Osmanthus and Lotus Seeds

Recipe Name

Life-Prolonging Recipes of "Chinese Longevity Recipe" (7) Sleep aid and longevity--Osmanthus and Lotus Seeds

Basic features

Strengthen the spleen, stop diarrhea, nourish the heart and calm the mind

Basic ingredients

100 grams of dried lotus seeds, 50 grams each of fresh osmanthus and white sugar. 150 grams of glutinous rice flour, 5 grams each of edible alkali, sugar Jiahua, and cooked sesame seeds.

Introduction

Everyone needs sleep every day, and most people sleep for more than 1/3 of their lives.

Sleep is very important to human health. Adequate sleep (about 8 hours a day) can eliminate fatigue and restore physical strength; protect the brain, restore energy, make people energetic, think quickly, and work efficiently; enhance immunity Strength, improve disease resistance, rehabilitate the body; promote children's growth and development (plasma growth hormone can maintain high levels for several hours during sleep, and the growth rate is accelerated); protect the human heart; accelerate skin regeneration, which is beneficial to skin beauty; delay aging, Promotes longevity.

Latest research shows that lack of sleep is as serious a threat to health as poor eating habits and lack of exercise. Lack of sleep, or not getting enough sleep during normal sleep times, can seriously harm human health. A study by the Sleep Laboratory of the University of Chicago in the United States confirmed that mice that did not get sleep showed nervousness, irritability, decreased body temperature, and weight loss, and died on the 17th day. This shows that sleep is one of the most important factors in life.

Researchers pointed out that if you don’t eat, you can live for 20 days; without drinking water, you can live for 7 days; without sleeping, you can only live for 5 days. So for people, sleep is more important than eating. People with poor sleep experience a significant decline in intelligence and memory, a sallow complexion, listlessness, and poor immunity. Long-term sleep disorders (insomnia or light sleep) not only reduce work efficiency, but can also lead to mental illnesses such as high blood pressure, coronary heart disease, stroke, digestive system diseases, and depression. The Australian Social Survey Center's survey results on the health status of some urban residents show that due to lack of sleep, many women begin to lose hair early, lose facial luster, loose muscles, premature wrinkles, small eyes, premature curvature of the back, and sagging breasts and lower abdomen. , neurasthenia, easily angry. Another study confirmed that if the quality of sleep is not high in one day, 76% of people's immunity will drop significantly the next day, and the aging rate of those who often suffer from insomnia is 2.5-3 times that of normal people. It can be seen that only by maintaining adequate and high-quality sleep can people be energetic, healthy and longevity.

Research shows that some foods have good hypnotic effects. For example, milk contains tryptophan, which makes the human body feel tired. Insomniacs can fall asleep quickly by drinking a cup of hot milk before going to bed. The tryptophan content in millet porridge and starch is very high. After eating, it can increase the tryptophan content in the human brain and have a hypnotic effect. Honey contains more substances that have a nutritional effect on brain cells. It not only provides a heat source for the human body, but also has a good sleeping effect. Taking 50 grams of honey with warm water before going to bed can have a good sleeping effect. Daylily contains more amino acids, phosphorus, calcium, vitamins and other substances. Regular consumption of daylily has better brain-building and sleep-promoting effects. In addition, jujubes, walnuts, mulberry seeds, longmian, lilies, lettuce and animal hearts also have good sleep-promoting effects.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the heart governs the blood vessels and the mind. If the heart blood is sufficient, sleep will be normal. If the heart blood is insufficient, the heart will be restless and it will be difficult to sleep day and night. Therefore, most Chinese herbal medicines that can nourish the heart and calm the nerves have a sleep-promoting effect, such as jujube seeds, cypress seeds, lily, etc. If sleep-aiding foods and Chinese herbal medicines are combined into a meal, the soothing and sleep-promoting effect will be even better.

Preparation method

First wash the fresh osmanthus and put it on a plate; put water in the pot and bring to a boil. Add alkali to dissolve it, then add the dried lotus seeds and stir constantly. When you see that the skin of the lotus seeds is peeling off and the water color is red, you can pour out the water in the pot and rinse it with clean water. Then use a toothpick to poke out the lotus core, wash it and dry it, put it in a bowl, add water and steam it over high heat for 20 minutes. Take out and let cool; first pick the plump lotus seeds and put them in the glutinous rice flour, so that the surface of the lotus seeds is evenly coated with a layer of glutinous rice flour, then put it into a colander and blanch it in a boiling water pot for 3 times in a row to make the flour stick to the lotus seeds. , pour glutinous rice flour into the flour, then blanch in a pot of boiling water so that the outer layer of the lotus seeds is wrapped in a thicker powder coating and ready for frying. Heat the wok, add oil and heat until it is 70% hot. Add the lotus seeds covered with rice flour and fry them. Keep turning them with a small hand spoon while frying. When they turn golden brown, take them out to control the oil. Leave the bottom oil in the wok and add sugar and water. , stir evenly continuously with a hand spoon. When the sugar dissolves into a slurry and is light yellow in color and slightly sticky and stringy, add sugared osmanthus, then add fried crispy lotus seeds, push gently with a hand spoon and sprinkle Add cooked sesame seeds and fresh osmanthus flowers to a large flat plate that has been greased with oil.

Usage

Consume as desired.