The hot summer is here, and I believe everyone is already used to the high temperature weather of 35°+. In hot weather, it is especially important to eat a light diet. If you do not pay attention to dietary adjustments, you will inevitably suffer from daily health problems. Although the white porridge that everyone often drinks is light, it is also nutritious. Affected by the environment, most people's appetite will decrease in summer, and the demand for nutrients is greater at this time, so it is more recommended to drink flower porridge.
The different ingredients in flower porridge make it nutritionally diverse. Not only is it delicious and can increase people's appetite, but regular consumption also has many other benefits for the body. Next, let us take a look at these 4 kinds of flower porridge suitable for summer!
1. Lily Honeysuckle porridge
Ingredients: Honeysuckle 5g, a small handful of lily, appropriate amount of rock sugar and rice
Method: Soak the dried lily with water in advance. Pour water into the pot and bring to a boil over high heat, then add the washed rice, bring to a boil and then add lily and honeysuckle. After 15 minutes on low heat, add a few pieces of rock sugar according to your taste, stir evenly after melting.
The lily mentioned here is not lily , but a nutritious food that matures in autumn and has an oval shape. The unique ingredients it contains make it refreshing to eat during the summer. It should be noted that high-quality dried lilies should look milky white and plump in shape.
Honeysuckle is often used to relieve the heat in summer. Its fragrant aroma and refreshing taste can dissipate the heat. Drinking a bowl of lily and silver flower porridge in summer is suitable for all ages.
2. Qingchiju wolfberry porridge
Ingredients: 10 wolfberry, 8g Qingchiju, appropriate amount of japonica rice
Method: Boil the water in the pot and add the japonica rice. After it is cooked until soft, add the prepared wolfberry and Qingchiju. Dried flowers can be boiled into porridge before consumption. Because the taste of these two ingredients is relatively sweet, there is no need to add rock sugar or other auxiliary ingredients.
Chrysanthemum is a natural and healthy food. It contains many nutrients. The chrysanthemum used for cooking porridge is different from ordinary chrysanthemums. It has high edible value. Not only does it have no bitter taste, it tastes sweet, but it also contains a lot of vitamins, Flavonoid substances. Because the flowers are thick and dense, their shape is still intact after drying, and they are also beautiful when used to cook porridge.
Wolfberry is also rich in nutrients, and its mild nature just offsets the coldness of chrysanthemum. It is healthier to use the two together. Suffering from internal heat often occurs in summer. At this time, drink some chrysanthemum and wolfberry porridge to reduce internal heat and relieve dryness. For female friends, drinking a bowl every day will make your complexion rosy and your face radiant.
3. Osmanthus and red bean porridge
Ingredients: 15g of osmanthus, a handful of red beans, an appropriate amount of glutinous rice
Method: Soak the red beans in water for half a day in advance and set aside. Boil water in a pot. When it boils, add washed rice. After 20 minutes, add sweet-scented osmanthus and red beans. Cook over low heat until thickened. Turn off heat and pour out for consumption. If you have osmanthus honey at home, you can also add an appropriate amount.
When the sweet-scented osmanthus blooms, it is golden and its fragrant aroma can spread far away, so it has the reputation of "Fragrance from Nine Miles". Use it to cook porridge because it is rich in amino acids , as well as a variety of trace elements needed by the human body, which are nutritious and nourishing. Moreover, its aroma has a calming fragrance that makes the whole body and mind happy.
As a common whole grain, red beans contain a lot of fiber and minerals, and there is no conflict with Osmanthus fragrans. The heat of summer always makes people feel bored or uneasy from time to time, so you might as well drink some fragrant and sweet osmanthus and red bean porridge.
4. Rose and barley porridge
Ingredients: Haishanfang 55 roses, barley 20g, rock sugar, appropriate amount of rice
Method: soak barley in clean water for 1 hour in advance, soak dried rose flowers in warm water for 10 minutes, wait until the flowers bloom Stretch out, take out and drain, and pick out the complete petals and prepare them. After the water in the pot boils, add barley and rice together, simmer for 40 minutes, then add flower petals, continue to simmer for about 10 minutes, then add rock sugar and wait until it melts before enjoying.
Rose is often hailed as the "sacred beauty product", but its benefits to people when eaten go beyond this.As a very popular edible flower, roses contain natural substances including VC, potassium, tannic acid , calcium, etc., which can be said to be nutritionally diverse. Dried rose buds are the most nutritious, and the Haishanfang one is often used to cook porridge or make tea.
And barley is also a food that everyone often eats. Its appearance is white, round and very cute. On rainy days, the environment is very humid, and barley is very popular because it can help cleanse the body. Use roses to cook porridge with it, which not only tastes sweet, but also has more comprehensive nutrition.
