1, summer recipes
Bitter gourd and cold bamboo shoots. Materials: bitter gourd 80- 100g, bamboo shoots 80- 100g, dried lotus leaf 5g. Practice: Slice bitter gourd, cut bamboo shoots into pieces, blanch bitter gourd in a pot, and then cook bamboo shoots for later use. Boil the dried lotus leaves for about 20-30 minutes, then filter the lotus leaf residue and take the juice. Mix lotus leaf juice, vinegar, soy sauce and salt to make seasoning, and pour it on bitter gourd and bamboo shoots. Efficacy: reducing fat, cooling and annealing, relieving summer heat.
Bitter gourd preserved egg crucian carp soup. Ingredients: 2 bitter melons, preserved eggs 1, crucian carp 1 kg. Practice: Wash bitter gourd, remove seeds and cut into pieces; Wash preserved eggs, shell and cut into pieces; Wash the slaughtered crucian carp, scrape off the black membrane in the abdomen and drain the water. When the pot is hot, put two spoonfuls of oil, fry the crucian carp on both sides until slightly yellow, pour in six bowls of water and ginger slices, and cook for 20 minutes on medium heat.
2. Drink tea in summer
Chenpi tea: Wash 10g tangerine peel, tear it into small pieces, put it into a teacup, pour it in boiling water, cover the cup and stew for about 10 minute, then remove the residue and add a little sugar. It's best to put it in the refrigerator and ice it when it's a little cooler. Drinking this kind of tea regularly can not only relieve summer heat, but also relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and strengthen stomach.
Mulberry tea: Put Mulberry leaves, Chrysanthemum morifolium each 10g, and Glycyrrhiza uralensis 3g into a pot, then remove the leaves and add a small amount of white sugar to make mulberry tea.
3. Fruits that get cold in summer
Strawberry Strawberry is rich in vitamins C, B, calcium, phosphorus and potassium, and it still occupies a place in plant medicine. Its leaves can be used as astringent after boiling, and can be used to treat diarrhea, fever, oral ulcer and gum disease.
Lemon. Summer is hot and humid, and many people are very tired. After working or studying for a long time, you often have a bad appetite. Drinking a cup of lemon soaked in water, the fresh and sour taste makes people feel refreshed and can open their appetite.