It's summer, tropical people like us! 35 degrees is a common occurrence. I can't eat hot things, such as hot pot and teppanyaki. So what is the pursuit of cold? For me, just like my girlfriend, I want to eat delicious food. I like it. The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and people's appetite is getting worse. Even if they are hungry, they don't want to eat, which will do some harm to their health. In fact, eating cold salad in hot weather is not only good for their health, but also can promote gastrointestinal digestion and increase appetite.

Then let me tell you the best cold dish I know! The premise is that I like eating!

Sauced cucumber shreds

Cucumber is a refreshing cold salad, with cucumber as the main ingredient. The taste is crisp and refreshing, and the operation is simple. Beauty beauty is the best food to replenish water in summer, with rich nutritional value, and its water content is the highest among all foods. Cucumber contains picroside, which has certain anticancer effect. In addition, cucumber is cool and has the effects of clearing heat, diuresis and detoxification. Cucumber is very suitable for cold salad, such as cucumber mixed with fungus and garlic. Cold cucumber is a refreshing home-cooked cold salad with cucumber as the main raw material, which has a crisp and refreshing taste, simple operation and rich nutritional value.

So what should we do?

Wash the cucumber, peel it with a plane, cut it into small pieces and put it in a bowl. At the same time, add garlic slices, shred Chili peppers and marinate with salt for about 20 minutes.

2. After the cucumber becomes soft, drain the salt water, add appropriate amount of sesame oil, sugar, vinegar and monosodium glutamate, and mix well.

If you want to cook better, there is a little secret!

1, adding coriander will be better;

2. If you like heavy taste, you can add more garlic and Laoganma; ?

If you like spicy food, you can add some fresh pepper.

4, this old godmother and fried peanuts are the secret recipe! It is essential! You can add more peanuts, the more the more fragrant!

Cold lotus root slices

Cold lotus root slices are a classic snack of Han nationality and belong to Zhejiang cuisine. The main ingredient is lotus root, which is delicious, refreshing and greasy, appetizing and delicious. First, wash the lotus root, peel it, cut it into pieces, scald it with boiling water, control the moisture, and put it in a plate. Add chopped green onion, shredded ginger, sliced garlic, soy sauce, refined salt and monosodium glutamate into lotus root slices and mix well.

Lotus root has high iron content and contains a lot of vitamin C and dietary fiber. Raw food can promote fluid production to quench thirst, clear away heat and relieve annoyance, cooked food can nourish the stomach to help digestion, strengthen the heart to stop diarrhea, and summer food can supplement nutrition to cure fever and thirst.

Special effects of lotus root slices

1. Eating lotus root can nourish yin and clear away heat, moisten dryness and quench thirst, and clear the heart and soothe the nerves. Peanut contains vitamin E and a certain amount of zinc, which can enhance memory, resist aging, delay the decline of brain function and moisturize skin. The combination of lotus root and peanut is delicious and nutritious. Long-term consumption can clear away heat, remove acne and moisturize skin. Lotus root can keep facial luster, which is beneficial to enriching blood and promoting granulation.

Chinese medicine believes that lotus root is edible and medicinal. Raw food can cool blood and dissipate blood stasis, while cooked food can nourish the heart and kidney, replenish the deficiency of five internal organs, strengthen bones and muscles, nourish yin and nourish blood. At the same time, it can also induce diuresis and relax bowels, and help to expel wastes and toxins from the body.

Eating these two cold dishes in summer has a good effect. Maybe you don't like it, but! For the body, it is very suitable for us to eat. You can also do it yourself, yes!