Postpartum

Yam & Millet Porridge

Name: Yam & Millet Porridge
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 servings

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MINS

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SERVINGS

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Easy

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#chinese

#vegetarian

#staple

#confinement

A top week-one stomach-soother — yam and millet simmered soft; spleen-friendly and gentle when the postpartum gut is weak.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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18%

DAILY RDI

Zinc

2mg

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18%

DAILY RDI

Folate

105.5µg

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17%

DAILY RDI

Iron

4.7mg

+ 3 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Yam-millet porridge is a recognised stomach-nourishing porridge for early confinement.

🔬 Modern Science

Millet is digestible with B vitamins; yam adds absorbable starch and mucoproteins — gentle for postpartum gut recovery.

⚠️Moderate evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Rinse millet; peel and cube yam.

💡戴手套切山药防痒。

Simmer with water 25 min until soft.

Cook until the 'rice oil' surfaces.

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

🦴Calcium

6%(56.8mg)

⚡Zinc

18%(2mg)

🍊Vitamin C

9%(7.5mg)

Protein

15%(10.5g)

Folate

18%(105.5µg)

Iron

17%(4.7mg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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References

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

Recommends nutrient-dense, easily digestible foods in early postpartum recovery.

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