Red Dates, Longan and Lotus Seed Soup

Name: Red Dates, Longan and Lotus Seed Soup
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 20 pcs Red dates; 40 pcs Lotus seed; 16 pcs Dried longan

by Five meals a day

4.8 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

1h

Serving

2

Soup stewing does not require complicated procedures. Put in a bunch of rich ingredients and you can stew a pot of nutritious and delicious soup, saving time and worry. Drinking a bowl of steaming soup, it seems that the exhaustion of the whole body has disappeared, and the whole person has become warm and happy.

Today, I am going to share a bowl of red dates, longan and lotus seed soup with Ma Ma. This bowl is the classic "Sanyuan Soup for Nourishing Qi and Blood", which can nourish the spleen and stomach, and invigorate the qi.

Sanyuan means: red dates, longan and lotus seeds. Jujube has the functions of invigorating deficiency and qi, nourishing blood, invigorating the spleen and stomach. Longan, also known as longan, has the effect of nourishing the heart and blood. Lotus seeds have high nutritional value and are rich in protein, fat and carbohydrates. Lotus seeds are very rich in calcium, phosphorus and potassium. This bowl of red dates, longan and lotus seed soup can be enjoyed by both the baby and the adults at home. Slowly adjust the baby in autumn. Is the baby afraid of cold in winter? Mothers should also drink it often.

Reference age: 12 months and above (the following is how to eat 6-12 months old baby)

Ingredients

20 pcs Red Dates
40 pcs Lotus Seed
16 pcs Dried Longan

Red Dates, Longan and Lotus Seed Soup

1. Wash all the ingredients and remove the core of the lotus seeds without soaking.
Tips: The medicinal value of lotus seed core is very high, but it is cold and the baby's intestines and stomach are delicate, so remove it.

Put all into a saucepan, add about 600ml of water, bring to a boil on high heat, turn to low heat and cook for 45 minutes.
Tips: Red dates, longan and lotus seeds are cooked together, and the final soup tastes with a strong red date fragrance.

Red Dates, Longan and Lotus Seed Soup recipe

2. You can drink it directly from the pot or add less sugar. Ma Ma can add an appropriate amount of brown sugar. Just make the amount of the day once, you like to drink it, and stew it the next day, it's not troublesome.

3. This soup is also especially suitable for hemp. It is especially suitable for hemp with cold hands and feet in winter, after menstrual period and after childbirth.
Tips: How do babies under 1 year old drink this bowl of soup? After the stew, the red dates are peeled and pitted and pressed together with the lotus seeds into a puree. You can enjoy it in 6 months, provided that you are not allergic to the red dates and lotus seeds.

Tips:
Baby is picky eater, anorexic, doesn't like eating?
How to supplement calcium, iron, zinc and selenium?
Pay attention to senior nutritionist mothers, don’t worry about anything.