Bird's nest is a filament secreted by the swiftlet, which contains salivary acid also known as bird's nest acid can enhance immunity, so that bacteria are not easy to attach to the mucous membrane of the respiratory system, bird's nest is a health care nutritious food, men and women can eat. Here's how to eat bird's nest.

Effects of Bird's Nest

Nourishing Yin and moistening the lungs to make up for the dryness; nourishing the skin and beauty to make the panel smooth, elastic and glossy; benefiting from the qi and tonifying the middle to promote the blood to return to the circle to enhance the digestion of the stomach and the 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 conditions. 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 and sweet.

Bird's nest can be used in the lung, stomach and kidney meridians.

From the efficacy point of view, bird's nest has five major effects: nourishing yin, moisturizing mania, benefiting qi, tonifying the middle, and nourishing the face.

How to eat bird's nest

I. Bird's nest with rock sugar

Materials: 8 grams of dried bird's nest for 2 people, 4 grams of rock sugar

Practice:

Weigh the amount of bird's nest with a measuring scale, and it's best for adults to consume 3-5 grams of bird's nest for each serving, don't be greedy, and eat twice a week in general.

Soak the dried bird's nest in purified water for 1 to 3 hours, place it in a natural ventilation area, and observe the expansion of the bird's nest.

When the bird's nest is soft and swollen, gently clip out the small hairs with a small ingot.

After picking out the hairs, filter and clean the bird's nest with purified water for one to two times.

After cleaning, carefully tear the bird's nest into thin strips according to the texture, and crush the bird's head with your fingers as much as possible.

Pour the processed bird's nest into the stewing pot, add pure water to soak through the bird's nest, slightly higher than 1cm of water is preferred.

Put the lid on, put it in a steamer, and simmer it over water for 2 hours, with the surface showing a small amount of foam, a little bit of boiling, sticky feeling, and the smell of egg whites as the standard for good steaming.

When stewing, turn the rock sugar into rock sugar water, and mix it into the bird's nest when it comes out of the pot.

Two, papaya stewed bird's nest

Materials: fresh cooked papaya 1/4 to 1/2 depending on the size of the bird's nest, bird's nest calendars 30 to 50 grams, 50 grams of rock sugar.

Practice:

Wash the skin of papaya, cut it open with a knife, remove the core and scoop out the flesh with a spoon. Soak the bird's nest in water for about 30 minutes, then pour off the soaked water and add water again to soak the bird's nest clean for one and a half hours, then remove the bird's nest and put it into the stewing pot with the papaya meat. At the same time with the second soaked bird's nest of water to boil dissolved rock sugar, while hot, poured into the bird's nest, papaya meat has been held in the stewing pot, cover, simmer for two hours, to be warm and drink.

Three, aphrodisiac eating

Dry bird's nest 3 grams, 1 gram of ginseng, can be put the right amount of rock sugar to taste, the pot of water stewed for half an hour after consumption.

Bird's Nest Buying Tips

One is to fix the origin: the place where swiftlet grows affects the quality of the bird's nest, the place of origin is industrialized, the air pollution is serious, the more the bird's nest is black, the more the impurities such as dust, the higher the rainfall of the place of origin and the higher the area covered by the forest, the better the bird's nest is, the higher the quality of the bird's nest is. The two most famous domestic brands of edible-birdnest are from the above mentioned origins.

The second thing to look for is the hair of the bird's nest: Bird's nests harvested at different times of the year have different hairs. Thirdly, it is important to see whether the bird's nest is clean or not: the less hairy it is, the better.

Fourth is to pick the type of bird's nest: the finer the bird's nest is, the better it is.

Fifthly, it is important to see if the bird's nest is dry and light: dry and light with little water is the best. Quality bird's nests should be dry to the touch. The wetter bird's nests have more water and will become moldy if not stored properly.