Today’s soup is soft, glutinous and sweet. More importantly, it also has very good effects of moisturizing the intestines, reducing dryness, and bodybuilding and weight loss!
Red beans have the effects of clearing the heart and nourishing the spirit, strengthening the spleen and kidneys. Adding lotus seeds can also strengthen the essence and qi, strengthen the bones and muscles, etc., can cure lung dryness, dry cough, enhance the vitality of internal organs, and enhance physical strength.
It is said that health preservation is also an important part of skin care. External adjustment plus internal nourishment can create a watery woman!
Red beans are not only delicious food, but also a wonderful medicine for doctors to treat diseases. According to Chinese medicine, red beans are sweet, sour, flat, and non-toxic. They have the effect of removing dampness and tonifying the spleen. They are more suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach. In diet therapy, they are often used for hypertension, atherosclerosis, edema caused by various reasons, and for heat relief, heat relieving, stomach strengthening, and other purposes.
Suitable for people with various types of edema, including renal edema, cardiac edema, cirrhosis ascites, malnutrition edema, etc. If it can be eaten with mullet, carp or yellow hen, the swelling effect is better; suitable for postpartum milk deficiency and postpartum edema, red beans can be used alone to make soup or porridge; suitable for people with obesity.
Red beans can clear the water channel, so people with frequent urination should not eat them; people who are bitten by snakes should not eat them for 100 days.
Lotus seeds have the effects of tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, benefiting the kidneys, nourishing the heart and calming the mind. Although the lotus seed core is extremely bitter, it has a good effect of removing heart fire, can treat mouth sores, and help sleep. Therefore, it is recommended not to break the lotus seeds and remove the lotus seed core when cooking this soup, so that it will be more effective after drinking it!
In addition, I added some raisins, which tasted sour and sweet, and the taste and nutrition were richer!โ
red bean and lotus seed soup
Ingredients
- 30 g Lotus seeds
- 80 g red beans
- 20 g raisin
- 15 g Sticky rice
- 10 g crystal sugar
Instructions
- Wash the red beans and lotus seeds thoroughly and soak them in cold water for several hours or overnight
- Drain the soaked red beans and lotus seeds, pour them into a pot with cold water, turn on the heat and boil
- Put glutinous rice and raisins in a bowl, add water, stir in circles with chopsticks, and rub the raisins with your hands
- Add red beans and lotus seeds to the boiling water and cook for about 20 minutes. Then add the washed and drained glutinous rice and raisins
- Stir, cover and continue cooking for about half an hour, then add rock sugar
- After stirring evenly, continue to cook on low heat until the soup in the pot becomes thick, the glutinous rice is soft, and the red beans are just cooked. Then turn off the heat
- Cover the pot and continue to simmer for about 10 minutes. Ladle into a bowl and enjoy
