"The pear blossom wind rises in Qingming, and it is another good time for spring", time is like a white horse passing by, and in a blink of an eye we will usher in the Qingming Festival, one of the 24 solar terms. Qingming Festival falls at the turn of mid-spring and late spring, which is not only a day for people to visit the graves to pay homage to their ancestors, but also a day to feel the great spring light outdoors.
Although it often rains lightly during the Qingming Festival, the temperature has risen a lot, and many ingredients have been marketed in large quantities. We can eat toon, camelin, elm money, wolfberry leaves, etc., especially the elderly, after a winter of warm supplementation, this season is better to eat some light and fresh ingredients.
As the old saying goes, "spring beans are better than meat", and this season there are quite a few beans on the market, tender and delicious, and the elderly can eat some. It is recommended to eat 3 more kinds of beans, which are easy to buy and cook, and rotate every day.
Type 1: broad beans
Fava beans are known as the "first beans of spring" and are eaten just right this season. It is soft and delicate, rich in calcium, zinc, phospholipids, etc., which can promote the growth and development of human bones.
How do you eat broad beans well? It is most convenient to eat it directly steamed, we can also cook soup, make dim sum or braised in oil.
Tip: Fava beans are good, but those who are allergic to broad beans should not eat them.
Recommended recipe: scrambled eggs with broad beans and rice
Ingredients: 300g broad beans and rice, 3 eggs, garlic, chili, light soy sauce, salt, cooking oil
Production process:
(1) We remove the shells of broad beans and peel out the broad bean rice. Rinse several times and drain. Boil water in a pot and add some oil and salt to keep the broad beans and rice green in color and reduce nutrient loss. After the water comes to a boil, pour in the broad beans and rice, turn on high heat and cook. When the broad bean rice is crushed by hand, take out the broad bean rice, rinse it with cold water, and drain the water.
(2) Beat 3 eggs into the broad bean rice, add some salt and light soy sauce, and mix well to ensure that each broad bean rice has egg liquid on top.
(3) Heat oil in a pot, wash the garlic and peppers, chop them up, and fry them in the pot.
(4) Pour in the broad bean egg liquid, and when the egg liquid at the bottom is solidified, use a spatula to scoop it up from the bottom up, and then quickly stir-fry a few times.
(5) After the egg liquid is all solidified, you can add a little salt and light soy sauce to taste, and continue to stir-fry.
(6) When the surface of the egg is a little browned, it can be served and eaten.
Type 2: Green beans
Green beans are no strangers to everyone and are one of the important food crops in the mainland. It is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, soy phospholipids, protein, fiber, vitamin A, vitamin B, a small amount of minerals, etc.
This season's green beans smell faintly bean aroma and are particularly fresh when cooked. It can be eaten steamed, stuffed, braised in oil, stewed in soup, etc., and eaten in different patterns every day.
Recommended recipe: Braised eggs with pork belly
Ingredients: 200g quail egg, 150g pork belly, 1 chili pepper, 150g green beans and rice, green onion, ginger, garlic, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, salt, cooking oil, balsamic vinegar, cooking wine
Production process:
(1) We wash the pork belly and put it in the pot. Add cold water, then add cooking wine, green onion, and ginger to remove fishy. Bring to a boil over high heat to remove foam from the surface. Serve the pork belly, wash it with warm water and cut it into small pieces.
(2) Slide oil in a pan and stir-fry pork belly. After stir-frying the moisture on the pork belly, add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and balsamic vinegar to color and flavor, stir-fry evenly. Simmer for 3 minutes, then add ginger, garlic and green onion to remove fishiness and stir-fry for a while.
(3) Add boiling water to cover the pork belly and cook on high heat. After boiling, change to medium-low heat and simmer.
(4) We peel out the green beans and rice and rinse them. Quail eggs are cooked in advance, peeling off the shells. When the pork belly can be inserted with chopsticks, add green beans, rice and quail eggs and cook together.
(5) Wait for the green beans and rice to be sour and spicy, add some salt to taste, then wash the chili, cut into small pieces and put them in the pot.
(6) Turn on high heat and stir-fry for a while to collect the juice and eat.
Type 3: Peas
Peas can be described as treasures all over the body, pea seedlings, pea tips, pea pods, pea rice can be eaten. Peas are one of the main beans consumed in the mainland, with balanced and comprehensive nutrition. It is rich in vitamin C, protein, etc.
Fresh pea rice tastes soft and sweet, and can be used for soup, steaming, oil stewing, canning, etc. This season's peas have just hit the market, and they are at their most tender, and proper consumption is good for the body.
Recommended recipe: fried pea rice with sausage
Ingredients: 200g pea rice, 100g sausage, garlic, chili, salt, light soy sauce, cooking oil, green onion, ginger, cooking wine
Production process:
(1) We peel out the pea rice and wash it. Boil water in a pot, boil the water and blanch the peas and rice. Add some cooking oil and salt to keep the color of the pea rice green unchanged, turn on high heat and blanch water. Remove after about 2 minutes, rinse with cold water and drain.
(2) Wash the sausage and put it in the pot. Pour in cooking wine to remove fishy, then add green onions and ginger to remove fishy, turn on high heat and cook. Cook for about 8 minutes, remove and cut into thin slices.
(3) Add a little oil to the pot, add minced garlic and chili, and stir-fry over high heat. After stir-frying, pour in the sausage, add a little cooking wine to remove the fishy, turn on high heat and stir-fry a few times.
(4) Pour in the pea rice, add some salt to taste, and continue to stir-fry a few times.
(5) The pea rice can be out of the pot after it is soft and rotten.
Conclusion: Despite the rain during the Qingming season, the temperature has risen. In many places, peas, green beans, and broad beans that have been stubble have been put on the market one after another. The elderly should not only think about eating health products, try these kinds of beans, delicious and nutritious.
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