The weather was hot and wet, and it was the hardest time of the year. The humid and hot climate also affects people's appetite and spirit, and the appetite is not good, sticky and not refreshing.
The topic of health care in the three-volt day is naturally inseparable from "dispelling dampness", and when it comes to "dispelling dampness", it is almost indispensable to coix.
But "moisture" is not a fuel-saving lamp, it is not easy to drive it away, it is not enough to rely on coix, add 3 "helpers" to coix, hot summer, moisture detour, too suitable for three volt days to drink.
l Double bean coix kernel porridge
Ingredients: mung beans, red adzuki beans, coix kernels each, 1 small piece of tangerine peel. A little rock sugar.
Directions: Wash the mung beans, red adzuki beans and coix seeds, put them in the rice cooker, add a small piece of tangerine peel, add the appropriate amount of water, and select the "Cook Rice" button. Once cooked, add a little rock sugar to taste.
Isn't it simple? The material is simple, and the method is simple.
I usually wash these ingredients before going to bed at night, put them in the rice cooker, make an appointment, and get up together the next morning to drink double bean coix porridge.
If you feel that the taste of bean porridge is rough, or the spleen and stomach are weak, and the digestion of coarse grains is not good, you can change your approach.
After washing the material, put it in the soybean milk machine or wall breaker, add water according to the water level line, and select the "soybean milk" button. After the soy milk is beaten, add some rock sugar to taste. Beaten into soy milk, the taste is very delicate and silky, and it is not a problem to digest.
The climate in Guangxi is relatively humid and hot all year round, so I will often drink double bean coix porridge, sometimes boiled porridge, sometimes beaten soy milk.
Although the double bean coix porridge is simple, there are some details that need attention.
l Should coix be fried?
Coix kernels are cold, so many people are worried that eating coix kernels will be too cold. In fact, although coix kernels are cold food, but the nature is relatively peaceful, Li Shizhen said it, "sexual slowness, should be taken for a long time." The daily diet, generally eating more than ten or twenty grams of coix kernels, will not cause the body to suffer from cold.
It is also said that if the coix kernel is not fried, it has no effect on dampness. Such a statement is even more unfounded, in the "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Dietary Therapy Materia Medica", "Dietary Recipes for Living with The Breath" and other famous texts, it is not emphasized that coix seeds must be fried, and they are directly cooked porridge, cooked rice, or fried soup to drink.
For people with a weak spleen and stomach, it is better to fry the coix seeds first and then eat them.
The method of frying coix kernels is also exquisite, and the method recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" is: "Every one or two, stir-fry one or two glutinous rice together, and use glutinous rice." ”
Therefore, if the coix kernel is not fried, it does not affect its dampness effect. Ordinary people do not need to fry, people with weak spleen and stomach can be fried first and then used.
l The difference between red adzuki beans and red adzuki beans
Ordinary red adzuki beans are almost spherical in shape, the color is brighter, the taste is more delicate, it is easy to produce sand, and it is a good ingredient for making red bean paste.
Red adzuki beans are waist-shaped, slender, darker in color, rougher in taste, and relatively less sand, but the effect is better than ordinary red adzuki beans. When used for medicinal purposes, only red adzuki beans can be selected as food, and both can be used.
l Cantonese tangerine peel is good or Sichuan tangerine peel is good?
When cooking double bean coix porridge, add a small piece of tangerine peel, which can rationalize the phlegm and remove dampness better. Guangxi and Guangdong people often use tangerine peel to make soup and make tea, because the climate of Liangguang is humid, and the topic of "dispelling dampness" almost runs through all year round. There are many citrus and orange trees in Guangxi and Guangdong, which is a gift from nature to the two Cantonese people to deal with moisture.
The material of tangerine peel can be used in citrus peel and orange peel. Citrus peel and orange peel have similar effects, and can rationalize phlegm, but the nature is opposite, citrus peel is cool, orange peel is warm.
The most famous Guangdong Xinhui tangerine peel, belongs to the citrus peel, because the Lingnan region is hot and humid, in addition to getting rid of dampness, it is also necessary to clear the heat, and the cool citrus peel is obviously more suitable.
And Xinhui tangerine peel with the same name of Sichuan red orange peel, belongs to the orange peel, Sichuan belongs to the basin, the humidity is also very heavy, but more cold and wet, so, Sichuan people love to eat spicy hot pot, with pepper, pepper to remove cold and wet. Therefore, in Sichuan, it is more suitable to rationalize phlegm and use warm orange peel.
This is exactly "one side of the water and soil to feed the other side of the people". So, what tangerine peel should we use? Not divided by region, only according to the physique, the body cold to choose sichuan tangerine peel, the body heat to choose the broad tangerine peel can be. If the physique is not obviously biased, it is recommended to choose Sichuan tangerine peel, because mung beans, red adzuki beans, coix are cool in nature, and it is better to neutralize it with warm Sichuan tangerine peel.
l The older the tangerine peel, the better?
Tangerine peel, the reason why it is called "Chen" peel, is because it should be aged and then used. The reason why the orange peel has to go through the aging is because the smell of the new skin is stimulating and the nature is stronger. After aging, the odor gradually eases, the nature becomes more peaceful, and the tonic effect is better.
But it is not the better the older, the shorter the tangerine peel, the effect of rational qi is stronger, the aging tangerine peel, the effect of tonifying the spleen is better. To be precise, the newer the tangerine peel, the better the effect of rationalizing qi; the older the tangerine peel, the better the tonic effect.
What year of tangerine peel to choose, should be selected according to their own physical needs, do not blindly pursue the year. Even if it is a tonic tangerine peel, it is enough to choose 3 or 5 years.
l Conclusion
The best way to maintain wellness is in the kitchen. The weather of the three-volt day, steaming up and down, not only to get rid of dampness, but also to relieve the heat. Coix is a common method of dispelling dampness, if you add mung beans, red adzuki beans and tangerine peel, the summer heat, moisture are detoured, three volt days to drink, cool and refreshing.