Recipe for Fragrant Lotus Leaf Health Porridge

The method of making the fragrant lotus leaf health-preserving porridge is actually very simple. Let me introduce the method of making the porridge in detail below. I hope you like it.

Recipe for Fragrant Lotus Leaf Health Porridge

According to traditional Chinese medicine, lotus leaves are bitter and flat in nature, and belong to the liver, spleen, stomach, and heart meridians. They have the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, promoting the growth of the yang, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. At the same time, lotus leaves have the effect of lowering blood lipids and cholesterol.

This porridge is suitable for both the elderly and children. It has a light taste of oolong tea. Lotus leaves are leaves after all, which can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, so it has the aroma of green plants. Especially in summer, eating this porridge will make you feel refreshed and cool all summer.

Many friends who want to lose weight and reduce fat can eat this porridge, which has excellent weight loss effect

Ingredients for the fragrant lotus leaf health porridge

A small bowl of Northeastern pearl rice A quarter of a dried lotus leaf, which is available in most pharmacies

The steps of making fragrant lotus leaf health porridge

1 Soak the dried lotus leaves in cold water until soft. Or boil them in boiling water until soft. Do not discard the boiled water, you can drink it as tea

2 Boil the pearl rice with plenty of water. You can use an electric pressure cooker for 7 minutes. Or a regular pot will cook until the rice is cooked.

3 Open the pressure cooker, put the softened lotus leaves into the cooked porridge and cover the pot. Use the residual heat of the pressure cooker to blend the lotus leaves and porridge well.

4 When eating porridge, take out the lotus leaves and don't

Tips

Lotus leaf, mint, rhubarb, basil leaf, etc. are all dispersing plants, so whether they are eaten or made into Chinese medicine slices, they should not be boiled for too long. If they are boiled for too long, the effective substances will evaporate and they will not have any effect.

So when cooking lotus leaf porridge, you can only turn off the heat when the porridge is cooked, use the residual heat to stew the lotus leaves, and then stir evenly.