[Stewing menu] Method for stewing water snake with kapok

This year has experienced several cold winters. Although the temperature has gradually picked up, the continuous spring rain has been going on. Today's soup should choose kapok stewed water snake.

Kapok is a kind of dampness-removing medicine that old Cantonese are very familiar with. It is the flower of kapok, a kapok plant, which is spread all over southern Guangdong and is full of trees at present. It tastes cool, sweet and light, and has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis and treating diarrhea. Guangdong folks often call it lentil glutinous rice porridge, which has the effect of eliminating dampness and promoting diuresis. Now it is used to stew water snakes, which has the functions of eliminating dampness and detoxifying, drying dampness and lethargy, and benefiting the spleen and stomach. This stew is delicious with round meat and lean pork.

Ingredients: kapok 12g, round meat 15g, water snake meat 400g, lean pork 150g, and 3 slices of ginger.

Cooking: wash kapok and round meat separately and soak them slightly; Water snake meat and lean pork are washed separately, cut into pieces, boiled in boiling water for a while, and then washed (that is, "flying water") Put it in a saucepan with ginger, add 1500ml (6 bowls) of cold boiled water and stew for 3 hours. When drinking, adjust the right amount of salt for 3 ~ 4 people. Pick water snake meat and lean pork mixed with soy sauce for dinner.

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As the saying goes, "Eat bitterness in summer to clear the heart", and Chinese medicine also believes that bitterness plays a significant role in regulating the balance of Yin and Yang, especially in this hot summer, the benefits of eating more bitterness are by no means weaker than the cold and sweet food that is often eaten. Bitter food in soup is bitter gourd, which is cold and bitter in nature and has the effects of clearing away summer heat, clearing away heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying. With it, cooking is convenient, and it has the effects of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, diuresis and dehumidification, improving eyesight and detoxifying.

Ingredients: 500 grams of bitter gourd, kapok (dried, available in Chinese medicine shops), 450 grams of beef and 3 slices of ginger.

Cooking: Wash bitter gourd, cut off the pulp, and then slice; Wash kapok and soak it; Wash beef and slice it. First, add1750ml of water (7 bowls of water) and ginger to the casserole. After the fire boils, add bitter gourd and kapok, change to medium heat for 45 minutes, add beef and appropriate amount of salt and oil, and bring to a slight boil until the beef slices are just cooked. This amount is 3-4 servings, and beef can be served with meals.