The wettest solar term
duck
Duck meat is cool, not greasy and rich in high protein, so it is suitable for eating in Grain Rain season. It is recorded in the ancient book "Preparation of Back Elbow" that "drake is good at inducing diuresis to reduce swelling, and sweat is good for removing dampness and reducing swelling", which shows that duck meat has high efficacy. Later, "if it is used together with wax gourd and coix seed, the effect is especially good". I shared an old duck stewed with coix seed, which Grain Rain learned to cook for his family.
Recommended dish: glutinous rice old duck soup
Ingredients: half a duck, a small bowl of coix seed 1, half a yam, a slice of ginger 1, a little Cordyceps sinensis and Lycium barbarum.
1. Cut the duck into large pieces and clean it. Peel the yam and cut it into hob blocks. Slice ginger. Soak Coicis Semen, Fructus Lycii and Cordyceps in advance for later use.
2. Pour the cut duck meat into the pot, add salt and cooking wine, soak the duck pieces for about 10 minute, rub them by hand, change water, and soak and rub them repeatedly until the duck blood is separated.
3. add water and duck pieces to the casserole, a little ginger, and don't cover it. After the fire boils, skim off the floating foam, pour in the coix seed, cover it, and simmer for 40 minutes.
4. Pour in the chopped Chinese yam pieces, medlar and Chinese caterpillar fungus flowers, cook until the Chinese yam becomes soft, add salt and pepper, turn off the heat, and cook the old duck with a bowl of nourishing and delicious glutinous rice.
Pigeon meat
Pigeon meat is rich in nutrition. Compared with pork, chicken, beef and other meats, pigeon meat has a high content of protein, which is a real high-protein and low-fat food. Pigeon meat can quench thirst, clear away heat and moisten dryness. Suitable for making soup in this season. The meat is tender and delicious, and the soup is delicious. This is a good health soup.
Recommended dishes: nourishing pigeon soup
Materials: 2 pigeons, cordyceps sinensis 1 bar, ginseng 1 bar, 2 longan, 3 angelica dahurica, 4 red dates and ginger 1 piece.
1. Add pigeon meat, ginger slices, cooking wine and clear water to the pot, boil over medium heat, and cook for about 1 min, then take out pigeon meat.
2. Put Cordyceps sinensis, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Longan, Ginseng, and Fructus Jujubae into a bowl and soak in warm water for about 10 minute. Remember to core the Fructus Jujubae.
3. Add water, boiled pigeon meat and soaked ingredients to the casserole. After the fire boils, turn to low heat and stew for about 30 minutes.
4. When the soup is bright yellow, add appropriate amount of salt and pepper, and simply season to turn off the fire.
pork liver
Grain Rain, when the humidity is high, it is recommended to eat less thick and greasy meat like pork. However, pigs are full of treasures, so it is a good choice to eat other organs, such as pig liver, instead of pork. Rich in vitamin A, vitamin E and iron, with high nutritional value. In Guangdong, it is often used as a health soup to regulate the body.
Recommended dish: spinach and pork liver soup
Ingredients required: pork liver 1, coix seed 1 small bowl, spinach 1 small handful, and Lycium barbarum.
1. Wash and slice pork liver, and soak it in water and cooking wine for 20 minutes. Wash spinach and cut into pieces, soak barley for 2 hours in advance and medlar for 5 minutes.
2. Pour the right amount of water into the casserole, add the soaked coix seed, and after the fire is boiled, turn to low heat and simmer for about 30 minutes.
3. Put the pork liver into the pot, pour in 1 spoon soy sauce and 1 spoon pepper, mix in a little starch evenly, add 1 spoon cooking oil, and marinate for 10 minute.
4. Add pork liver, add spinach, medlar and salt to taste after cooking, stir well, turn off the fire and serve, and a bowl of spinach pork liver soup with good taste and nutrition will be ready.
lettuce
Lettuce is cool and refreshing, fresh and refreshing, with relatively high water content, and relatively comprehensive and sufficient contents of vitamins and minerals. Among them, the contents of potassium and asparagine are relatively high, which is beneficial to human urination and helps human body to discharge excess water and waste. Regular consumption can also promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, stimulate appetite and help digestion, so it is suitable for Grain Rain season.
Recommended dish: cold lettuce
Ingredients required: lettuce 1, garlic 1, one red and yellow pepper each, coriander 1, shallot 1, white sesame 1 spoon.
1. After removing the head and tail of lettuce, peel off the skin and cut the lettuce into filaments of appropriate length. Wash and shred peppers, peel and mince garlic, and chop shallots for later use.
2. Add 1 tablespoon of white sesame seeds to the bowl, cut minced garlic and chopped green onion, and pour the burnt hot oil to stimulate the fragrance.
3. Continue to add 1 tbsp sesame oil, 1 tbsp soy sauce to taste, 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar, appropriate amount of white sugar to freshen up, a little salt and mustard sauce, or pour mustard oil, and finally mix well.
4. Pour shredded bamboo shoots and chilies into a large bowl, pour the prepared juice and stir well. Friends who like sesame paste can also pour 1 spoon sesame paste, which is fragrant, crisp and appetizing.
celery
The humidity in Grain Rain is relatively high, while celery is sweet and cool, which can clear away heat and promote diuresis. It contains a lot of trace elements such as cellulose and minerals, and can achieve the functions of clearing away heat and moistening dryness, promoting diuresis and promoting digestion. Eating some regularly can also relieve the discomfort caused by moisture.
Recommended dish: Fried celery with onion.
Ingredients: celery 1 root, half onion, a little minced meat, shallots 1 root, 2 millet peppers and 3 cloves of garlic.
1. Wash celery and cut it into small pieces, slice onion, chop shallot, chop garlic, cut millet pepper into rings, and simply marinate the meat stuffing with soy sauce, salt and cooking wine.
2. Add a little oil to the pot, pour minced garlic, shallots and millet pepper into the oil, saute until fragrant, then pour minced meat and stir-fry until it changes color.
3. Add chopped green onion, stir-fry a few times, add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce to taste, 1 spoon of oyster sauce to refresh, and stir evenly.
4. Pour in the celery section, stir fry a few times, add a little salt and chicken essence after the aroma of celery is distributed, pour in a little sesame oil, stir fry evenly and serve.
Crown daisy
Chrysanthemum morifolium is a good vegetable that can't be missed in Grain Rain. It tastes sweet and smells fragrant. It contains a variety of amino acids, protein, potassium, sodium and other minerals. It can regulate the body's metabolism, help the body excrete excess substances, promote diuresis and eliminate water, and help defecate smoothly. Therefore, it has been called "the emperor's dish" since ancient times.
Recommended dish: roasted bean sprouts with Artemisia selengensis
Ingredients: Chrysanthemum morifolium 1 bar, bean sprouts 1 bowl, 3 cloves of garlic, and 2 dried peppers.
1. Wash Chrysanthemum morifolium, cut into sections, separate stems from leaves, rinse bean sprouts with clear water several times, blanch for later use, peel garlic and slice.
2. Add a little oil to the pot, pour garlic cloves and dried peppers into the oil, stir-fry until fragrant, then pour the stems of Artemisia selengensis and stir well.
3. Stir-fry for about 1 min, turn to high heat, pour in the leaves of Chrysanthemum morifolium, and stir-fry until Ye Microsoft.
4. Finally, pour the blanched bean sprouts, add 1 tbsp soy sauce, a little salt and chicken essence, stir fry evenly, and then burn the bean sprouts with chrysanthemum.