Nutritious Congee Recipes
Collection of healthy congee recipes for wellness
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Congee Recipes
Ten Summer Heat-Relieving Porridges
Ten Summer Heat-Relieving Porridges
TCM says "summer heat is the main qi of summer." Regular consumption of medicinal porridges in hot summer helps prevent heat, cool down, treat disease, and strengthen body. Common ones:
1. Red Date & Mung Bean Porridge: Red dates 100g, mung bean 300g, 1.5L water, boil then simmer until soft, add sugar 100g, cool. Clears heat and detoxifies, quenches summer thirst, promotes urination and reduces swelling.
2. Lotus Seed Porridge: Lotus seed 20g, soak, peel, remove heart, grind to powder. Cook with japonica rice 100g to porridge. Clears heat and irritability, calms heart and spirit, benefits kidney and secures essence, strengthens spleen and intestines.
3. Apricot Kernel Porridge: Peeled flat apricot kernels 60g, crush, cook with japonica rice 300g. Resolves phlegm and stops cough, descends qi and calms panting.
4. Lotus Leaf Porridge: Fresh lotus leaf 1, simmer for juice. Cook with japonica rice 100g to porridge, add sugar. Prevents summer heat, promotes urination, lowers blood pressure.
5. Lily Bulb & Honeysuckle Porridge: Lily bulb 50g, honeysuckle 6g (roasted to powder). Cook rice to boil, add lily bulb. Add honeysuckle powder and sugar. Clears heat and inflammation, generates fluids and quenches thirst.
6. Winter Melon & Red Bean Porridge: Winter melon 500g, peel and dice. Red bean 30g, boil first, add winter melon and rock sugar. Promotes urination, reduces swelling, clears heat toxin, quenches thirst.
7. Bitter Melon Porridge: Bitter melon 100g, seed and cube. Cook rice 100g to boil, add bitter melon, rock sugar and salt. Clears summer heat, cools heart and improves vision, relieves irritability and detoxifies.
8. Wheat Kernel & Rice Porridge: Wheat kernel 150g, white rice 150g, cook to porridge. Clears summer heat, quenches thirst, generates fluids, benefits qi.
9. Chrysanthemum Porridge: Yellow chrysanthemum 20g, simmer for juice. Cook with rice 150g to porridge. Promotes urination, prevents summer heat.
10. Ophiopogon Porridge: Ophiopogon 30g, simmer for juice. Cook with japonica rice 100g to porridge. Nourishes heart and enriches yin.
TCM says "summer heat is the main qi of summer." Regular consumption of medicinal porridges in hot summer helps prevent heat, cool down, treat disease, and strengthen body. Common ones:
1. Red Date & Mung Bean Porridge: Red dates 100g, mung bean 300g, 1.5L water, boil then simmer until soft, add sugar 100g, cool. Clears heat and detoxifies, quenches summer thirst, promotes urination and reduces swelling.
2. Lotus Seed Porridge: Lotus seed 20g, soak, peel, remove heart, grind to powder. Cook with japonica rice 100g to porridge. Clears heat and irritability, calms heart and spirit, benefits kidney and secures essence, strengthens spleen and intestines.
3. Apricot Kernel Porridge: Peeled flat apricot kernels 60g, crush, cook with japonica rice 300g. Resolves phlegm and stops cough, descends qi and calms panting.
4. Lotus Leaf Porridge: Fresh lotus leaf 1, simmer for juice. Cook with japonica rice 100g to porridge, add sugar. Prevents summer heat, promotes urination, lowers blood pressure.
5. Lily Bulb & Honeysuckle Porridge: Lily bulb 50g, honeysuckle 6g (roasted to powder). Cook rice to boil, add lily bulb. Add honeysuckle powder and sugar. Clears heat and inflammation, generates fluids and quenches thirst.
6. Winter Melon & Red Bean Porridge: Winter melon 500g, peel and dice. Red bean 30g, boil first, add winter melon and rock sugar. Promotes urination, reduces swelling, clears heat toxin, quenches thirst.
7. Bitter Melon Porridge: Bitter melon 100g, seed and cube. Cook rice 100g to boil, add bitter melon, rock sugar and salt. Clears summer heat, cools heart and improves vision, relieves irritability and detoxifies.
8. Wheat Kernel & Rice Porridge: Wheat kernel 150g, white rice 150g, cook to porridge. Clears summer heat, quenches thirst, generates fluids, benefits qi.
9. Chrysanthemum Porridge: Yellow chrysanthemum 20g, simmer for juice. Cook with rice 150g to porridge. Promotes urination, prevents summer heat.
10. Ophiopogon Porridge: Ophiopogon 30g, simmer for juice. Cook with japonica rice 100g to porridge. Nourishes heart and enriches yin.
🥣 Nutrition Note: Congee provides energy and is easy to digest.