Three Royal meals are preferred for winter solstice health preservation
As the saying goes: after eating the winter solstice meal, one day is a long line. As early as the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice was regarded as a public holiday, and all civil and military officials could have a day off. In Taiwan, the winter solstice is as important as the Chinese New Year. From the winter solstice, we must often eat mutton stewed radish, which is the first choice for the Royal diet on the 'Winter Solstice' day. The specific methods are as follows:
Stewed white radish with mutton
[ingredients] 500g white radish, 250g mutton, appropriate amount of ginger, cooking wine and salt.
[practice] wash the white radish and mutton and cut them into pieces for standby. Put an appropriate amount of water in the pot to put the mutton into the pot. Take out the mutton 5 or 6 minutes after boiling, pour out the water, change the water again, boil it, add mutton, ginger, cooking wine and salt, stew until six mature, and put the white radish into the pot until cooked.
[efficacy] tonifying qi and deficiency, warming the body. It is more suitable for those with weak waist and knees, sleepiness and fatigue, deficiency of spleen and stomach and cold. Fried mushrooms:
[ingredients] Lentinus edodes, fresh mushrooms, vegetable oil, soy sauce, sugar, Lake powder, monosodium glutamate, salt, rice wine, ginger powder, fresh soup and sesame oil.
[practice] wash and slice the mushrooms and fresh mushrooms, heat the wok with oil, stir fry the mushrooms, put ginger, soy sauce, sugar and yellow rice wine, and continue to stir fry to make them taste. Add fresh soup and boil, put monosodium glutamate and salt, thicken with starch, sprinkle with sesame oil, and put them on a plate.
[efficacy] tonifying the intestines and stomach, resolving phlegm and dispersing cold.
This dish can enhance the immune function of the body and is more suitable for patients with hyperlipidemia.
Sesame oil mixed with spinach
[ingredients] 1 kg of spinach, appropriate amount of salt and sesame oil.
[practice] wash spinach, blanch it in boiling water, remove it into a plate, add an appropriate amount of salt and sprinkle with sesame oil.
[efficacy] dredge the pulse, open the chest, regulate the lower Qi, quench thirst and moisten dryness.
In addition, it is recommended that you eat more yams (steamed or boiled). It can strengthen the spleen, replenish the lung, strengthen the kidney and benefit the essence.
Winter solstice tonic recipe
Stewed black chicken with gastrodia elata
Raw materials: 1 black chicken (about 750g), 25g Gastrodia elata, 10g Chuanxiong and 10g white Poria cocos, 5g ginger slices, 10g cooking wine, appropriate amount of refined salt and a little coriander.
Practice: put the black chicken into cold water, boil it, blanch it to remove the blood foam; Wash the traditional Chinese medicine, put it into the chicken belly and sew the mouth with thread. Put the black chicken into a casserole, add ginger slices, cooking wine and an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, stew over low heat for about 1 hour, put refined salt and stew for about 20 minutes until the materials are cooked and rotten, and sprinkle with coriander.
Efficacy: Wuji has the effects of relaxing meridians, promoting blood circulation and regulating endocrine, which is of great benefit to elderly women. Gastrodia elata, Ligusticum chuanxiong and poria cocos have the effect of adjuvant treatment on dizziness, headache and insomnia with neurasthenia. They can not only calm the liver, calm the wind and relieve pain, but also nourish and calm the mind. In cooperation with black chicken, they have an obvious effect of tonifying deficiency.
Steamed carp with gastrodia elata
Raw materials: 30g Gastrodia elata, 10g Chuanxiong and 10g Poria cocos, 1 fresh carp (1500g), appropriate amount of clear soup and seasoning.
Method: remove scales, gills and internal organs of fresh carp and wash them; Cut Ligusticum chuanxiong and poria cocos into large pieces and soak them with rice swill for the second time; Then soak Gastrodia elata in the rice swill soaked in Ligusticum chuanxiong and poria cocos for 4-6 hours, remove Gastrodia elata, steam it thoroughly on the rice, and cut it into pieces for use. Put Gastrodia elata slices into the head and abdomen of the fish, put them on a plate, then put scallions and ginger, add appropriate water, steam them in a cage for about 30 minutes, and then pick up scallions and ginger; In addition, boil with starch, clear soup, sugar, salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper and sesame oil, thicken and pour on Gastrodia elata fish.
Efficacy: reduce blood pressure and dampness, dispel wind and strengthen kidney. Suitable for patients with hypertension.
Yam fillet
Raw materials: 400-600g fish fillet, 20-30g yam, 200g green radish, appropriate amount of shredded green onion, shredded ginger, pepper, refined salt and monosodium glutamate.
Practice: peel yam, wash and press into fine powder; Put the sliced fish into a bowl, add an appropriate amount of starch and refined salt, add 1-2 eggs, mix well, marinate for about 20 minutes, and fry in hot oil; Leave a little oil in the pot, heat it, add shredded green onion and shredded ginger, stir fry for a moment, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, add yam powder, fried fish fillets, shredded green radish and refined salt, stew over low heat for about 20 minutes, and season with pepper and monosodium glutamate.
Efficacy: prevention and treatment of sexual function decline.
Steamed fish with Fructus Rehmanniae
Raw materials: 500g sea fish, 10g ground skin, 2 oranges, shredded kelp, refined salt, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate and Shuidian powder.
Method: after washing the sea fish, draw a few oblique knives and smear it with a little refined salt; Add an appropriate amount of water and simmer for 30 minutes, filter the liquid with gauze, add water and cook for 20 minutes, filter the liquid, then pour the liquid filtered twice into the pot, add shredded kelp, refined salt, soy sauce and orange peel, thicken with a little water starch, and cook until the soup is viscous; Put the pickled fish in a steaming bowl, add scallion, thick soup and shredded ginger, and steam until done.
Efficacy: enhance sexual function and prevent premature aging.
Lotus root pig spinal cord soup
Raw materials: 500g bone connected pig spinal cord, 250g lotus root, appropriate amount of scallion, ginger, cooking wine and refined salt.
Method: wash the lotus root and cut it into thick pieces; Wash the pig spinal cord, scald it in boiling water, remove it and drain the water. Put the pig spinal cord and lotus root slices into a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, add scallion, ginger and cooking wine, boil over high heat, and then simmer over low heat for about 150 minutes until cooked. Remove scallion and ginger slices and add refined salt to taste.
Efficacy: Nourishing Yin and marrow. It is suitable for auxiliary food therapy of low back pain, weakness of waist and knee, weakness of limbs and so on caused by old lumbar muscle strain.
Niunei jujube soup
Raw materials: 250g beef, 20g red jujube, appropriate amount of refined salt, cooking wine, ginger slices and monosodium glutamate.
Method: wash and cut beef into small pieces; Wash the red dates. In casserole, add proper amount of water, add cooking wine and ginger slices, stew the beef until it is cooked and rotten, and add refined salt and monosodium glutamate to taste.
Efficacy: tonifying the middle and supplementing qi.