Grain rain festival seasonal specialties recommended

On the day of Grain Rain, there is the custom of eating toon. Before and after the rain for a period of time is the toon on the market, before the rain of the toon is more top quality, this time the toon flavor, fresh and crisp, high nutritional value, so there is "before the rain of the toon tender as silk" said. With toon sprout scrambled eggs, mixed with tofu, fried toon fish is the most common way to eat. Toon is not only nutritious, but also nutritionally balanced, folk have "often eat toon not born miscellaneous diseases" said.

After the rainfall increased after the rainy season, the humidity in the air gradually increased, people will appear joint pain, loss of appetite and other symptoms, according to the weather characteristics of the rainy season and the impact on people, at this time, we should adjust the diet, eat more moisture, water, arsine elimination of food, such as Job's Tears, adzuki bean, ginger, eel, red pepper, chicken, lotus seed, soybean sprouts, in order to achieve the effect of elimination of disease and strengthening of the body. Recipes for health at this time of the year are :

Water-reducing and swelling porridge

Ingredients

Job's tears, adzuki beans, lotus seeds, and silver fungus, each in appropriate quantities.

Seasoning

A little sugar.

Practice

1, lotus seeds, silver fungus with water soaking rise, and then wash and spare.

2, the pot first into the barley, red beans, lotus seeds cooked until rotten, and then add the silver fungus cooked together until cooked, add sugar slightly mixed seasoning can be.

Function: Job's tears, red beans have a good water, dehumidification, decongestion effect, with the role of heat and tranquility of the lotus seed and beauty and slimming effect of the fungus with the made of health porridge meals, water and decongestion effect, at the same time with the effect of replenishment of qi and blood. In the spring rainy season to eat this porridge is no longer appropriate.

Ingredients

500 grams of skinless boneless chicken breast, 1 garlic, 2 carrots, 2 slices of ginger, 1 potato, 1 onion, 110 grams of fresh string beans.

Seasoning

Olive oil, pepper, salt to taste, 120 ml white wine.

Directions

Pour the peeled garlic, white wine, ginger and the right amount of olive oil into a food processor and mix well, set aside.

Heat 60 ml of olive oil in a casserole dish, brown the chicken and then turn the heat down to low, pour Method 1 into the pan and cook for about 20-30 minutes (depending on the size of the chicken).

Add the potatoes and carrots to the pot and continue to cook, add the onions and beans when they are 70-80% cooked, cook until the vegetables are cooked but not rotten, and then season with salt and pepper to taste.

Functionality: Ginger is a common ingredient in therapeutic food, in addition to everyone knows the relief of the table, warming the stomach, dispersal of cold, vomiting and other effects, but also pain and wind dampness and other effects, the rainy season to eat the best of this dish.