As the saying goes, "summer nourishes the heart", the hot weather in summer is easy to attack the heart, especially easy to irritability and loss of appetite.
Many people know that you can eat mung beans in summer, in fact, there is another treasure ingredient, that is, lotus seeds, which are full of treasures.
Eating lotus seeds in summer has great benefits, lotus seeds are the seeds of lotus flowers, and the outer shell tastes sweet, but the lotus seed core is a little bitter, and this bitterness is the key to reducing fire.
(1) Lotus seeds can replenish the spleen: lotus seeds are generally drunk with boiled porridge such as yam and barley, which is a good recipe for replenishing the spleen;
(2) Clear heat and go to fire: lotus seeds are good for the heart when eaten, and regular eating can replenish people's hearts, especially lotus seeds, which can be made into tea and boiled porridge, which is very useful for removing heart fire and upset;
(2) Peace of mind: Lotus seeds are rich in vitamins B1 and B2, which help regulate nerves and happy mood.
The following shares the different ways to eat dried lotus seeds and wet lotus seeds, you can try them while fresh lotus seeds are on the market, and eat healthy ingredients in season.
●Dried lotus seeds
Recommended recipe: Longan meat
Ingredients: Pork, umeboshi, dried bamboo shoots, lotus seeds, green onion, ginger, garlic, pork rib paste, oyster sauce, soy sauce, cooking wine, rock sugar, salt
Production method:
1. Use a square piece of pork belly, then heat the empty pot, blanch the skin of the pork belly side down, and then scrape it clean with a knife;
2. Pour a little oil into the pot, heat the oil and fry some rock sugar until it melts and bubbles up, then pour in some cooking wine, stir well, and put it out for later use;
3. Then put the processed pork belly in a pot, add enough cold water, add green onion, ginger and garlic, rock sugar, soy sauce, rib sauce, oyster sauce, salt, cooking wine, and then pour in the fried sugar, boil over high heat, skim off the foam on it;
4. Then cover and simmer for a while until the pork can be pierced with chopsticks, then take out;
5. Take out the pork belly, let cool, and then cut it into thin slices;
6. Then take a piece of pork belly, put the lotus seeds aside, roll the skin of the flesh and roll the lotus seeds inside;
7. Prepare a deep bowl and place the rolled meat skin facing down;
8. Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the pot, put the minced dried plum vegetables and bamboo shoots into the oil heat, stir-fry a few times, pour in some soy sauce, pork rib sauce, salt, stir-fry until fragrant;
9. Cover the fried vegetables on top of the meat, compact a little, and then steam for 1 hour;
10. After steaming, pour the soup in the bowl into the pot, and then add a little starch to thicken it;
11. Put the steamed meat upside down on the plate, pour the soup on it, and put your favorite vegetables next to it.
●Fresh lotus seeds
Recommended recipe: Stir-fried prawns with lotus seeds
Ingredients: Lotus, shrimp, green and red pepper, onion, salt, water starch, cooking wine
Production method:
1. Remove the shell of the lotus peng, and then rinse it, the lotus seed core in the middle can be dispensed with, and the fire can be reduced;
2. Clean the green and red peppers and onions and cut them into small pieces;
3. Clean the shrimp, remove the shrimp head, peel off the shrimp shell, and then the shrimp line on the back of the shrimp is also removed, put it in a bowl and add some cooking wine, salt and starch, grab and mix evenly and sizing;
4. Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the pot, heat the oil and fry the shrimp until they change color, and put them out for later use;
5. Pour oil into the pot again, put green and red peppers and onions into it, stir-fry until broken, and then pour in lotus seeds and fry together, after stir-frying, pour in the fried shrimp, add a little salt to taste;
6. Finally, pour in some water starch to get out of the pot.
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