Yam is a common nourishing food in winter and is suitable for most people to eat. Yam is rich in amino acids, amylase, and fiber, and eating it regularly can tonify the kidney and Qi, and has a health-preserving effect for body weakness caused by disharmony of the spleen and stomach. Pears are rich in water, which has the effects of moistening the lungs and stopping cough, and clearing heat and reducing fire. The nourishing effect of yam and pear porridge is very good, let’s take a look at the specific method.

Method 1 for making Yam and Pear Porridge:

Ingredients: 40 grams of fresh yam, half a pear, 80 grams of glutinous rice, 3 grams of ginger and coriander each, 20 grams of pork, and 1 gram of salt.

Preparation: ① Rinse the glutinous rice clean; wash the ginger clean and chop it; wash and chop the coriander; peel, wash, and cut the fresh yam into pieces; peel, core, wash, and cut the pear into small pieces; wash the pork and cut into cubes. ② Place a pot on the stove, add an appropriate amount of water, add glutinous rice, yam, pear, and pork, and boil over high heat, then turn to low heat to cook until the porridge is thickened, sprinkle with coriander, add ginger slices and salt to taste.

Ingredients: 30 grams of dried yam slices, 50 grams of pear and glutinous rice each, and an appropriate amount of rock sugar.

Another method for making Yam and Pear Porridge:

Wash the yam and glutinous rice clean, wash the pear clean and cut into pieces, put them into a pot, and add an appropriate amount of water. Boil into a thin porridge, then add a little冰糖and cook for a while.

Usage: Eat at breakfast and dinner, in a warm and hot state.

Function: Tonify the spleen and stomach, nourish yin and moisten the lungs, and reinforce the kidney and conserve essence. Suitable for consumptive cough, deficiency of Qi and Yin, lack of appetite, dry mouth and desire for drinking, spleen deficiency diarrhea, and kidney deficiency seminal emission.