The most suitable cold drink in the dog days, boil a big pot for 30 minutes, emerald green and sandy, clearing away heat and replenishing potassium
The temperature has continued to rise recently, and everywhere is in a sweltering state. During the day, the high temperature scorches the earth. As soon as you go outside, you will sweat profusely. It is not yet the dog days. It is hotter, and when the weather is hot, many friends will choose to drink iced drinks or cold beer to relieve the summer heat, take a sip of ice, and feel that most of the "heat" in the body has been driven away;
But in fact, this kind of operation is incorrect, especially when we are sweating profusely, we must not drink iced drinks immediately. "One cold and one hot" can easily lead to physical discomfort, abdominal pain, diarrhea, etc., especially For the elderly and children, drink cold drinks in moderation, and choose healthier cold drinks in order to get through the heat in a refreshing way;
What cold drinks are suitable for summer? Most people will answer: mung bean soup, mung bean soup is a unique taste in summer, mung bean is cool, rich in protein, fat, carotene, vitamin A, calcium, iron, potassium and other trace elements, which can clear away heat and detoxify, quench thirst Removing trouble, diuresis and swelling, mung bean can not only cool down and relieve the heat, but also replenish water, especially in summer due to excessive sweating, people will experience "potassium deficiency", resulting in loss of appetite, fatigue and weakness, drink more mung bean Soup can be a good solution, so a bowl of iced mung bean soup in summer quenches thirst and is healthier than any drink;
Let me share with you the family version of mung bean soup. It only takes half an hour to cook. The mung beans are emerald green and sandy .
[Materials] 150g mung beans, appropriate amount of rock sugar, half a lemon, appropriate amount of water;
【Recipe of mung bean soup】
Prepare an appropriate amount of mung beans. Generally, 150g is enough for 4-5 people in the family. Cook as much as you eat. It is not recommended to cook too much each time. It is easy to waste if you can’t finish it;
Rinse the prepared mung beans under running water. After rinsing, pour out the cold water in the bowl, pour into the freshly boiled hot water, soak for a while, and set aside to cool after soaking;
Put the cooled mung beans in the refrigerator and freeze until frozen into mung bean ice cubes. This step can be done the night before, so that you can start cooking directly the next morning;
Take out the frozen mung bean ice cubes, put them in a casserole, add an appropriate amount of pure water, the amount of water can be adjusted according to your own preferences, add a little more if you like soup, add a little less if you don’t like soup, and cook on high heat open;
Some people cook mung bean soup with a red color. In fact, this has a lot to do with the water used to cook mung bean soup. The main reason is that a lot of tap water is alkaline, which will accelerate the oxidation of phenolic substances in mung bean. After oxidation, the color of the soup will change. Turn red, although it looks red and not very good-looking, but the taste has not changed, the color you want to cook is green, it is recommended to use pure water;
After the fire is boiled, squeeze in the juice of half a lemon, cover the lid, and continue to cook for about 15 minutes;
Open the lid after 15 minutes, you will find that the mung beans have boiled and bloomed. At this time, you can add the prepared rock sugar, stir, cover, turn to low heat and simmer for 10 minutes. The length of simmering time can be adjusted according to your own preference. preference choice;
If you want to cool off the heat, the cooking time of mung beans should not be too long. After the mung beans are boiled and bloomed, the effect of relieving heat will be reduced, but the effect of clearing away heat will be better. The effect of relieving heat;
After simmering for about 10 minutes, turn off the heat. At this time, the mung bean soup is green and sandy. After cooling, you can cover it with plastic wrap and store it in the refrigerator;
Serve a bowl in the afternoon or when you want to eat. It is cool and thirst-quenching, clears away heat and relieves heat, and replenishes water. It is the best choice for cold drinks in hot summer;
Summary of the practice of mung bean soup:
1. An appropriate amount of lily or lotus seeds can also be added to mung bean soup, the taste is also very good;
2. It will soon enter the dog days, and the food is easy to deteriorate. Do not cook too much mung bean soup each time to avoid waste;
3. Do not use an iron pot to cook mung bean soup;