Practice:
Bird's nest is moistened with lukewarm water, picking off impurities and fluff, and washed with water.
Bird's nests are put together in a pot of water, the martial arts fire after boiling, change the fire into porridge, sweet porridge or salty porridge can be adjusted.
Effects:
To strengthen the spleen and lungs, moisturizing and nourishing the skin.
Indications:
For spleen deficiency, blood, dry skin, facial wrinkles; or lung and kidney yin deficiency, yin deficiency, fire of hot flashes, dry cough; or weak labor, weak stomach, little food; or tuberculosis cough shortness of breath.
Notes:
This porridge is from "Tonic". Bird's nest congee can be used as a common food for nourishing the face and as an auxiliary treatment food for moisturizing the dryness of the lungs. Bird's nest is the saliva or saliva and feathers of the swiftlet and its fellow bird species mixed with the bird's nest nesting, sweet taste, flat; function to nourish the lungs and stomach of the yin, tonifying the middle and benefit the qi, it is complementary but not dry, moist but not greasy, used to regulate the weak and weak of the good, the "Materia Medica Fengyuan" said that it can be "adjusted to compensate for the deficiency of the labor, the treatment of coughs and red phlegm." The Materia Medica Fung Yuen says that it can "regulate deficiency, cure cough and red phlegm." The Materia Medica Fung Yuen says that it "is the holy medicine for regulating deficiency and labor." Since ancient times, bird's nest is a common product for people's beauty care. Sticky rice is sweet and flat in nature, and has the effect of smoothing stomach qi, assisting digestion and generating liquid. Bird's nest and sticky rice together can strengthen the spleen and help digestion, nourish the lungs, nourish the yin and moisturize the skin, and make people's skin lubricated and long-lasting.
Notes and contraindications:
Sweet porridge is not suitable for those who are full of phlegm and dampness.
Raw materials: 100 grams of rice, 300 grams of water, a white swallow.
Production: 1, rice picking debris, wash clean. Bird's nest soak 4-8 hours.
2, the pot on the fire, into the rice and water, high-fire boil, switch to a small fire to simmer for 30 minutes or so, to the rice grains rise open, can be poured into the milk and stir, into the nest of the factory special white bird's nest, and continue to use a small fire to simmer for 20-30 minutes to the rice grains viscous, overflowing with the smell of milk is ready.
3, can be eaten directly, can also add sugar or salt, become different flavors of milk porridge.
The porridge can be stewed as needed, the following is the reference time to put in the House of Swallows bird's nests before stewing, if the bird's nests are stewed for a long time, you can also stew the bird's nests first, and then put them in the porridge 5 minutes before stewing:
180-240 minutes: Cave White Bird's Nest (need to be de-feathered and de-contaminated and washed again and again)
90 minutes: Premium, First Grade, and Second Grade Blood Bird's Nests; First Grade, and Second Grade Blood Bird's Nest Strips; Special Golden Bird's Nest
60 mins: Crushed Blood Bird's Nest; Special Yellow Bird's Nest
45 mins: White Bird's Nest
30-45 mins: Special White Bird's Nest, First Grade, Second Grade White Bird's Nest, First Grade, Second Grade White Bird's Nest, Triangular White Bird's Nest, Hairy White Bird's Nest (need to be picked up)
20-30 mins: White Bird's Nest, Crushed White Bird's Nest
These are the most important ingredients of the White Bird's Nest, as it is the first time that you are having a meal that you are not sure about. Or if you are recovering from a minor illness, or if you want to eat lighter and balance your intestines during vacation, you may want to have a bowl of Bird's Nest Fish Porridge.
Steam the flesh of a carp (grass carp), about 150 grams, add 2 slices of ginger, green onion, a little oil and salt, and then de-bone it to make fish paste.
Bird's nest 15 to 20 grams, soaked and cleaned; 50 grams of rice. 3 to 4 rice bowls of water boil rolled into the bird's nest and rice, slow cooking about one and a half hours.
After the bird's nest congee is ready, add the prepared fish paste and a little coriander. This congee is suitable for all ages, as long as the fish paste is well de-boned. Bird's nest should be made of house bird's nest. [1]
Stewing Method
The best way to cook bird's nests is to simmer them in water over a moderate heat, but the preparation beforehand is also important.
To wash the bird's nest, the main thing is to soak it. At the beginning of the soaking 1-2 hours of water is to be poured out, during which time the bird's nest should be cleaned of hair and other debris; and then soaked in water for another 1-2 hours, the amount of water used for soaking at this time should be controlled, and generally to the surface of the bird's nest a little bit more than is already enough. Lastly, the soaked water should be simmered in water with a gentle flame to preserve the original flavor and nutrition of the bird's nest.
When you are in a hurry to use the bird's nest, you can also soak it in warm water and use it within 30-40 minutes, however, this quick method is not suitable for Blood Bird's Nest.
The duration of the cleansing process is determined by two factors. First, it depends on the quality of the bird's nest itself, depending on the thickness, dryness and humidity of the bird's nest, usually 6-8 hours is enough, if it is a blood bird's nest, it will take twice as long; second, it depends on the physical condition of the person, in order to facilitate the absorption of the bird's nest, those who have a weaker body, such as the elderly and the sick, the stewing of the bird's nest should be more than the regular one hour, i.e., 7-9 hours. The second is that it depends on the person's physical condition.
It is best when the finished product is soft, smooth and elastic, crystal clear, and soft to the touch.
Effects of Bird's Nest
The Chinese medicine believes that bird's nest can nourish yin and moisten dryness, benefit the qi and tonify the middle, cure deficiency, cough, phlegm and wheezing, hemoptysis, and long diarrhea, which is suitable for patients with weakness, malnutrition, long diarrhea and long malaria, phlegmatic coughing, chronic bronchitis in the elderly, bronchial dilatation, emphysema, pulmonary tuberculosis, hemoptysis, hemoptysis, and stomach ache. Modern medicine has found that bird's nest can promote immune function and has the effect of delaying human aging and prolonging life.
Overall, bird's nest has the following effects:
Nourishing yin and moistening the lungs without drying them; nourishing the skin to make it smooth, elastic and lustrous; benefiting the qi and nourishing the middle to promote blood circulation, and enhancing the stomach's digestive and intestinal absorption power.
Treatment of lung yin deficiency, cough, night sweating, hemoptysis, etc.; treatment of gastric qi deficiency, gastric yin deficiency caused by regurgitation, dry vomiting, etc.; treatment of qi deficiency, excessive sweating, urination and other diseases. As a natural nourishing food, bird's nest can be consumed by both men and women of all ages.
From the point of view of flavor, bird's nest is flat in nature and sweet in taste.