Postpartum

Pumpkin Porridge

Name: Pumpkin Porridge
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 1 servings

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MINS

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SERVINGS

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Easy

LEVEL

#vegetarian

#staple

#confinement

A warming sweet porridge for early confinement — pumpkin and rice simmered soft; naturally sweet and gentle when appetite is low.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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19%

DAILY RDI

Vitamin C

16mg

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11%

DAILY RDI

Zinc

1.2mg

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DAILY RDI

Protein

5.8g

+ 3 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Pumpkin porridge is a stomach-soothing sweet porridge for early confinement.

🔬 Modern Science

Pumpkin gives beta-carotene, potassium and slow carbs, rice is digestible — gentle for the postpartum gut.

⚠️Moderate evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Peel and cube pumpkin; rinse rice.

Simmer with water 25 min.

Mash the pumpkin for a smoother texture.

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

⚡Zinc

11%(1.2mg)

🩸Iron

6%(1.6mg)

🍊Vitamin C

19%(16mg)

Protein

8%(5.8g)

Calcium

4%(39.8mg)

Folate

8%(45.8µg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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References

[1] WHO. WHO recommendations on postnatal care (2014).

Easily digestible staples support early postpartum recovery.

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