How to prepare salted lemon

Lemon is a fruit that many people like to eat. In summer, many people like to pickle lemons and then use them to make tea. It can prevent heatstroke and has a good effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. In addition, the vitamin C content of lemon is relatively high, which has a good effect on body conditioning and health care. The pickling method of salted lemons is also relatively simple. Let’s learn about the pickling method of salted lemons.

How to prepare salted lemon

1. Ingredients for pickled salted lemon

When making salted lemons at home, you need to prepare 300 grams of fresh lemons, 100 grams of sea salt, an appropriate amount of flour and table salt, and a clean glass bottle.

2. Steps to pickle salted lemon

1. Put the prepared fresh lemon into clean water and soak it for a while. Then add flour and mix well and soak it for fifteen minutes. Then take out the lemon and wash it with clean water to remove moisture.

2. Put the lemons after removing the moisture into a glass bottle. Put a layer of lemons and a layer of salt, and repeat this process. Put salt on the top layer, then cover the bottle, seal the bottle and put it in a cool place to marinate. After a month, the lemons inside will change color and become soft. At this time, the salted lemons you made yourself are already marinated, and you can take them out and eat them whenever you want.

3. When pickling salty lemons at home, Yining chooses smaller domestic green lemons. They must be cleaned before pickling. If you don’t want to use flour, you can also soak them in light salt water. Only after soaking can all the dirt and pectin on the surface of the green lemon be cleaned.

The efficacy and function of salty lemon

According to "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "Cantonese", lemons pickled with salt will turn black over time and can cure phlegm inflammation, relieve gas and soothe the stomach. The longer the lemons are pickled, the more magical the effect will be. Ten-year-old lemons can be a good medicine for curing diseases! Salty lemon can be soaked in water and drunk to relieve throat pain, or it can be used as an appetizer with white porridge.

Drinking salty lemon water in the early stages of a cold can have an immediate therapeutic effect. Whenever the seasons change, people with poor resistance are more likely to catch a cold. Colds are usually accompanied by coughs. The two symptoms attacking at the same time can greatly affect normal life. If you drink salty lemon water when a cold first occurs, it can quickly cure the cold and the effect is immediate.

In addition to treating colds, drinking salty lemon water can also relieve coughs and reduce phlegm. When you feel that there is too much phlegm in your throat or you cannot cough up the phlegm, drink a cup of warm water mixed with salty lemon in the morning. This will help you cough up the phlegm smoothly and greatly reduce discomfort. Drinking salty lemon water regularly in autumn and winter can protect your throat and moisten your lungs. Common sore throats are no problem.