Five Elements Vegetarian Soup, It Tastes Better This Way

No matter what kind of food it is, people have no resistance to it, especially the vegetable soup which is popular in Japan. It is not only delicious, but also can effectively prevent diseases and plays a big role in improving the body's immunity. Therefore, it is very popular among people, so many people want to know how to make the five elements vegetarian soup.

Five-color health-preserving soup (five-element vegetable soup) is made by boiling vegetables of five colors into soup. The so-called five colors refer to green, red, yellow, white and black vegetables. Green represents white radish leaves, red represents carrots, yellow represents burdock, white represents white radish and black represents mushrooms. They represent the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth respectively. Here is Winona's instructions:

First, the basic ingredients: white radish (about one-fourth of a medium-sized one); white radish leaves (use about one-fourth of the leaves of a large radish, and the radish leaves must be soaked in water for two hours before use to avoid pesticide residues); carrot (about one-half of a medium-sized one); burdock (about one-half of a medium-sized one); a dried shiitake mushroom (dried in the sun to convert vitamin D. If you can't buy it, you can use fresh ones that are dried by yourself or use those sold in the market and expose them to the sun again).

Second, basic method: Do not blanch the vegetables in advance, and cut them into large pieces with the skin on; Use a heat-resistant glass pot for cooking; Add three times the amount of water as the amount of vegetables; After the water boils, simmer on low heat for 2 hours; Drink the vegetable soup instead of tea.

Third, precautions: Please be sure to cook according to the basic proportions to avoid losing the balanced benefits; do not mix other herbs or plants to avoid producing toxic substances; absolutely do not use enamel or Teflon processed pots. You can use aluminum pots and heat-resistant glass pots, and only glass bottles can be used for storage, never plastic containers. And for one person, you need to boil 8 bowls of water. After the water boils, simmer it for 1 hour. Do not add anything else to the soup, such as meat, fish, etc.