We can eat mung beans, bitter gourd, lotus seeds and other foods in dog days to spend the summer healthily. Introduce the following food preparation methods to keep healthy in dog days:

0 1, mung bean soup

Mung beans are rich in vitamins, chlorophyll and other ingredients. Traditional Chinese medicine has the effects of treating oral ulcer, clearing away heat and toxic materials, improving eyesight, beauty beauty, promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis, and preventing cancer. In dog days, you can often eat mung bean soup. First, prepare a proper amount of mung beans, clean them, drain them, pour them into a casserole, and add a proper amount of water. Bring the fire to a boil, turn to medium heat and stew for about 30 minutes until the mung beans bloom and rot. Add appropriate amount of sugar and stir well. The sweetness can be adjusted according to personal taste. A bowl of sweet and delicious mung bean soup is ready.

02, cold bitter gourd

Bitter gourd is rich in protein, sugar, vitamins and other ingredients. Traditional Chinese medicine has the functions of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, nourishing blood and improving eyesight, lowering blood fat and blood sugar, preventing osteoporosis and moistening skin. First, clean two bitter melons, cut them in half, remove the pulp in the middle and cut them into pieces. Boil a proper amount of water in a pot, blanch the bitter gourd in boiling water, take it out and put it in clear water for supercooling to control the moisture content. Marinate the bitter gourd slices with salt for 10 minute, then soak them in cold boiling water until they are completely cooled, and add soy sauce, oyster sauce, bean paste, garlic paste, sesame oil and cooked oil and mix well to serve.

03. Lotus porridge

Lotus porridge has the effects of stopping diarrhea, calming nerves, clearing fire and promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis. First, prepare a proper amount of rice, lotus seeds, a handful of medlar and six red dates. Boil the casserole with clear water, pour the rice into the pot, then pour the red dates, lotus seeds and medlar into the pot and simmer for 30 minutes. Stir with a spoon in the middle to prevent rice from sticking to the bottom of the pot until it is cooked. A bowl of sweet and delicious lotus seed porridge is ready.

Introduce the above food preparation methods for health preservation in dog days. The method is simple. You can try to do it at home.