After entering July, the breath of summer can be said to be increasingly obvious, and now we are about to enter the most sultry season of the year - the dog days of summer. "The summer solstice is numbered with three days of dog days." According to the 2022 Dog Days schedule, July 16 will be the day of the dog days, and the arrival of the days of dog days will also begin this year's 40-day dog days.
With high temperatures, hot climate, and high air humidity, the dog days of summer can be said to be a veritable "bitter summer." Since ancient times, people have said that food should be eaten according to the seasons. According to the weather characteristics of different seasons, the food for three meals should be adjusted in time. Regarding the dog days of summer, there is an old saying that goes like this, "Drink 3 soups during the dog days of summer, and there is no need for a miracle doctor to prescribe any medicine." .
I believe everyone will be curious, what kind of soup are the "3 soups" to drink in these dog days? How to make it more delicious and beneficial to people? We are about to enter the ambush. It is recommended to understand and spend the summer safely and smoothly.
1. Vegetarian soup: Luffa soup
After the fall, midsummer has made its official debut, and the most obvious feeling it brings us is that it is very easy to sweat. If you don't replenish water in time, you will feel thirsty. At this time, you might as well use some seasonal ingredients with high water content to make soup. It is the season to eat loofah during the dog days of summer. It tastes fresh and tender. It can be used to make soup, which is refreshing and appetizing. It can also supplement nutrition.
[Recommended recipe: Luffa Mushroom Soup]
Ingredients preparation: 1 loofah, 25 mushrooms (can be replaced with other mushrooms), 3 cloves of garlic, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of white pepper
1. Peel and wash the loofah. Finally, cut it into hob pieces; wash the mushrooms and cut them into thin slices; mince the garlic and set aside;
2. Heat oil in the pan, add minced garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in the mushrooms, stir-fry until soft, then add the loofah , stir-fry over high heat for 1 minute, add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, boil until the water boils, add an appropriate amount of salt and white pepper, continue to cook for 2 minutes, and then take it out of the pot.
2. Meat Soup: Mutton Soup
As the saying goes, you don’t need a doctor’s help if you eat mutton in the dog days. In the Huaihai area of my country, there has been a tradition of eating mutton during the dog days of summer since ancient times. The mutton eaten after entering Fu is also called "Fu Sheep". The idea of eating mutton during the dog days coincides with the folk dietary wisdom of "heating the body with heat, inducing perspiration and detoxification".
[Recommended recipe: Stewed mutton soup ]
Ingredients preparation: 500 grams of lamb chops, 22 slices of Angelica dahurica, 5 slices of ginger, 1 spoon of cooking wine, appropriate amount of salt, 1 coriander
1, chop the lamb chops into small pieces and add water Soak in water for 2 hours, change the water several times during the process, soak out the blood, then take it out and wash it, put it in cold water, add 2 tablespoons of cooking wine, cook until there is foam on the surface, skim off the foam, and drain Take out the lamb chops and wash them again with hot water;
2. Pour the blanched lamb into the soup pot, add Angelica dahuricae and ginger, then add enough hot water, cook on high heat for 10 minutes, then turn to low heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Stew until the mutton becomes tender, add an appropriate amount of salt, and cook for another 5 minutes. You can add some coriander to enhance the flavor. The mutton soup cooked in this way is refreshing and not greasy. The soup tastes fresh and the meat is tender. It is very delicious.
3. Dessert soup: Three bean soup
There is an old saying among the people, add summer ginger and jujube tea, and add Fu three bean soup. This "Three Bean Soup" has historical records. As early as the ancient medical prescription book "Leibian Zhu's Collection of Medical Prescriptions" during the Southern Song Dynasty, Three Bean Soup was mentioned. Three beans refer to adzuki beans , mung beans and black beans . After entering the ambush, don’t forget to put three bean soup on the table.
[Recommended recipe: three bean soup]
Ingredients to prepare: 1 small handful of adzuki beans, 1 small handful of mung beans, 1 small handful of black beans, appropriate amount of rock sugar
1. Clean the three types of beans and soak them in water for 2 hours in advance. It is recommended Refrigerate and soak overnight. If you have a pressure cooker at home, you can omit this step;
2. Put the soaked beans into the pot, add enough water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and cook for 1 hour. When the beans become soft and rotten, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar and continue to cook for 5 minutes.After entering the ambush, drink a bowl of three bean soup every day, and your fatigue will be eliminated instantly.
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