In Guangdong, especially in the Pearl River Delta, almost every household cooks summer soup in summer or hot weather. Old wax gourd and fresh lotus leaf soup for relieving summer heat is a traditional diet soup for relieving summer heat in Guangdong. It is mainly composed of old wax gourd, fresh lotus leaf and adzuki bean.

2, stir-fried grass tofu

The custom in Wenzhou in summer is to stir-fry grass tofu. Grass tofu refers to tofu made from Cao Xian, licorice, Prunella vulgaris, chrysanthemum, honeysuckle and other Chinese herbal medicines, which can be eaten after cooling, cool and detoxify, promote fluid production and quench thirst. In the past, many families could cook for themselves.

Step 3 eat chicken

Southerners have the habit of eating chicken in summer. There is a traditional folk tonic method, which is to eat broilers in summer. Broilers contain certain growth hormone, which is beneficial to children in growth and development period and middle-aged and elderly people with decreased hormone level. When cooking chicken, add a proper amount of ginger to adjust the temperature difference between inside and outside the human body in summer, so that the human body can adapt to the external environment and play a role in eliminating dampness and strengthening the body.