Postpartum

Millet Congee

Name: Millet Congee
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

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#chinese

#vegetarian

#staple

#confinement

The 'first meal' of week one — warm, soft and easy to digest, the base of confinement recovery.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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20%

DAILY RDI

Iron

5.4mg

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18%

DAILY RDI

Zinc

2mg

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17%

DAILY RDI

Folate

101.8µg

+ 3 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Millet congee is the recognised stomach-nourishing staple of confinement week one.

🔬 Modern Science

Digestion is weak postpartum; millet is easy to digest with B vitamins and some iron, and the soft congee supports gut recovery — fitting week one's light-diet principle.

⚠️Moderate evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Rinse millet, start in cold water.

Boil then simmer 25 min until the 'rice oil' surfaces.

💡上层米油最养胃，别撇掉。

Add a little red date or pumpkin for flavor.

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

🍊Vitamin C

2%(1.7mg)

🌿Folate

17%(101.8µg)

🩸Iron

20%(5.4mg)

Zinc

18%(2mg)

Protein

13%(9.4g)

Calcium

5%(48.7mg)

* % 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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