Tomato and watermelon soup is a delicacy made from tomatoes and watermelon.

Ingredients

1 tomato

Half watermelon

Adequate amount of grated ginger

Olive oil, salt, pepper Appropriate amount of powder

Method

1. Cut tomatoes and watermelon into 2cm square and 5mm thick dices.

2. Fry the watermelon with olive oil. After stir-frying for a while, add appropriate amount of water;

3. Boil the water, cook the watermelon, and add the tomatoes. After boiling, add appropriate amount of salt and pepper to taste.

Nutritional analysis:

According to the definition of the Five Elements Theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, red is fire, which enters the heart and replenishes qi and blood. Because the summer heat causes excessive sweating and lack of nutrition, it will "damage the heart yin" , so you should nourish your mind in summer and choose red foods, such as tomatoes. Tomatoes are rich in carotene, multiple vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iodine and other elements. They also contain protein, sugars, organic acids, cellulose, etc. Tomatoes are rich in antioxidants, which have obvious beautifying and anti-wrinkle effects. In addition, they can also produce fluid, quench thirst, and strengthen the stomach and digestion.

When tomatoes are cooked and eaten, the content of lycopene and other antioxidants will increase significantly. Lycopene has a protective effect on the cardiovascular system, has unique oxidizing ability, protects cells in the body, and deoxidizes the body. RNA and immune genes are protected from damage, thereby reducing the risk of heart disease.

Water melon has more vitamin C, glucose and other nutrients, among which the calcium content is extremely high. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that water melon has the effect of clearing away heat and diuresis, relieving restlessness and quenching thirst.

This soup uses red heart-nourishing ingredients tomatoes and heat-clearing water melon. It is refreshing and delicious, and has a good effect on health preservation in summer.

Traditional Chinese medicine says that the five colors enter the five internal organs, and the foods of the five colors nourish the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys respectively. This theory of "five colors entering the five internal organs" first came from the "Huangdi Neijing"