Golden autumn October, the climate turns cooler, but also particularly dry, people will more or less feel dry mouth, no matter how much water to drink or feel that the throat is uncomfortable, the lips are dry, in fact, the more this time, the more everyone has to go out of their way to replenish the body. Cantonese people love to drink sugar water as much as they love to drink soup, pay attention to different main ingredients with different auxiliary materials, in order to achieve moisturizing and health effects. Autumn dry climate needs moisturizing sugar water to replenish energy, today I will use 4 kinds of nourishing ingredients to make a moist sugar water - chestnut four treasure sugar water, seasonal and delicious, each time cooking a pot is not enough points, simply too suitable for this season.
Chestnuts are the nuts that must be eaten in autumn, and now it is the time when chestnuts are listed in large quantities, and they are known as the "king of dried fruits", which are rich in protein, vitamins and minerals, which are high in vitaminS, and it contains more vitamin C than tomatoes that are recognized to be rich in vitamin C, and more than ten times that of apples. It also contains a variety of nutrients, which are necessary for the body, especially the elderly should eat often, which is really beneficial, often better than eating tonics. With chestnuts, red beans, lotus seeds and lilies paired with boiled sugar water, the overall taste is very good, not only nutritious but also to dry autumn.
Chestnut four treasures sugar water
【Ingredients】: Chestnuts appropriate amount, red beans appropriate amount, lotus seeds appropriate amount, fresh lily appropriate amount, rock sugar appropriate amount, according to their own preferences to adjust the proportion
【Directions】:1: Soak the red beans and lotus seeds in water for 1 hour in advance. Red beans are more difficult to cook and rotten, and soaking and then boiling can save time.
2, first to deal with the chestnuts, chestnuts washed, each with sharp scissors to cut the cross (cut through the epidermis), boil in cold water for 5 minutes can be fished out, so that the chestnut skin and meat are separated.
3, take out the chestnuts, easy to shell and peel. When peeling the shell, the rest of the chestnuts continue to soak in hot water, and I personally feel that it is better to peel hot than cold, and it is better to peel wet than dry. Of course, be careful not to burn your hands.
4: Put the soaked red beans and lotus seeds into the soup pot, pour in the appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil on high heat and reduce heat to low for 60 minutes.
5, after an hour put the processed chestnuts into the pot, continue to cook for 30 minutes; fresh chestnuts are easy to cook, if you like the chestnut semi-melted in the soup taste, you can cook in advance to extend the stewing time.
6: Until the red beans bloom, add fresh lilies and rock sugar according to your taste, cover and continue to cook for 10 minutes. Fresh lilies are easy to cook, so don't take too long.
Red beans are very soft, sandy, plus chestnuts, rich in taste, sweet into the heart, a bowl of chestnut four treasure sugar water, is the most beautiful imagination of autumn.
【Tips】:
1, I bought a cone-shaped chestnut, some people call it a cone chestnut. It's pinky, fragrant, sticky and delicious.
2, when buying chestnuts, pick the particles are full, the shell is brown, purple, shiny, the quality is better, if the shell is discolored and dull, it indicates that the quality of the chestnuts is poor; if the empty shell is pinched, it indicates that the flesh has dried up, and such chestnuts cannot be bought.