How to make kelp sprout soup

Everyone should be familiar with kelp, a herb that grows in the sea. In winter, fairs, markets, and supermarkets start selling kelp in large quantities. It doesn't matter if you buy too much. You can dry it and store it. Whenever you want to eat it, just take it out and soak it in water. The nutritional value of kelp is also very high. We usually eat it cold or make it into soup. It tastes very good. The kelp leaf sprout soup tastes particularly good and is very nutritious. It is deeply loved by people.

How to make kelp sprout soup

1. Prepare all the ingredients.

2. Bring water to a boil, add a little vinegar, put in the kelp and cook for 5 minutes, then cool and set aside.

3. Pour oil into the wok and sauté scallions and ginger.

4. Add kelp, bean sprouts and mushrooms, stir-fry for a while and turn off the heat.

5. Pour the dried shrimps into a soup pot, add appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat.

6. Add salt when bean sprouts are cooked.

7. Add pepper to taste.

8. Drizzle in a little sesame oil.

9. Turn off the heat after boiling.

Kelp has high nutritional value and is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, iodine and other trace elements.

Kelp has a unique flavor and can be eaten in many ways, such as salad, stir-fry, or stew. Kelp is an alkaline food. Regular consumption will increase the body's absorption of calcium. Adding some kelp to greasy food can reduce the accumulation of fat in the body. Among all foods, kelp has the highest iodine content, containing 300 mg to 700 mg of iodine per 100 grams of kelp. Iodine is an essential trace element in the human body and an important raw material for synthesizing thyroid hormone. If a person is iodine deficient for a long time, he will develop endemic goiter. Eating kelp can prevent and treat this disease. If pregnant women do not take in enough iodine, it will affect the growth and development of the fetus, causing poor development and low intelligence after birth, so pregnant women should eat some kelp appropriately. Experts believe that due to people's excessive intake of animal protein, lean meat, white sugar, etc., it is easy to cause insufficient thyroid secretion and skin metabolism disorders, resulting in gray hair. Eating kelp regularly can help prevent and reduce hair graying.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that kelp is salty and cold in nature, non-toxic, and has the effects of softening and dispersing lumps, eliminating phlegm and relieving asthma, promoting diuresis, removing fat and lowering blood pressure. It can treat carbuncles, indigestion, urinary problems, cough and asthma, edema, and high blood pressure. Modern medical research shows that sodium alginate extracted from kelp has a blood pressure lowering effect. Japanese scientists soaked kelp in 60℃ water, concentrated the extract, and gave it to patients with hypertension to lower their blood pressure. Scientists have also nitrated mannitol extracted from kelp to make a specific medicine for coronary heart disease, which is given to patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and coronary heart disease.