The efficacy and function of lotus leaf

Lotus leaf is a very common Chinese medicinal material in daily life. It has significant effects in reducing weight and lowering blood pressure, clearing away heat and detoxifying. Lotus leaf can be used as medicine to treat a variety of diseases. It is an excellent medicine for relieving heat. Friends in need can try it, but before use, you need to ask a doctor's opinion and make a choice based on your own physical condition to avoid allergic reactions.

Eating lotus leaves can relieve summer heat

Medically proven, lotus leaves have the effects of clearing away heat, reducing fat and weight, and have a good blood pressure lowering effect. They are an excellent heat-relieving medicine and are very suitable for consumption in summer.

There are many kinds of dishes made with lotus leaves, including lotus leaf meat, lotus leaf rice noodle duck, lotus leaf steamed fish, lotus leaf glutinous rice chicken, etc. They are all wrapped in lotus leaves and steamed with seasoned chicken, duck, fish, and meat. When you open the lotus leaf package, the fragrance is refreshing. It is not only nutritious and delicious, but also moisturizing and cooling. The most suitable food for midsummer is lotus leaf porridge. Middle-aged and elderly people often drink lotus leaf porridge, which has certain therapeutic effects on hyperlipidemia, hypertension and obesity.

Steamed Spare Ribs with Lotus Leaf

Ingredients: spare ribs, a large spoonful of sweet bean sauce, a large spoonful of cooking wine, a spoonful of sugar, a spoonful of salt, a few scallions, ginger slices, a handful of rice, lotus leaves, and a little salt.

Method: 1. Wash the ribs, drain the water, add a tablespoon of sweet bean sauce, a tablespoon of cooking wine, a tablespoon of sugar, a tablespoon of salt, a little green onion and ginger, mix well, and marinate for 2 hours.

2. Put the rice into a grinder and grind it into rice flour, then sift it. Pick out the scallion and ginger slices from the marinated ribs, pour in the rice noodles and mix well; cut the lotus leaves into large pieces, put them into a pot of boiling water, add a little salt to the water, blanch for a few seconds until the color turns emerald green, then take out and immerse in a basin of cold water, take out after ten minutes and wipe off the water.

3. Put a piece of pork ribs on the back of the lotus leaf, wrap it up and tie it with thread. Pour an appropriate amount of water into the steamer, put a lid on it, place the lotus leaf ribs on the lid, add cold water to the pot, turn on high heat, and steam for 40 minutes until cooked.

What are the effects and functions of lotus leaves

Lotus Leaf, Barley and Winter Melon Soup

Ingredients: 750 grams of spare ribs, 500 grams of winter melon, a lotus leaf, 30 grams of coix seeds, 30 grams of lotus seeds, 15 grams of lentils, a small piece of ginger, and 2 candied dates.

Method: 1. Wash coix seeds, lotus seeds and lentils, and soak them in clean water for two hours.

2. Wash the ribs, cut into pieces, put into boiling water, cook over high heat, squeeze out the blood, take out, rinse with clean water to remove the floating foam and set aside.

3.Peel the winter melon and cut into large pieces.

4. Blanch the lotus leaves in boiling water.

5. Pour appropriate amount of water into the soup pot. Pour in all the prepared ingredients, cover the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then switch to medium-low heat and cook for 1.5 hours.

Lotus Fragrance Mung Bean and Barley Porridge

Ingredients: a fresh lotus leaf, a handful of mung beans, a handful of coix seeds, and two handfuls of fragrant rice.

Method: 1. Wash the lotus leaves and soak them in cold water for half an hour or blanch them in boiling water for 1 minute for later use.

2. Wash the mung beans, coix seeds and fragrant rice and put them into a purple clay pot. Add water, turn to high heat and bring to a boil. Then turn to low heat and cook for two hours until soft.

3. Cut the lotus leaf, use the middle circle as a pot lid, and put the cut outer part into the pot and cook with the porridge for half an hour. Remove the lotus leaves and discard them.

After reading these benefits and methods of eating lotus leaves, I believe everyone knows how to eat lotus leaves to benefit the body. I hope this knowledge can help you in your life. If you want to know more related knowledge, please see: Tea made from dried lotus leaves, hawthorn, and coix seed rock sugar has the effect of lowering fat and losing weight.