Mung bean and lotus seed soup

Mung bean and lotus seed soup

Introduction:

"In the hot summer, mung bean soup is a good product for families to clear away heat. It is very popular among people. Mung bean soup is used as a traditional summer drink. If you add some sugar or rock sugar to it, it will make it more cool. Don't cook the mung bean soup too long. Just cook the beans. This way, the soup is clear and water-saving, and the color remains green. It not only has good color and fragrance, but also has a good effect of clearing heat and detoxification. Mung bean not only has the effect of relieving heat, but also has many pharmacological effects, such as lowering blood fat, cholesterol, swelling, protecting liver and kidney; job's tears has the effect of whitening and reducing weight, as well as the effect of detumescence and diuresis; lotus seed has the effect of tonifying heart and kidney, strengthening spleen and stopping diarrhea, strengthening essence and calming nerves. "

Production steps:

Step 1: prepare materials;

Step 2: spread the job's tears, remove the black kernel and impurities, and soak in water for more than 1 hour;

Step 3: wash the mung beans and put them into the pot;

Step 4: put in the washed lotus seeds and red dates;

Step 5: put in the soaked coix seed;

Step 6: pour in water about 3cm or 4cm away from the material;

Step 7: bring to a boil over medium low heat, turn off the heat and simmer for 10 minutes;

Step 8: This is the appearance after the first stew. Mung beans are getting fat, but they haven't blossomed yet;

Step 9: put in the rock sugar, continue to fire, boil again, and simmer for another 10 minutes. This is the appearance after the second simmer, and the mung bean just blooms;

Step 10: serve.

Materials required:

Mung bean: 100g

Coix: 50g

Lotus seed: 80g

Seedless jujube: 8

Rock sugar: right amount

Water: moderate

Note: 1, job's tears is not easy to boil, you can first soak for more than 1 hour to shorten the cooking time, anxious can be soaked in hot water to shorten the soaking time, you can also first put job's tears into the pot to boil for half an hour and then put in other materials to cook with; 2, mung beans are easier to boil now, just boil and simmer for 10 minutes, boil again and simmer for 10 minutes, so the green beans can be cooked Beans just bloom, shell and meat are not separated; 3, put half a spoonful of lemon juice or white vinegar when boiling mung beans, you can keep the green color of mung bean soup.

Production difficulty: simple

Process: boiling

Production time: three quarters of an hour

Taste: sweet