Benefits of Lotus Leaf Ice Porridge

What are the benefits of lotus leaf ice porridge? In fact, this porridge has many benefits. Let me introduce them to you in detail.

Lotus leaf tastes bitter, astringent, and cool in nature, and enters the heart, liver, and spleen meridians;

Fresh and refreshing fragrance; it has the effects of relieving heat and dampness, strengthening the spleen and raising yang, dispersing blood stasis and stopping bleeding;

It is mainly used to treat summer heat, thirst, headache, dizziness, edema, loss of appetite and abdominal distension, diarrhea, leucorrhea, rectal prolapse, hematemesis, epistaxis, hemoptysis, bloody stool, metrorrhagia, postpartum lochia, and blood stasis caused by injury.

People who are overweight or have a heavy stomach burden can drink this porridge to reduce fat and lose weight. Lotus leaves also have the effect of cooling down the body, so they are very suitable for making soup, porridge, or drinking as tea in summer. (Recipe for lotus leaf slimming tea)

Fresh lotus leaves were bought by my parents in Beihai Park, where there is a large lotus pond. At this time of year, you can buy fresh lotus leaves and lotus pods. Some larger vegetable markets also sell fresh lotus leaves in this season. Ha, if you are in Beijing, sometimes at the end of the day after get off work, near the overpass or bus station, you can also see people setting up stalls.

When you buy fresh lotus leaves and cook porridge, in addition to washing them, you must blanch them in boiling water. This is because there is a thin layer of fluff on the front of the lotus leaves. Only by blanching can you more effectively remove impurities that cannot be washed away.

When cooking porridge, use lotus leaves as a "pot cover" so that the porridge can better absorb the fragrance of lotus leaves. In addition, putting a stainless steel spoon when cooking porridge can change the boiling direction of the water, so it is not easy to pop the pot.

If you can’t buy fresh lotus leaves, you can also buy dried lotus leaves from wholesale markets or Chinese medicine stores.

Thai fragrant rice cooked with lotus leaves has a very special fragrance, which is better than ordinary rice. Dried lotus seeds do not need to be soaked in advance, otherwise the porridge will be hard when cooked.

**The remaining lotus leaves can be dried and saved for later use. How can they be used? See here: steamed spare ribs with lotus leaves and glutinous rice, and spicy steamed pork with rice flour.