How to make black rice porridge?

Black rice is a common coarse grain in daily life. It is loved by people because it is rich in protein and minerals. Black rice porridge in particular is a best-selling food in breakfast shops. In fact, the method of black rice porridge is very simple. It can be completed in only three steps. It is especially suitable for making it at home.

1. Materials

A handful of black rice, a handful of black beans, a handful of millet, 3 paper-shell walnuts, a handful of sesame seeds, a little wolfberry, and a little rock sugar

2. How to make black rice porridge

1. Wash the black rice and black beans first, soak them in water for half a day, or at least one hour (black beans are easy to cook when cooked). After soaking, put them in the rice cooker and press the porridge (soup) mode.

2. Wash the prepared millet and put it into the boiled black rice.

3. After fifteen minutes, wash the prepared wolfberry, walnut kernels and sesame seeds and put them into the rice cooker to continue cooking. Add a little rock sugar and wait for the rice cooker to automatically jump to the keep warm state before eating.

3. Nutritional value of black rice

1. Black rice contains protein, carbohydrates, B vitamins, vitamin E, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, iron, zinc and other nutrients, and is rich in nutrients.

2. The manganese, zinc, copper and other inorganic salts contained in black rice are 1 to 3 times higher than those in ordinary rice. It also contains special ingredients such as vitamin C, chlorophyll, anthocyanin, carotene and cardiac glycosides that rice lacks. Therefore, black rice is more nutritious than ordinary rice.

4. Contraindications and Side Effects

1. The outside of the rice grains is wrapped in a tough seed coat, which makes it difficult to cook, so black rice should be soaked overnight before cooking.

2. People with weak digestion after illness should not rush to eat black rice, but can eat some purple rice to recuperate.

3. If black rice porridge is not cooked thoroughly, not only will most of its signature nutrients fail to dissolve, but eating too much can easily cause acute gastroenteritis, especially for children with weak digestive functions and the elderly, the weak and the sick. Therefore, people with indigestion should not eat uncooked black rice.

4. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that black rice is mild in nature and sweet in taste; it is not suitable for people with excessive heat and dryness.

5. Since most of the nutrients contained in black rice are concentrated in the black cortex, it is not suitable for fine processing. It is better to eat brown rice or standard third-grade rice.

6. The copper content in black rice is 1 to 3 times higher than that in rice; it is not suitable for patients with Wilson's disease and high copper levels.

7. It is contraindicated to eat black rice when taking tetracycline drugs.

If you eat black rice while taking tetracycline drugs, these metal ions will form insoluble chelates with the drugs, affecting the absorption of tetracycline drugs and reducing their efficacy.