Earth-Balancing Multigrain Porridge
🌾 💚 A stable base to keep you grounded supporting your Spleen and Stomach to strengthen and harmonize your digestion ☯
🌾 Your Spleen and Stomach are considered the foundation of digestion, making them central to long-term wellness. This porridge is designed to strengthen these organs, harmonize your Qi, and provide balance to your daily life.
🌱 Why It’s a Stable Base: This recipe combines nutrient-packed grains, beans, and seeds to promote energy, be filling, and nourish your body from the inside out.
🌾 Spotlight Ingredients & TCM Benefits:
🌟 Coix Seeds (Job’s Tears): Clears dampness/damp heat, strengthens spleen, expels wind-damp (for muscle and joint aches).
🌟 Foxtail Millet: Nourishes the Spleen, clears toxins and heat, and builds fluids/moistens dryness.
🌟 Adzuki Beans: Clears damp heat, detoxifies, tonify and regulate blood, and supports Kidney health (look at their shape!).
✨ General Benefits:
Boosts digestion and strengthens the Spleen and Stomach, the center of good health and ‘waste removal’ in TCM. Has plenty of fiber.
Provides balanced nutrition, grounding your body during seasonal changes with endless topping options.
Helps reduce dampness and promotes movement, keeping your energy flowing smoothly.
Earth-Balancing Multigrain Porridge
INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup foxtail millet (Asian/Indian supermarket or online)
1/4 cup (60 grams) coix seeds (aka job’s tears)
1/3 cup black rice
1/2 cup glutinous rice
1/3 cup brown rice
1/3 cup rolled oats
1/4 cup quinoa
1/4 cup adzuki beans
10 cups water (or nut milk, vegetable stock, etc.)
Dash of salt
*To cook this recipe faster, SOAK the grains for 1-2 hours, drain, then FREEZE before cooking
Sub out or use the grains you have in your pantry! But the key grains are coix seeds and foxtail millet.
INSTRUCTIONS
Soak the Grains: Soak your grains in water for at least 1-2 hours. Also, soak the adzuki beans for as long as possible.
Freeze the Grains: Drain and wash the soaked grains, then freeze them in a resealable bag until frozen.
Cook the Congee/Porridge: Combine the frozen grains with the water/chosen liquid in a pot. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil over high heat.
Let It Sit: Turn off the heat (with the lid still on) and let the congee rest on the stove for 15 minutes—no stirring needed.
Repeat: Bring it back to a boil, turn off the heat, and let it rest again for 15 minutes, or until it reaches your desired consistency.
Serve: The longer it sits, the thicker it gets! Reheat before serving if needed. Top with your choice of sweet (goji berries, honey, jujube, fruit, etc.) or savory toppings (eggs, pickles/kimchi, veggies, etc).
photo and recipe inspiration to The Woks of Life
