In our old Chinese tradition, summer is the season to focus on nourishing the heart, because the summer is hot, the heart fire is more exuberant, this time if we do not maintain it, it is easy to affect our physical and mental health, for example, there are always some friends will be disturbed by the mood, sleep is not good. Therefore, at this time, we must pay attention to physical and mental maintenance, regularize our own work and rest time, and often eat heart-nourishing foods on weekdays. Cantonese people can not be separated from all kinds of soups in three meals a day, so today I recommend a "heart soup" - lotus seed pig heart soup, this soup is made of pig heart, lotus seeds, lilies and red dates and other heart-nourishing ingredients as raw materials, three volts to a bowl, refreshing and moist, nourishing, especially suitable for drinking.
Often hear the elderly say "complement the form", it is not unreasonable to say, the heart of the pig is the heart of the pig, is a tonic food. It contains high protein and vitamins, which has a great effect on strengthening our myocardial nutrition, which can replenish qi and blood and nourish the heart and calm the mind. Lotus seeds and dates are flat and sweet, which is of great benefit to calming the mind and calming the mind. In the heat of summer, people are easily upset, which affects sleep, drinking pig heart soup every three to five has a good effect of nourishing the heart and calming the mind, if someone in the family sleeps badly, you can try this soup.
【Ingredients】: 1/2 pork heart, 1 lotus seed, 5 red dates, 8 grams of lilies, a little goji berries, a little salt
【Method】: 1, my family has a small population, so only use half a pig heart, slice the pig heart, or cut it into the shape you want, soak for about ten minutes, remove the blood and water;
2, burn a small pot of boiling water, pig heart cold water under the pot, after the water boils there will be some foam, about boiling for a minute or two can be turned off, the pig heart fished out with cool water washed and prepared, so that there will be no fishy smell when boiled out;
3, the washed lotus seeds, lilies, red dates and pig hearts together into the stew cup, cut a slice of ginger to help to fishy, it is best to use the stew cup to stew in the water, if you are lazy, you can also use the rice cooker soup stall;
4, pour the right amount of water, to the stew cup 8 points full can be (I think I am quite mother-in-law, even this has to say, haha), cover the lid, about 1 and a half hours or so on the line, the water stew soup will minimize the loss of nutrients;
5, in the last 10 minutes can be added to the goji berries together to cook, according to their own taste, add a little salt to taste, this soup is moist and sweet, no need for other seasonings, you can also taste the original flavor of the stew soup!
Pig heart lotus seeds, clear fire and calm the spirit, summer and autumn alternate, sleep unsteadily, you can drink more of this soup.
【Tips】:
1, pig heart to buy back to soak in water, remove the blood water, and then over the water, so that there will be no fishy smell when boiled out.
2, pig heart belongs to the internal organs, with relatively high cholesterol, normal people can eat in moderation, but people with high cholesterol are recommended not to eat.