First, the introduction of lotus leaf:
Lotus leaf, also known as lotus stem, lotus stem. Lotus is a perennial herb emergent plant, which was called hibiscus, lotus and lotus in ancient times. Lotus generally grows to a height of 150 cm and extends 3 meters horizontally. The maximum diameter of lotus leaf is 60 cm. The striking lotus can reach a maximum diameter of 20 cm. There are many different cultivars of lotus, ranging in color from snow white and yellow to reddish, deep yellow and deep red, and there are also different colors such as brocade.
Second, the efficacy and role of lotus leaves
Bitter taste, cool nature, heart and spleen meridians; The fragrance rises and falls; It has the effects of dispelling summer heat, promoting diuresis, invigorating spleen, strengthening yang, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, and can be used for treating summer heat, polydipsia, headache, dizziness, edema, anorexia, abdominal distension, diarrhea, leucorrhea, proctoptosis, hematemesis, epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, postpartum lochia and blood stasis.
1, reducing blood lipid
Nelumbine is an alkaloid extracted from lotus leaves, which can dilate blood vessels, clear away heat and relieve summer heat, and has the effect of lowering blood pressure.
2. Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases
Lotus leaf is a kind of food for both medicine and food. The rich flavonoids in lotus leaves are scavengers of most oxygen free radicals, which can improve the activity of SOD (superoxide dismutase) and reduce the production of MDA (lipid peroxide malondialdehyde) and 0x-LDL (oxidized low density lipoprotein). It can increase coronary flow and antagonize experimental myocardial infarction. It has protective effect on acute myocardial ischemia; Has obvious effect on treating coronary heart disease and hypertension. It also plays an important role in reducing diastolic blood pressure, preventing and treating arrhythmia and cardiovascular diseases.
Step 3 lose weight
Lotus leaf alkaloids have the function of reducing blood lipid and are often used to treat obesity in clinic. The weight loss principle of lotus leaf is to form a layer of fat isolation film on the human intestinal wall after taking it, which can effectively prevent the absorption of fat, lose weight fundamentally and control the rebound more effectively.
4. Qingxiangsheng Powder has the effects of clearing away heat, removing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, expelling wind and removing dampness.
Third, the nutritional value of lotus leaves.
Lotus leaf contains liensinine, protoliensinine, nuciferine and other alkaloids and vitamin C, in addition to citric acid, malic acid, gluconic acid, oxalic acid, succinic acid and other anti-mitotic alkaline components.
Fourth, the common way to eat lotus leaves
Fresh lotus leaf rice
Ingredients: 1-2 lotus leaves, steamed fish with soy sauce or soy sauce, oyster sauce and salt.
1. Wash the rice and soak it in clean water for half an hour; Then wash the lotus leaves with clear water.
2. Boil a pot of water, and then put the lotus leaves in when the water boils.
3. Spread the blanched lotus leaves in a small pot, add the soaked rice and a little water.
4. Fold the lotus leaf gently, put it on a plate, put it on a pot with cold water, cover the pot and steam.
5. Put a little oil in the pot. After heating, put the cut materials into a wok and stir fry. Add steamed fish soy sauce or soy sauce, oyster sauce and salt to taste.
6. Put the steamed rice into a wok and stir fry together. Spread the lotus leaf on the steamer, pour in the fried rice, and then slightly compact it.
7. After wrapping it, put it in a steamer. The steamer should be filled with some water to avoid drying, or put on a pot with cold water. Cover the pot and steam for 20 minutes.
Steamed meat with rice noodle and lotus leaf
Ingredients: pork belly 300g, fried rice flour 140g, leek 1 root, ginger 1 slice, 2 lotus leaves, sesame oil 1 teaspoon, soy sauce 1 teaspoon, cooking wine 1/2 teaspoons.
1, the meat is washed and cut into cubes, with a straight cut in the middle and skin attached.
2. Soak fresh lotus leaves in hot water, wash onions and ginger and shred them.
3. Put the soy sauce, sweet noodle sauce, sugar, cooking wine, shredded onion, shredded ginger, spiced powder and sesame oil into a pot with meat, mix well and marinate for 30 minutes.
4. Add the fried rice flour and mix well, wrap it in fresh lotus leaves and steam it in a cage for about 2 hours.
Lotus leaf lotus seed porridge
Materials: lotus leaf 1, rice 1 10g, glutinous rice 20g, water 1500ml, lotus seed 50g.
1. Wash lotus leaves, cut into large pieces, add water and cook over high fire, then turn off the fire and cook for 20 minutes.
2. When cooking lotus leaves, soak rice and lotus seeds in water.
3. Take out the lotus leaf and pour the soaked rice and lotus seeds into the lotus leaf water.
4. After the fire boils, cook for another 20 minutes.
Lotus leaf japonica rice porridge
Materials: japonica rice 100g, lotus leaf 30g, rock sugar 20g, alum 2g.
1, washed japonica rice, soaked in cold water for half an hour, taken out and drained; Wash the lotus leaf and tear it in half; Alum is dissolved in a little water.
2. Put the glutinous rice and cold water into the pot, first boil it with high fire, and then cook it with low fire for about 20 minutes.
3. When the rice grains ripen quickly, sprinkle half a lotus leaf and soak it in the porridge with alum water (green protection), and cover the other half with lotus leaf.
4. Continue to simmer for 15 minutes, remove the lotus leaves, add rock sugar to taste, and serve.
Mushroom lotus leaf slimming soup
Ingredients: 2 mushrooms, lotus leaf 1.
Practice: Wash the mushrooms and lotus leaves first, then put the mushrooms in the pot, add a bowl of water, boil the water, put the lotus leaves in and cook together for 5 minutes, and add salt.
He Xiang dong po fish
Ingredients: 500g herring, pork belly, a lotus leaf, onion, ginger, salt, chicken essence, pepper, soy sauce, sugar, delicious, salad oil.
1. Wash the middle part of herring, fry it in oil pan until golden brown, and take it out; Lotus leaves are boiled in water.
2. Heat the oil pan, add onion and ginger slices, stir fry, add fish slices and pork belly, and marinate with the remaining seasoning.
When the fish is delicious and juicy, pour it into a plate with lotus leaves.