Coix Seed Soup with Red Beans and Lotus Seed --- Spring Health Diet Therapy

Name: Coix Seed Soup with Red Beans and Lotus Seed --- Spring Health Diet Therapy
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: Some Chixiaodou; Some Lotus seed; Some lily; Some crystal sugar

by Le Xiaoyao

4.7 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

1h

Serving

2

There is more rain in spring and the air humidity is higher. Experts in traditional Chinese medicine believe that the deficiency of spleen and stomach Qi in spring can easily cause dampness, and external dampness will block the spleen and stomach, which can easily cause the body's blood qi to flow poorly, the meridians are blocked, and symptoms of fatigue and lethargy occur. When the body's righteousness is insufficient and the resistance is reduced, "damp evil" will become a pathogenic factor. Therefore, every spring, many families in Guangdong and Guangxi will often boil some damp-reducing soup to regulate their bodies.
Among them, barley and Chixiaodou are the more commonly used ingredients for dampness soup. Boiled soup can help eliminate dampness in the body. It can also be cooked with lotus seeds, lilies, red dates, etc.
In addition, in spring, it is best to go to bed early and get up early, not stay up late, and have a light diet to reduce sleepiness and weakness. "

Ingredients

Some Chixiaodou
Some Lotus Seed
Some Lily
Some Crystal Sugar

Coix Seed Soup with Red Beans and Lotus Seed --- Spring Health Diet Therapy

1. Wash the red beans, barley, lotus seeds, and lily and soak in water for 1 hour.

Coix Seed Soup with Red Beans and Lotus Seed --- Spring Health Diet Therapy recipe

2. Boil the above ingredients on high fire for 10 minutes, then close the lid and simmer for 1 hour.

3. After an hour, the soup became darker and the beans became larger.

4. Bring the soup to a boil again, then add rock sugar.

5. Turn to low heat and cook for 20 minutes, then turn off the heat, then simmer for 30-60 minutes before serving.

6. Cooked red bean soup.

Tips:
1) Chixiaodou and red beans are two different legumes with different effects. The former is relatively slender and has a harder taste.

2) Chixiaodou and barley are difficult to boil, so soak them in water for more than 30 minutes in advance.

3) The method of boiling and simmering is more gas-saving, and the time of simmering can be shortened by using a pressure cooker or a boiler-free pot.