July 5, 2019
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【時令湯水】是時候飲消暑祛濕湯
#冬瓜皮有利水消腫功效不用削去
#新鮮荷葉和乾荷葉功效一樣啊
#星期五湯水
小暑冬瓜湯解暑消脂
明天小暑，接近一年中天氣最炎熱的日子，而且不時有驟雨，宜喝消暑祛濕湯水作調理。在大暑、小暑日子到街市買冬瓜，有些商戶會送贈荷葉，因為冬瓜與荷葉是解暑祛濕的好搭檔。今次推介的湯水加入蘋果，兼具減肥消脂功效，有助紓緩無胃口、身體感覺睏倦、肥胖等症狀。冬瓜皮可利水消腫，所以連皮煲湯效用更佳，謹記把外皮都刷乾淨呀！
消暑祛濕湯水小貼士：
適當地添加消暑祛濕食材如苦瓜、粟米鬚、綠豆、赤小豆、扁豆、眉豆等。
冬瓜荷葉蘋果湯
功效：消暑、祛濕、消脂，紓緩暑氣、無胃口、身體感覺睏倦、肥胖等症狀。
材料：冬瓜600克（約1斤）、鮮荷葉1/2塊（或乾荷葉20克）、蘋果1個、生薏米40克、眉豆30克、陳皮1角、蜜棗2枚
做法：
1. 所有材料洗淨，冬瓜連皮切塊，蘋果連皮去芯切塊備用。
2. 鍋中加入約2500毫升水，放入全部材料，武火煮至水滾，改文火煮約1小時，最後下鹽調味即可。
注意：脾胃虛弱容易腹瀉者可以節瓜代替冬瓜
Winter melon soup to relieve heat and aid fat burn
Tomorrow marks the minor heat solar term which means we are close to the hottest days of the year, with showers from time to time. We recommend having nourishing soup to clear summer heat and dispel dampness. When you buy winter melon in the market during major and minor heat solar term, some merchants will give you a lotus leaf as winter melon and lotus leaf are good combination for clearing summer heat and dampness. This soup also has apple, which can burn fat and relieve symptoms such as lack of appetite, fatigue and obesity. Winter melon skin can promote diuresis and reduce bloating so it is better to cook winter melon soup with skin. Remember to clean the skin.
Tips for soup to clear heat and dispel dampness:
Appropriately add in ingredients such as bitter gourd, corn silk, mung beans, rice beans, hyacinth bean and purple haricot.
Winter melon soup with lotus leaves and apple
Effects: Clears summer heat, dispels dampness, burns fat, relieves summer heat, poor appetite, fatigue and obesity.
Ingredients: 600g winter melon, ½ pieces of fresh lotus leaves (or 20g dried lotus leaves), 1 apple, 40g coix seeds, 30g purple haricot, 1 dried citrus peel, 2 candied dates
Preparations:
1. Rinse all ingredients thoroughly. Cut winter melon into pieces. Core apple and cut into pieces.
2. Combine all ingredients with 2500ml of water in a pot and cook on high heat until boiling. Turn to low heat and simmer for 1 hour. Add salt to taste.
Note: Those with asthenic spleen and stomach and those prone to diarrhea can use hairy gourd to replace winter melon.
