Thick rice soup that makes you ten years younger

There is a female lay Buddhist who is almost fifty years old this year. However, if she doesn’t tell you, no one can guess her age. She looks very young, with delicate and fair skin, without any spots or wrinkles. Many people mistakenly think that she is only in her thirties.

Everyone was very interested in her maintenance methods, especially other ladies, who all asked her to tell them the secret of eternal youth. Some people guessed that she must have used some imported skin care brand and vied with each other to ask her which brand it was; some people guessed that she must have taken supplements every day and vied with each other to ask her what she ate every day; some people guessed that she must have exercised every day; and some people guessed that her eternal youth was related to her belief in Buddhism, because Buddhism can make people peaceful.

She smiled faintly and said that apart from the last two, believing in Buddhism and exercising properly, she didn't have any secret recipes. She neither uses expensive skin care products nor takes any supplements. Her three meals a day are all vegetarian, the simplest food, and she does not deliberately take any supplements. If we have to say that she takes supplements every day, it is that she drinks a bowl of thick rice soup every morning for decades.

Can cheap thick rice soup have such great effects? Many people don’t think so.

She smiled and explained how she drank the thick rice soup. When she was young, she was weak and sickly, especially suffering from stomachaches. Her mother cooked a lot of tonic food for her, but she was too weak to absorb it. After eating the tonic food or drinking the tonic soup, she either got a sore throat or had diarrhea, and her health got worse and worse. Later, she heard that thick rice soup was very nutritious, so she asked her mother to make her a bowl of thick rice soup every morning and drink it before going to work. Unexpectedly, her health gradually improved and her stomach problems were cured. The reason why she has persisted in doing this for decades is because she likes the taste of thick rice soup, which is light and has the fragrance of rice. She will feel uncomfortable if she doesn't drink it for a day.

Unexpectedly, a bowl of thick rice soup has such magical effects.

Why does thick rice soup have such great effects? There is an explanation in "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica": "Rice oil has the power to fill the pores and is the best way to make people fat. If a dark and thin person eats it, he will become fat and white in 100 days. Its effect of nourishing yin is better than that of cooked rehmannia." Cooked rehmannia, a processed product of Rehmannia glutinosa, is a commonly used blood tonic in traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, for ordinary people who cannot afford ginseng and babies who have no breast milk, drinking rice soup can indeed strengthen their bodies.

According to the theory of the Book of Changes, thick rice soup is the most peaceful yet most effective tonic that best suits human nature. As long as there is no persistent high fever and thick, white, greasy tongue coating, everyone, especially those with weak constitutions, can use it as a tonic. In practice, it is indeed so.

However, impetuous modern people often look down on thick rice soup because it is cheap. Just like this fame-seeking and fortune-seeking society, everyone is chasing after money but ignoring the essence of life.

Thick rice soup method:

1. Use 100 grams of fresh, high-quality rice;

2. It is best to soak for one hour. Pour 100 grams of rice and 1500 milliliters of water into the pressure cooker. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Just adjust the electric pressure cooker to the porridge setting.

Cooking Tips

1. The porridge cooked with raw water has a fragrant, glutinous and smooth taste, while the porridge cooked with boiled water has a different taste;

2. You can also use millet, rice, etc., and mix them together as the child grows and develops;

3. When using an ordinary pot to cook rice soup, be sure to prevent the rice soup from overflowing and prevent the pot from getting stuck. When the rice porridge becomes thick, stir it from time to time with a spoon. Therefore, it is recommended to use an electric pressure cooker or a pressure cooker. The electric pressure cooker is the best choice, which saves time and effort and is relatively safe.

4. Choosing fresh, high-quality rice is the first step to making good rice soup;

5. Use clean raw water, not boiling water;

6. The ratio of rice to water is key. Generally, it is 100 grams of rice and 1500 milliliters of water;

7. It is best to use a pressure cooker or electric pressure cooker, which saves time and effort and will not cause the rice soup to lose nutrients. The method is: pour rice and water into a pressure cooker, bring to a boil over high heat, and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Just adjust the electric pressure cooker to the porridge setting.

8. Use an ordinary pot to cook. Add 300 ml more water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat. The rice porridge will be ready after about 40 minutes.

9. The rice soup cooked using the above method is of moderate thickness, fragrant, glutinous and smooth. Scoop out some of the soup on top for your baby, and the rest is just enough for 2-3 adults.

Diet Tips

Rice soup is the layer of porridge oil floating on the surface when rice, millet, black rice and other types of rice are cooked. It is the essence of the porridge. Thick rice soup is rich in carbohydrates, vitamins B1, B2, phosphorus, iron, inorganic salts and other nutrients. Rice soup is sweet and mild in nature, and has the effects of invigorating qi, nourishing yin, and moistening dryness. It is beneficial to the development and health of children and is very suitable as a complementary food besides breast milk or cow's milk.