Nutritional value of lotus root;
1. Clearing heat and cooling blood: Lotus root is cold, which has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood and can be used to treat fever; Lotus root is sweet and light, which is especially beneficial to people with fever, thirst, epistaxis and hemoptysis.
2. Purging bowels and stopping diarrhea, invigorating spleen and appetizing: Lotus root contains mucin and dietary fiber, which can be combined with cholate in human body, cholesterol and triglyceride in food, so that it can be discharged from feces, thereby reducing the absorption of lipids.
Lotus root gives off a unique fragrance, and also contains tannin, which has certain functions of invigorating spleen, stopping diarrhea, stimulating appetite, promoting digestion, stimulating appetite and strengthening the body, and is beneficial to the recovery of people with poor appetite.
3. Nourishing blood and promoting granulation: Lotus root has high nutritional value, is rich in trace elements such as iron and calcium, and is rich in plant protein, vitamins and starch, which has obvious functions of invigorating qi and blood and enhancing human immunity. Therefore, Chinese medicine calls it: "the Lord nourishes the spirit, benefiting qi and tonifying deficiency."
4. Hemostasis and blood stasis: Lotus root contains a lot of tannic acid, which has the effect of contracting blood vessels and can be used to stop bleeding. Lotus root can also cool blood and disperse blood. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can stop bleeding without leaving blood stasis, which is a good diet for fever.
Cuisine and its efficacy: Anhui cuisine
Raw materials for stir-frying lotus root slices with lotus seeds;
Ingredients: Lotus seed 1/2 cups of lotus root 1/2 Jin of onion, appropriate amount of pepper slices (1) water 1 2 cups of salt, 2 tsps of sugar 1/3 tsps of pepper, 2 tsps of sesame oil 1/2 tsps.
Teach you how to cook lotus seed fried lotus root slices, and how to cook lotus seed fried lotus root slices is delicious.
(1) Wash the lotus seeds, add a pot of water to boil for 20 ~ 25 minutes, and take them out for later use. Wash lotus root and cut it into 0.5 cm thin slices for later use.
& lt(2) Stir-fry shallots and pepper slices in a wok, then stir-fry lotus root slices until they are 8 minutes cooked, add 1 glass of water, add seasoning (2) and lotus seeds after boiling, stir-fry together, cover the pot and simmer for 3-5 minutes.
I think everyone knows enough about this method of frying lotus root slices. Usually, lotus root has high nutritional value, especially helpful to human body, reducing hypertension, preventing cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and preventing senile diseases.