Osmanthus and water chestnut
Overview
Water chestnuts are cold food and have the good effect of clearing away heat and purging fire. It can not only clear away heat and promote fluid production, but also supplement nutrition. It is most suitable for patients with fever. It has the effects of cooling blood and detoxifying, diuretic and laxative, resolving dampness and eliminating phlegm, eliminating food and removing swelling. During the epidemic season of respiratory infectious diseases, eating water chestnuts is beneficial to the prevention and treatment of meningococcal meningitis, measles, whooping cough and acute pharyngitis. Today’s water chestnut syrup is very simple to make, it’s great as a snack or as an after-dinner dessert!
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Ingredients: water chestnuts, sugar osmanthus, rock sugar, wolfberry
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Wash and peel the water chestnuts, rinse them, and soak them in light salt water for a few minutes
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Drain the soaked water chestnuts and put them into a large bowl. Add the crushed rock sugar, wolfberry, and two teaspoons of sweet-scented osmanthus in turn. (The sugar osmanthus can also be steamed at the end and then topped with
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Place in a steamer, bring to a boil over high heat and then steam over medium heat for 20 minutes.
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Take out the steamed water chestnuts, soak them in the soup and let cool.
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Sweet and crispy, it moistens the lungs.
