Nutritious Congee Recipes

Diabetic Porridges
Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease from insulin deficiency or resistance, causing glucose, protein, and fat metabolism disorders with persistent high blood sugar. Several porridge formulas for diabetics (follow doctor's advice on total carbohydrate intake):
1. Pueraria Porridge: Pueraria powder 30g, japonica rice 60g. Wash and slice pueraria, grind to paste, dry. Cook rice to boil, add pueraria powder, simmer to porridge. Nourishes yin and generates fluids. For yin deficiency.
2. Astragalus Porridge: Raw astragalus 30g, raw coix seed 30g, red bean 15g, chicken gizzard lining 9g, kumquat cake 2, japonica rice 30g. Simmer astragalus, add coix seed and red bean for 30 minutes, add gizzard powder and rice. Twice daily morning and evening. Chew kumquat cake after. 7 days as course. Benefits qi and nourishes yin. For spleen-kidney qi deficiency or qi-yin deficiency.
3. Chinese Yam Porridge: Chinese yam 50g, japonica rice 100g. Slice yam, cook with rice. Benefits qi and nourishes yin. For qi-yin deficiency.
4. Immortal Porridge: Prepared He Shou Wu 40g, japonica rice 100g, red dates 3-5. Simmer He Shou Wu, cook with rice and dates. Morning and evening, long-term use.
5. Crucian Carp Porridge: Crucian carp 1, japonica rice 50g, tangerine peel powder, pepper powder, soy sauce, scallion. Cook fish meat with rice and tangerine peel. Add pepper, soy sauce, scallion when done. Two days per serving. Warms and tonifies spleen-kidney. For spleen-kidney yang deficiency.
6. Sheep Bone Porridge: Sheep bone 1000g, japonica rice 100-150g, scallion 2 stems, ginger 3 slices. Smash bone, cook for broth. Cook rice in broth. Add scallion and ginger when rice is almost done.