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To boil millet porridge, do not add water directly to boil, add this 1 step, fragrant rice oil is more, sticky and delicious
With the arrival of a new round of cold air, the temperature in many places dropped sharply, from more than ten degrees a few days ago to near zero, and it began to be cold again, so we should pay attention to keeping warm and cold. The weather is cold, you should eat some hot food, which can warm up the body and stomach, and it is recommended to drink hot porridge frequently, such as millet porridge.
Millet is a coarse grain, with high nutritional value, rich in protein, fat, iron, carotene, dietary fiber and other components, which can nourish the spleen and stomach, tonify the kidney, nourish the heart and soothe the nerves, beautify and nourish the body, and is particularly nourishing to the body.
On a cold morning, drink a bowl of hot millet porridge, and your stomach feels warm and comfortable. If you often suffer from insomnia and can't sleep well, it is recommended to drink more millet porridge to help you sleep. Cooking millet porridge is simple, but do you cook it deliciously?
The millet porridge cooked by many people tastes clear and watery, and it is not sticky at all, and there is no rice oil, so the elderly and children do not like to drink it. Cooking millet porridge, the method is very important, do you cook it directly in the pot? No wonder it doesn't taste good.
Today I will share with you the correct way to cook millet porridge, which is guaranteed to be better than the one bought outside, and has more fragrant and viscous rice oil, as long as you master a few tricks.
【Boiled millet porridge】
1. Prepare some millet, boil millet porridge to use the new millet of the year, the new rice is more nutritious, contains a lot of fat, so that the cooked rice oil is more, and the millet porridge is more fragrant.
Fresh millet is golden in color and has a strong rice fragrance. If you find that the color of millet is whitish and it doesn't smell good, it means that it is aged rice, don't buy it.
2. Can millet be boiled directly? Most people cook it directly, although it can be cooked, but it is not viscous and it still needs to be cooked for a long time, so it is not recommended to cook it directly, it should be done.
Wash the millet and soak it in water for half an hour to let the millet absorb some water, which is easier to cook, and the nutrients can be released quickly, and the cooked millet porridge is more viscous and fragrant.
3. It should be noted that millet should not be washed too many times, as it will wash off the nutrients on the surface, so that the cooked porridge will not be viscous and the taste will not be fragrant.
4. The millet soaking time should not be too long, otherwise it will rot as soon as it is cooked, and it will take about half an hour. Should you cook porridge in a pot under cold water or boiling water? Many people do it wrong, no wonder the porridge cooked is not delicious. The correct way is to boil an underwater pot, which has several benefits.
One is that the rice grains in the pot are boiled with boiling water, and they will not stick to the bottom of the pot. The second is that the pot boils faster, the rice grains are easy to bloom, and the millet porridge is thicker.
5. Add water to the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, pour in the soaked millet, stir well with a spoon, and then add 2 kinds, which are sesame oil and edible alkali. Adding sesame oil can make millet porridge more golden and buttery, with a fragrant taste, and it is not easy to overflow.
Edible alkali can fully release the nutrients of millet, and millet porridge is fragrant and viscous, improving the taste.
6. Add a teaspoon of sesame oil and a teaspoon of edible alkali, stir well with a spoon, cover with a lid, and cook on low heat for half an hour. Stir a few times with a spoon so that the heat is more even.
7. Wait until the millet blooms and the porridge becomes very thick, then turn off the heat. Don't rush to drink it after turning off the heat, simmer for 10 minutes, so that a thick layer of rice oil will be formed, which is the essence of millet porridge, which is particularly fragrant. The freshly cooked millet porridge is very hot, and the rice oil has not yet solidified, so it should be simmered for a while.
The cooked millet porridge is particularly fragrant and viscous, very delicious, warm the heart and stomach, and the whole body is warm under a bowl of belly, which is particularly nourishing. When cooking porridge, you can add sweet potatoes, pumpkin, yams and other ingredients to make it taste better and more nutritious.
【Skill Summary】
Cook millet porridge, don't go directly to the pot, remember 3 o'clock, one is to soak millet for half an hour, the second is to boil the pot under water, and the third is to add sesame oil and edible alkali to ensure that it is fragrant and viscous, and the rice oil is more and thicker.