Barley porridge is bitter

Barley porridge is bitter

When cooking barley porridge, if it tastes bitter, it means it is not cooked enough. The barley porridge must be cooked thoroughly so that it will taste better and the bitterness in the barley can be removed. Barley is a coarse grain with relatively high nutritional value. It also has good medicinal value. It can be made into barley porridge directly, or you can add red beans, jujube, rock sugar and other ingredients into it.

Barley porridge is bitter

When Job's tears are not cooked thoroughly, they will have a green and bitter taste. Therefore, the coix seed must be cooked thoroughly to eliminate the bitterness. It is recommended to soak it in cold water for two or three hours before cooking, which will make it easier to cook. You can also add some auxiliary ingredients. It is recommended to add white fungus, lotus seeds, jujubes, and rock sugar, which have the effects of beautifying the skin, replenishing blood, moistening the lungs and reducing internal heat. If it can be cooked for two hours, the soup will become thick, the white fungus will melt, and it will taste very good. This not only makes the coix seed taste good, but is also good for your health.

About Job's tears

Job's tears (Latin Semen Coicis, English name Coix Seed) is also known as coix seed, Job's tears, Job's tears, native corn, Job's tears, Qi Shi, Job's tears beads, grass beads, Huihui rice, rice kernel, and six millets. It is a commonly used Chinese medicine. It is also a common and often eaten food. It is sweet, mild and slightly cold in nature. It has the effects of diuresis and swelling, invigorating the spleen and removing dampness, relaxing muscles and removing numbness, clearing away heat and discharging pus. It is a commonly used diuretic and dampness-removing medicine. Job's tears is also a beauty food. Regular consumption can keep human skin shiny and delicate, eliminate acne, freckles, age spots, pregnancy spots, and butterfly spots, and has a good effect on desquamation, acne, chapped skin, and rough skin.

Finished product properties

1. Job's tears: The kernel is broadly ovate or oblong, 4-8mm long and 3-6mm wide. The surface is milky white and smooth, with occasional remnants of yellowish-brown seed coat. One end is blunt and round, the other end is wider and slightly concave, with a light brown dot-shaped hilum. The back is round and convex, and there is a wide and deep longitudinal groove on the ventral side. The texture is solid, and the cross section is white and powdery. Slight odor, slightly sweet taste. The best ones are large, full, white in color, and without skin or debris. Microscopic identification of powder characteristics: off-white. The main body is starch granules. Single granules are round or polyhedral, with a diameter of 2-20μm. The hilum is star-shaped, trident-shaped, herringbone-shaped or fissure-shaped. Compound granules are rare and consist of 2-3 sub-granules.

2. Fried Job's tears: slightly bulging, light yellow on the surface, with slight burnt spots, and a slight fragrance.

3. Fried Job's tears with bran: slightly bulging, yellow on the surface, with a slight aroma.