What to eat on a hot day

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and many friends are experiencing symptoms of not wanting to eat. In fact, it is because the weather is hot that people don’t want to move, because they will sweat if they move. In addition to a series of cooling and relieving heat tools such as air conditioning and herbal tea in the summer, there are also many tips to relieve loss of appetite, as well as some side dishes that can help stimulate the appetite. So what is the best thing to eat on a hot day? Next, follow the editor to learn about the foods that the editor has collected for you that are suitable for eating on hot days!

[How to make winter melon, mung bean, barley, wolfberry and duck leg soup]

1 duck leg; 15g mung bean; 5g coix seed; 500g winter melon; 5 wolfberries;

10g ginger; 5g salt; 50g homemade pepper water; 1000g water;

It is suitable to eat old duck soup during the Great Heat. Old duck is a great tonic for the summer, not only is it rich in nutrients, but also because it lives in water all year round, it has a cool nature, and has the effects of nourishing the yang of the five internal organs, clearing away heat from deficiency and fatigue, replenishing blood and promoting water circulation, and nourishing the stomach and producing body fluids.

Methods and steps

1Wash the duck legs with clean water and chop them into pieces of appropriate size with a knife. Put water in the pot and boil it until the water makes a sound and is half boiling, then add the duck meat pieces. Add 1 tablespoon of homemade pepper water.

Winter melon, mung bean, barley and wolfberry duck leg soup

2 Bring to a boil over high heat until a lot of foam appears on the surface of the water in the pot. Use a slotted spoon to drain the duck. Rinse immediately with cool water to cool down.

Winter melon, mung bean, barley and wolfberry duck leg soup

3. Pour enough water into the inner pot of the electric pressure cooker and put in the rinsed duck pieces. Add 1 slice of ginger. Wash the coix seeds and soak them in clean water in advance, then pour them into the pot together with the water used to soak the coix seeds.

Winter melon, mung bean, barley and wolfberry duck leg soup

4Wash the mung beans and put them into the pot. Cover the pot, select the meat button to maintain pressure for 10 minutes, and start cooking.

5 After the electric pressure cooker stops working, open the lid and put in the chopped winter melon pieces. Wash the wolfberries with clean water and put them into the pot.

Winter melon, mung bean, barley and wolfberry duck leg soup

6 Tips:

1. The process of blanching duck legs is also called the process of boiling water. Blanching means boiling the main ingredients in water, which can not only remove the fishy smell, but also thoroughly remove impurities on the surface of the duck legs. Do not use cold water for blanching, because the meat has gone through the process of the water going from cold to boiling, which will result in serious loss of nutrients. If you cook the meat in boiling water, the heat will cause the protein to coagulate and affect the taste. It is best to have the water just barely boiling, and cook for about 7 to 8 minutes.

2. When making soup, use cold water to allow the ingredients to release all their nutrients as the water temperature rises. Therefore, after blanching, be sure to rinse the duck legs with cold water immediately so that the meat will not shrink due to the cold when you put them into the pot to cook again.

3. Add salt after the soup is done, not at the beginning or when it is half cooked. If the salt is cooked for too long, it will react chemically with the meat, causing the protein in the meat to coagulate and the soup to become less tasty.

4. Soaking coix seeds in advance can save time in making soup.

Winter melon, mung bean, barley and wolfberry duck leg soup

7 When making soup in summer, my favorite ingredient is winter melon. Whether it is a simple quick soup like winter melon and shrimp soup, or spending a little more time and carefully making a pot of delicious soup - winter melon, mung bean, coix seed, wolfberry and duck leg soup, I can drink it to my heart's content. Because winter melon contains a lot of water, accounting for more than 90%, and the human body sweats a lot in summer and loses the most water. Winter melon is undoubtedly the best food for replenishing water. Moreover, winter melon contains a variety of vitamins, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, and iron. The potassium content in winter melon is very high, with up to 136 mg of potassium per 100 grams. Potassium is an important nutrient for balancing the osmotic pressure of cells in the body, protecting the heart, reducing swelling and promoting diuresis. In addition, winter melon has the effects of beautifying the skin, losing weight and reducing fat.

8 The human body sweats a lot in summer, and many minerals will be lost with sweat, especially potassium, which has the highest loss content. In terms of diet, you should eat more fruits and vegetables to increase your mineral intake, because minerals such as potassium, sodium, chromium, zinc, and selenium are abundant in fruits and vegetables. In addition, do not neglect vitamin supplements, because B vitamins are directly involved in the body's energy production, so you need to eat more milk, green vegetables, red vegetables, red meat, sea plants, fungi, etc.

9 Speaking of meat, the best tonic in summer is duck meat. Chinese medicine believes that the meat is sweet and cold in nature, enters the lung, stomach and kidney meridians, and has the effects of nourishing, nourishing the stomach, nourishing the kidneys, eliminating edema, stopping heat dysentery, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. Duck meat is suitable for people with heat in the body, and it is even more beneficial for people with weak constitution, loss of appetite, fever, dry stool and edema. There is also folk legend that duck is the "holy medicine" for tuberculosis patients. The Compendium of Materia Medica records that duck meat "is a great tonic for the weak and tired, is the best for eliminating fever, promoting urination, eliminating edema, relieving fullness, benefiting the internal organs, reducing sores and swelling, and calming epilepsy."

10 In addition, I will also choose some beans such as coix seed and mung bean, which are good ingredients for relieving heat and cooling down in summer. Coix seed is sweet, mild and slightly cold in nature, and has the effects of diuresis, swelling, spleen strengthening and dampness removal. Mung bean is sweet and cool in nature, and has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. People sweat a lot in summer and lose a lot of water, which disrupts the electrolyte balance in the body. Boiling mung bean soup to replenish it is the most ideal method. It can relieve heat, replenish qi, quench thirst and promote urination. It can not only replenish water, but also replenish inorganic salts in time, which is of great significance for maintaining water and electrolyte balance.