2, chop the lemon, chop it as much as possible, it is best to pick out the core, because it is bitter.

3. Put the chopped lemon into the stew;

4, add a pound of rock sugar, no water;

5. Inject boiling water outside the electronic cooker to the highest water level; Cover and stew for about eight hours.

Lemon is a citrus plant in Rutaceae. Lemon is also called lemon fruit, foreign lemon and beneficial mother fruit. Small trees with little or no thorns, dark purple leaves and buds, thick papery leaves, oval or ovoid. Flowers axillary or rarely clustered. The fruit is oval or ovoid, with thick peel, usually rough, lemon yellow, sour to very sour juice, small seeds, ovoid and sharp; Seed coat is smooth, cotyledons are milky white, usually single embryo or multi-embryo. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is September-165438+1October.

Because of its extremely sour taste, lemon is the favorite food for pregnant women with insufficient liver qi, so it is called beneficial mother fruit or beneficial mother and child. Lemon is rich in citric acid, so it is called "citric acid warehouse". Its juice is crispy and fragrant. Because of its sour taste, it can only be used as a high-grade condiment to prepare drinks, dishes, cosmetics and drugs. In addition, lemon is rich in vitamin C, which can eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, promote fluid production and strengthen the stomach. For bronchitis, whooping cough, loss of appetite, vitamin deficiency, heatstroke and polydipsia, it is the bane of scurvy.

Extended data:

Edible efficacy

1, promoting fluid production to relieve summer heat and appetizing: Lemon peel is rich in aromatic volatile components, which can promote fluid production to relieve summer heat, stimulate appetite and strengthen the spleen.

2. Prevention of cardiovascular diseases: Lemon is rich in vitamin C and vitamin P, which can enhance the elasticity and toughness of blood vessels and prevent and treat symptoms of hypertension and myocardial infarction.

3, clearing heat and resolving phlegm: lemon can also resolve phlegm.

4, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory: Lemon is rich in vitamin C, which has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects and enhances human immunity.

5, beauty fruit: lemon has a strong antioxidant effect, which is very effective in promoting skin metabolism, delaying aging and inhibiting pigmentation.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-lemon