Effects of Ban millet: Can eating Ban millet nourish the kidneys?

　　Chestnut is a common food in winter. Can chestnut nourish the kidneys? Chestnuts have a kidney-tonifying effect, but how to eat chestnuts to achieve a good kidney-tonifying effect? ​​Let’s talk about winter chestnut recipes.

　　1. Chestnut porridge

　　Composition: 20 grams of chestnuts, 50 grams of japonica rice.

　　Method: Shell the chestnuts, mash them, and cook porridge with japonica rice and water.

　　Efficacy: Nourishes the stomach and spleen, nourishes the kidneys and strengthens the muscles.

　　2. Braised chestnut chicken wings

　　Ingredients: chicken wings, chestnuts

　　Method: Wash the raw chestnuts and cut them into cross pieces. Boil a pot of water. Peel the skin off the cooked chestnuts to keep the flesh as intact as possible. If you find any black inside, cut it off. According to the method of braised chicken wings, braise the chestnuts and chicken together. The difference is that you need to add less sugar and more water, so that it can simmer for a while and allow the flavor of the chestnuts to fully penetrate into the dish.

　　Efficacy: Tonifying the kidneys and strengthening the intestines and stomach, nourishing blood and regulating menstruation.

　　3. Make sugar-roasted chestnuts in the microwave

　　Ingredients: chestnuts, sugar

　　Method: Wash the chestnuts, put them into a small colander that can leak, and drain away the excess water. Choose a small microwave oven with ear buttons, because the chestnuts will explode in the end, so be sure to fasten them. Pour the chestnuts into the small pot without a lid, and use high heat for two minutes. This is to remove the moisture on the surface of the chestnuts. After two minutes, take it out and put the lid on (be sure to fasten it), and keep it on high heat for three minutes, then take it out and shake it up and down to make the heating even. Put it back into the oven and heat it on high heat for three minutes. When the time is up, take out the lid and add sugar. Use chopsticks to mix well. Add the lid and heat it on high heat for two minutes. When the time is up, you can eat it. Except that the chestnut skin is not as crisp as the sugar-roasted chestnuts, everything else is similar.

　　The above three ways of eating are all common ways for us to eat chestnuts in winter. These methods can help us absorb the nutrients in chestnuts and achieve the effect of nourishing the kidneys.