Reading guide: Every year after autumn, we must eat more fruits, because autumn is the driest season, and the water content of most fruits is particularly high, eating more fruits can alleviate the dryness of autumn. And in autumn, I recommend that you eat less fruits with high sugar and less water, such as apples and bananas, after eating these two kinds of fruits, the mouth is very dry, and you have to drink water to relieve the dryness, especially bananas, which contain a lot of sugar, and it is easy to get angry when you eat too many bananas in autumn. In autumn, there is one that is most suitable for eating throughout the autumn, and in our local area, almost everyone loves to eat, and it is the lotus pod, which is known as the "Water Eight Immortals".
Every year from June is the time when a large number of lotus pods are on the market, but in September, the price will drop to 10 yuan 1 catty, people who will eat, after September, will eat at least 2-3 catties of lotus pods every week, because lotus pod is a high potassium and high phosphorus food, high potassium can maintain the balance of potassium and sodium in the body, high phosphorus can enhance memory. At the same time, the lotus seed core also has the ability to "clear the lungs and help sleep", and the middle-aged and elderly people often eat lotus pods in autumn, which can make the body better! And according to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is recorded: "Lotus seeds, nourishing the spirits, benefiting qi, and removing all kinds of diseases, so if middle-aged and elderly people want to be healthy, they must eat more lotus pods."
And in autumn, because of the dry climate, it is easy to lose appetite, so sometimes I will go to the vegetable market to buy 1-2 catties of old lotus pods, and then use plum to cook old lotus pods to eat, the boiled old lotus pods are sweet and sour, especially delicious, I must try to make it if I have not eaten it. Next, I will share with you the detailed method of boiling lotus pods with plums.
[Ingredients preparation]: 500 grams of lotus pod, 6-10 plums, 20 grams of rock sugar.
【Method】:
Step 1: Remove all the blackened and very small lotus pods, and then rinse the pods with tap water.
Step 2: Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot, then put the plum in the pot, then turn on high heat, boil the water and continue to cook for 2-3 minutes, so that the sour taste of the plum can be boiled out in advance.
Step 3: Put all the lotus pods and prepared rock sugar into the pot, then stir them a few times with a spatula, then cover the pot and cook them for 15 minutes to turn off the heat, the old lotus pods are older, and it takes 15 minutes to cook the lotus pods completely.
Step 4: Turn off the heat after 15 minutes, open the lid at this time, stir the old lotus pod seven or eight times, let it continue to soak in the plum water, continue to soak for 1 hour before eating. The soaked lotus pod is sweet and sour, especially appetizing, and it is even more delicious than the fresh tender lotus pod.
[Lao Hu has something to say]:
1. If you want to say that the plum boiled lotus pod is particularly delicious, not only the boiling time should be enough, but also the soaking time should be enough, which step is not done, the boiled lotus pod, the taste and texture are a lot different!
2. The boiled lotus pod must be eaten on the same day, do not leave it overnight, the overnight lotus pod will breed a lot of germs, and it is easy to have diarrhea if you eat food with many germs.
3. Almost everyone can eat lotus pods, if you have diabetes, don't put sugar when cooking lotus pods, eat more than 10 pieces after cooking is very good for the body!
In autumn, eat less apples and bananas and more "lotus pods", high potassium and high phosphorus! Middle-aged and elderly people often eat it, clear lung heat, help sleep, and if you don't eat it, it's out of season! If today's article is helpful to you, please follow and like, this is my greatest support. In the follow-up, Chef Hu will explain more cooking tips and health maintenance skills to everyone, and finally thank you for watching.