Peppermint soup:
Peppermint leaves clean, chopped, blanched with boiling water, put a little salt, sesame oil, have a refreshing, detoxifying effect.
Mint herbal tea:
Fresh mint clean, boiling water, put the right amount of sugar, natural cooling, daily service 3-5 cups. Naturally cool and relieve the summer heat, the body is comfortable, energy multiplied.
Peppermint porridge:
Peppermint 15 grams of decoction, put 60 grams of polished round-grained rice to cook porridge, to be porridge will be into the right amount of rock sugar, and then boiled can be used for breakfast and dinner served warm.
Peppermint ice:
4 bowls of water to boiling, add mint boil for 5 minutes, the mint water into the ice grid, made of ice particles, sore throat or dry mouth when the ice particles put in the mouth to chew. Summer temperatures are high, people often go in and out of the cold place, it is easy to suffer from colds. To prevent and control colds, but also want to benefit the throat to produce fluids, it is best to consume mint ice.
Peppermint tea:
Peppermint tea to drink, brewing method with the same ordinary tea, you can use the mint in the menthol, menthyl ketone wind clearing effect, and make tea to drink with a sense of coolness, it is a good medicine to clear the heat and diuretic.
Peppermint wine:
Prepare 10 grams of peppermint oil, 50 milliliters of rice wine, 0.05 liters of yellow wine, peppermint oil and rice wine, yellow wine together, morning and evening on an empty stomach to drink can be, there is a heat, detoxification, stomach, clearing the pharynx of the efficacy.
Gold and silver mint tea:
The mint, honeysuckle with boiling water, cover and smother for 5 minutes, add honey can be.
Application: prickly heat
Reminder: mint flavor is cool, not to be taken for a long time.
Anti-fatigue drink: fresh combination of cucumber-soybean
Time required: 5 minutes
Ingredients (for four people): one cucumber, 1/2 liter of soybean milk, 3 sprigs of mint
Preparation:
1. Peel the cucumber. Put it in a chopper and grate it.
2. Add soy milk, selected mint leaves. Stir.
3, even if serving.
Therapeutic method
Mint has medical and edible dual function, the main edible parts of the stem and leaves, but also can be squeezed juice service. In food, mint can be used as a flavoring agent, but also as a spice, but also with wine, tea and so on.
Mint porridge
30 grams of fresh mint or 15 grams of dried, 1 liter of water, decocted into about 0.5 liters over medium heat, cooled mint and leave the juice. With 150 grams of stalked rice porridge, when the porridge will be ready, add mint soup and a little rock sugar, boiling can be.
Effects: Refreshing, wind dispersal, improve appetite, help digestion.
Tofu with mint
Tofu 2 blocks, 50 grams of fresh mint, 3 fresh onions, add 2 bowls of water and fry until the water is reduced by half, then eat it while it is still hot.
Effects: can treat cold nasal congestion, sneezing, runny nose and other conditions.
Shredded chicken with mint
150 grams of chicken breast, cut into thin shreds, add egg white, starch, fine salt and mix well for use. 150 grams of mint stalks washed, cut into the same section. The oil in the pan burned to 5 into the heat, will be mixed with the chicken wire into the oil over a little. Another pan, add oil, the next onion and ginger, add wine, mint stalks, shredded chicken, salt, monosodium glutamate slightly fried, dripping pepper oil can be.
Effects: To reduce fire and relieve summer heat.
Mint cake
Take 500 grams of glutinous rice, mung beans, 15 grams of mint, 25 grams of sugar, a little cinnamon. First, cook the mung beans until rotten, then add sugar, cinnamon and chopped mint leaves to make a filling. Stew the glutinous rice, put it into the box to cool, then use the glutinous rice to wrap the bean paste filling, and flatten it with a wooden mallet.
Effects: Cooling, dispersing wind and heat, clearing the throat.
Fresh mint crucian carp soup
Live crucian carp 1, dissected and cleaned, boiled in water, add 1 white onion, ginger 1 piece, fresh mint 20 grams, water can be put on the boiling seasonings and oil salt, soup meat eaten together. Eat 1 time a day for 3 to 5 days.
Effects: can cure pediatric chronic cough.
Mint soup
Wash the mint leaves, chopped, scalded with boiling water, put a little salt, sesame oil.
Effects: detoxification and defeat fire.
Beauty value
Not to say that I don't know, it turns out that mint also has the effect of beauty. Mint tea can be used to wash your hair, can eliminate scalp, make hair fresh, shampooing more natural fragrance, make your spirit; mint juice external application can make your skin more slippery. In addition, long-term sun-dried mint leaves used to brush your teeth, can make your teeth white and fresh breath.
Consumption of contraindications
We would like to remind you that although mint has its value, but postpartum women, if breastfeeding the baby, we should avoid eating mint, because it will cause "milk" situation. In addition, because the mint contains volatile oils, if consumed, boiled too long will reduce the efficacy.
Mint Hot Pot
Raw materials/seasonings] mint grass 1 package (about 1 cup), snacks (peanut, sesame, red bean flavor optional) 1 box, fresh eggs 4, pineapple cans 1 cans, sugar 1 cup
[Production process]
(1) prepare two pots of each put half a pot of water to heat up a mint grass to cook mint grass, mint grass need to be used in the filtered tea bag bag good into the pot! Cook for about 40 minutes, take out the mint bag and add sugar until dissolved and then change to low heat.
(2) another pot of boiling water into a box of snacks, beat the egg packet to medium heat to cook, snacks floated with a ladle into the mint sweet soup, and then into the pineapple slices (divided into 4 equal parts), can be eaten.
This hot pot can be served as a snack during afternoon tea or as an after-dinner dessert with small cookies or a small meal pack.
Mint Leaf Rosin
The unique vanilla leaf has an elegant aroma and refreshing sensation, which is especially suitable for savoring on warm winter afternoons.
Ingredients: 90ml white rum, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, 1 tablespoon of molasses, mint leaves, 6-8 pine leaves, 300ml of soda water
Fill a glass with water, add the appropriate amount of white rum, lemon juice, soda water, and molasses, and then add mint leaves and pine leaves, and use a stirring spoon or the like to press down on the leaves to make the flavors more intense.
Mint Apple Cider Vinegar Face Soda
The flavor is soft and delicious, and a sip is invigorating.
Materials (4 servings): apple cider vinegar 2/3 cups, mint 10-15 pieces, rosemary 2 branches, 500ml of original soda, ice, honey in moderation
Practice:
1, pour apple cider vinegar, mint and rosemary in the pot, cook for 30 seconds on high heat and remove from the heat, cool and then filter the residue.
2. Pour the glass 1/4 full, add ice and soda, and mix in honey according to your favorite, and finally garnish with mint.
Mint Artichoke Soup
Soup Other Western Cuisine 4 servings
Ingredients: 500g artichokes, 1 liter (4 cups) vegetable stock, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, salt and white pepper to taste, 1 tablespoon low-fat sour cream, whisked, 1/2 cup fresh/chopped mint
How to make it:
1. Place the artichokes in a pot of boiling water (the water should cover the artichokes). The water should cover the artichokes)
2. Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and cook for 20-30 minutes until tender
3. Remove the artichokes, allow to cool, peel and finely slice
4. Place in a food processor along with the vegetable stock to break up
5. Warm up over medium heat just before serving and season with heat and pepper to taste
6. Pour into bowls. Drizzle with a little sour cream and mint leaves to decorate it
Mint Tea Spiced Bones
Ingredients: Spare Ribs Ingredients: mint, cilantro, green onions, chili peppers, ginger Seasoning: Salt, monosodium glutamate, sugar
Making Process:
Step 1: Boil the right amount of mint to make mint water. Shallot and ginger are cut into julienne, chili and cilantro cut into segments and set aside.
Step 2: Cut selected pork ribs into small pieces, then soak them in a mixture of mint water and glutinous rice aroma tea water for 20 minutes.
Step 3: Fish out the soaked pork ribs segments, add a little homemade chili water, appropriate amount of soy sauce on top, and then sprinkle with salt, sugar, and monosodium glutamate (MSG), and marinate for 15 minutes.
Step 4: Put the bottom oil in the wok, the amount should not be too small. Put the marinated ribs into the pot and fry them, then add the chopped green onion, chili pepper, cilantro, ginger and other ingredients when they are almost off the bone, and then fry the ribs when the ingredients are dry, and then take them out of the pot.
Features: This dish is the chef of the Yunnan cuisine "raw fried pork ribs" after careful study, a new approach, is a series of private dishes.
Dish flavor: ribs fragrant but not greasy, there is a light tea.
Suitable for the crowd: young and old, especially catering to the tastes of fashionable men and women.
Mint crab meat and scallion rolls
Materials: 4 scallions, 150 grams of crab meat (canned, vacuumed or frozen), 125 grams of bean sprouts, 200 grams of carrots, 6 mint, salt, pepper, moderate
Method of production:
1, scallions cleaned, lengthwise along one side of the slice, retaining the core of the scallion. Cook the scallion leaves in boiling salted water for 10 minutes, drain and set aside to cool.
2. Soak bean sprouts in boiling salted water for 2 minutes, drain quickly, run under cold water, and carefully redrain.
3. Thinly slice the scallion cores, cook in boiling salted water for 5 minutes, drain, and set aside to cool.
4: Peel and julienne the carrots, chop the mint, and combine with the bean sprouts, sliced scallions, and crabmeat in a large bowl; stir in the salt.
5: Lay the scallion leaves flat and cut into 10×15 cm rectangles. Place a spoonful of the prepared filling on each scallion leaf and roll up.
6: Serve with a drizzle of light tomato juice or any of your favorite sauce.