Lentil recipes

What are the benefits of lentil diet therapy? How can we eat lentils at home to increase their nutritional value? Today I will tell you about it:

It is better to eat lentils with the skin

Lentil skin is the seed coat of lentil. Its nature, flavor and function are similar to lentil, but its effect is inferior to lentil. However, it has no disadvantage of stagnation. It is used for spleen deficiency diarrhea, edema, clearing away heat and removing dampness. Earth corresponds to spleen. Overeating hurts spleen. If you have symptoms such as abdominal distension, diarrhea, fatigue, shortness of breath, ligament and muscle relaxation, body edema, etc., you need to nourish your spleen. Here are 6 recipes for lentil to strengthen the spleen and remove dampness.

Diet therapy 1: Lentil and lean meat soup

Ingredients: 100 grams of lentils, 1/4 tangerine peel, 400 grams of lean pork, and appropriate amounts of salt and ginger.

practice:

1. Cut the pork into pieces, clean it, peel the tangerine peel, and slice the ginger;

2. Put all the ingredients in 1 into the pot, add water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 1 to 1.5 hours, and add appropriate amount of salt.

This soup can clear away heat, dispel dampness, and relieve spleen deficiency and dampness.

Diet therapy 1: Lentil and lean meat soup

Ingredients: 100 grams of lentils, 1/4 tangerine peel, 400 grams of lean pork, and appropriate amounts of salt and ginger.

practice:

1. Cut the pork into pieces, clean it, peel the tangerine peel, and slice the ginger;

2. Put all the ingredients in 1 into the pot, add water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 1 to 1.5 hours, and add appropriate amount of salt.

This soup can clear away heat, dispel dampness, and relieve spleen deficiency and dampness.

Diet therapy 3: Lentil cake

Ingredients: 500 grams of lentils, 375 grams of granulated sugar, 200 grams of red bean paste, and a small amount of edible red pigment.

practice:

1. Wash the lentils, soak them in boiling water for 10 minutes, remove the skin after it softens, put them in a large bowl, fill it with clean water, add a few drops of alkaline water, steam them in a steamer until they are soft, take them out and cool them, rub them into mud with a mesh sieve, wrap them in white cloth and press out the water. The lentils will become powder mud and can be refrigerated for about 30 minutes.

2. Take half of the granulated sugar and dye it red with food coloring.

3. Clamp the two sides of the lentil paste with cloth and press it into a 33 cm long and 20 cm wide long thin slice, place it flat on the chopping board, remove the white cloth, cut it into two pieces with a knife, spread the bean paste on one piece evenly, then cover it with the other piece of lentil paste, then spread red sugar on it, and finally spread white sugar and press it flat to form five layers, and cut it into diamond-shaped pieces when eating. Tips for making lentil cakes: Spread the lentil paste and bean paste filling evenly, and cut them into pieces of the same size.

Diet therapy 4: Stir-fried lentils

Ingredients: 150 grams of minced meat, 400 grams of lentils; 4 dried chilies, 1 tablespoon of dark soy sauce, chopped pickled mustard, peppercorns, garlic, salt and MSG as appropriate.

practice:

1. Tear off the old tendons at both ends of the lentils, break them into two sections, wash them, and drain them.

2. Heat 250 grams of oil, add the lentils, and fry until the skin of the lentils is wrinkled. Use a strainer to remove the lentils and drain the oil.

3. Heat another pot and use 1 tablespoon of oil to sauté dried chilies, Sichuan peppercorns, pickled mustard tubers, and garlic. Add dark soy sauce and lentils and stir-fry. When the lentils are cooked through, turn off the heat, add salt and MSG and stir well.