridge is a good product for maintaining the spleen and stomach, which is conducive to digestion and absorption. Digesting food requires the consumption of body energy, and eating easily digestible food helps save the body’s energy. The seemingly inconspicuous and simple white porridge is the best food to nourish the body.
Many long-lived elderly people have the habit of eating porridge every day.
Ingredients
Ingredients
* Rice, 30 g (Buy rice on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4le9aH6)
* Water, 1000 ml
Instructions
1. Add washed rice and water to a pot, bring to a boil, then boil for 30 minutes over low heat.
2. The white porridge is ready.
* How to eat
White porridge can be eaten every day.
