It’s easy to lose your appetite when it’s hot in the summer, and you seem to feel drowsy. Your stomach is empty and you don’t want to eat. These are normal conditions in summer. Another reason is because you don’t eat these delicacies. Take a look below
These appetizers will probably make your mouth water.
01. Liangpi As early as the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao's Qianjin Yaofang mentioned Xin Zhufen, that is, spicy food can help dissipate heat in the body.
Eating some spicy food in summer can not only help appetite and digestion, but also remove moisture from the body.
Cool and refreshing Liangpi is an appetizing and enjoyable snack to relieve the heat.
Soft and smooth cold skin, elastic gluten, refreshing cucumber shreds, crispy peanuts... take a bite, the spicy and oily cold skin will instantly conquer your taste buds and drive away the summer heat!
02 Shredded wild rice eel I highly recommend this super appetizing shredded wild rice eel. It is a magical tool for relieving summer heat in the Jiangnan area. The eel is the fattest in summer and nourishes qi and blood. Wild rice is in season. It can relieve heat and toxins, relieve polydipsia, and facilitate bowel movements.
, very suitable for consumption in summer when you sweat a lot and consume a lot.
The soft, glutinous and fragrant eel shreds, paired with the refreshing and crispy wild rice, collide with each other on the tip of the tongue, leaving a mouthful of fragrance. Believe me, you will not be able to help but eat an extra bowl of rice~ 03 Bitter Melon Stuffed As the saying goes, Xiaoman endures hardship, and summer
If you don’t suffer from heat stroke, the Xiaoman Festival (May 20) is coming soon. Eating some bitter food can promote appetite and digestion.
Steamed stuffed bitter melon is salty, crispy and tender, light and refreshing. The bitter melon is slightly bitter and fragrant. It not only has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, improving eyesight and reducing internal heat, appetizing and digesting, but also because it is a steamed vegetable, it can warm the stomach and replenish qi.
Through brewing, the bitterness of bitter melon is reduced, making it easier to drink.
Section 04: Melon, Eyebrows, Beans, Chicken Feet Soup. Hot weather always makes people feel wet, tired, and uncomfortable walking. You might as well learn from the Cantonese people who are most particular about drinking soup according to the weather and keeping healthy.
There are countless Cantonese soups to relieve the heat and appetize, but the pumpkin, eyebrow, bean and chicken feet soup is indispensable.
The health-preserving effects of zucchini are like those of winter melon, but without the cold-toxicity; eyebrow beans can strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, and also have the effect of relieving summer heat; chicken feet can strengthen muscles and bones, beautify skin, and this soup is moist and not greasy. Take a sip to relieve summer heat and promote body fluids.
Refreshing~ 05 Lotus leaf porridge Lotus leaf porridge is a kind of porridge that I like to drink in summer. When you pick up the bowl, you can smell the faint fragrance of lotus. After taking a sip, the fragrance refreshes your nose and makes you feel even more happy.
The reason it has this flavor is because some dried lotus leaves are added during cooking.
Lotus leaf has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, raising yang energy, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. If you have not had a good appetite recently, put the lotus leaf into the porridge and cook it together.
Although it is just a simple action, the taste you get will be amazing.
For many people, the best way to cope with the hot sauna days is to stay at home, with air conditioning, WiFi and good food to accompany them.