How long to cook monk fruit

Monk fruit is usually used to soak in water for consumption. In order to make the effect of monk fruit more powerful, some people will use monk fruit to boil water to drink. How long is it appropriate to boil monk fruit? Usually people break the monk fruit directly and soak it in water. Some people will put some monk fruit when cooking soup, which can increase the therapeutic effect of the soup. Here are a few ways to make monk fruit soup.

1. How to soak monk fruit in water

Method: Break the monk fruit in half and take a quarter of the flesh; put it into a tea-making container or a purple clay teapot, and pour in water at about 80°; the first steeping time is about 30 seconds, then it can be poured out (the soup is generally golden and transparent, and tastes sweet but not greasy). The subsequent soaking time can be flexibly controlled according to your taste preferences; replace the fruit pulp with new one after it has no taste.

Note:

1. The shell of monk fruit can also be used to make tea, but if it is the first generation of high-temperature baked fruit, it is recommended not to do so, because the efficacy has been lost due to the processing method.

2. Don't make the brew too strong, as it will affect your taste and make you feel like you are taking medicine (the mogroside in monk fruit is a type of oligosaccharide, 300 times sweeter than sucrose). Don't think that the stronger the brew, the better the effect. The health and therapeutic effects of monk fruit require long-term persistence.

3. The water temperature should not be too high. The effect of Luo Han Guo in treating throat and cough is mainly due to Luo Han Guo kinase, which is a biologically active kinase. It will be decomposed if the temperature is too high. In fact, the best temperature for drinking Luo Han Guo is 60° water temperature, but it takes a long time, so 80° is recommended. If it is the second generation of low-temperature dried fruit, it is recommended to use 60° water to drink it, because its Luo Han Guo

2. How to eat monk fruit

How to eat monk fruit? Breaking the monk fruit into pieces and soaking them in water to drink is the simplest way. It can also be used to cook porridge, soup, etc. Generally, half or a quarter of a monk fruit can make a cup of monk fruit tea.

Traditional Luo Han Guo diet therapy recipe (the recipe is for reference only and should be used under the guidance of a doctor).

1. Monk fruit tea: Put a little monk fruit shell and pulp into boiling water and soak for 15 minutes before drinking as tea. This prescription has the effects of clearing the lungs and relieving coughs, moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. It is more effective for hoarseness and dry mouth caused by excessive smoking and drinking.

2. Monk fruit and pig lung soup: 1 monk fruit and appropriate amount of pig lung. This prescription can nourish the lung yin and assist in the treatment of cough.

3. Monk fruit and motherwort soup: 15g monk fruit, 10g motherwort, decocted in water and taken orally. This prescription is used for women's cough and irregular menstruation.

4. Weight loss and fitness soup: 10g monk fruit and 10g hawthorn slices. Wash and crush the monk fruit, boil it with hawthorn in a pot with 250g of clean water. After it is cooked, remove the residue and pour the juice into a cup. If you add an appropriate amount of honey, it will taste better. The kinase is basically not lost, so I would rather wait for the sake of efficacy.