"Drinking a soup in summer is better than prescribing medicine"! Three refreshing soups to help you spend the summer in peace
In the scorching summer, the heat often makes it difficult for people to sleep, and the quality of sleep is greatly reduced. During this season, a refreshing bowl of soup can not only dispel the heat in the body, but also help us calm our mood and improve the quality of sleep. Today, I will bring you three easy-to-make, refreshing summer soups to help you spend the summer peacefully.
1. Mung bean lily lotus seed soup
Preparation of Materials:
- Mung beans: 100 grams
- Lily: 50 grams
- Lotus seeds: 50 grams
- Rock sugar: to taste
Steps:
- Material cleaning: clean mung beans, lilies, and lotus seeds separately, and mung beans can be soaked for 1 hour in advance, so that they are easier to cook when cooking.
- Start simmering: Take a stew pot or casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, and put mung beans, lilies, and lotus seeds into the pot together. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce the heat to low and simmer slowly.
- Add rock sugar: When the mung beans start to boil and the lotus seeds and lilies are soft, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar according to personal taste and continue to simmer until the rock sugar is completely melted.
- Complete the cooking: When the soup becomes thick, and the mung beans, lilies, and lotus seeds are all cooked soft and glutinous, you can turn off the heat and remove from the pot. Cool it slightly and drink it for a cooler and more delicious taste.
2. Winter melon and barley and duck soup
Preparation of Materials:
- Winter melon: 500 grams
- Barley: 50 grams
- Duck: Half a piece
- Slices of ginger: 3 slices
- Cooking wine: to taste
- Salt: to taste
Steps:
- Material treatment: peel and remove seeds from winter melon and cut into large pieces; Soak the barley for 1 hour in advance; Wash the duck and chop it into cubes.
- Duck to remove the smell: add water to the pot, put in the duck pieces and ginger slices, add an appropriate amount of cooking wine, skim off the foam after boiling, continue to cook for 5 minutes, remove the duck pieces and rinse well.
- Start simmering: Take a casserole, add enough water, add duck pieces, barley, ginger slices, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat, and simmer slowly for 1 hour.
- Add the winter melon: When the barley is soft and the duck soup becomes rich, add the winter melon pieces and continue to simmer for 30 minutes.
- Seasoning out of the pot: Add an appropriate amount of salt to taste according to personal taste, and continue to simmer for 5 minutes to make the soup more flavorful. Turn off the heat and enjoy.
3. Loofah egg soup
Preparation of Materials:
- Loofah: 1 root
- Eggs: 2 pcs
- Ginger slices: 2 slices
- Salt: to taste
- Sesame oil: a little
Steps:
- Preparation: Peel the loofah, wash it and cut it into thin slices; Crack the eggs into a bowl and stir and set aside.
- Bring water to a boil: Add water to a pot, add ginger slices, and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Add the loofah: After the water boils, add the loofah slices and cook until the loofah is broken.
- Add the eggs: Slowly pour the beaten egg mixture into the pan to form egg drops.
- Season out of the pot: Add an appropriate amount of salt to taste according to personal taste, and add a few drops of sesame oil to enhance the flavor. Turn off the heat and enjoy.
These three soups are simple and easy to make, refreshing and perfect for summer. Whether you're a busy office worker or a laid-back homemaker, you can easily make these delicious soups to bring coolness and comfort to yourself and your family. Let's enjoy this wonderful summer together!