The old saying goes, “Great Heat marks the extreme heat.” After the Great Heat, it is also the hottest time during the dog days, with hot and humid weather that makes people feel suffocated as if in a “steamer.”
In such hot weather, people will try every means to escape the heat, stay in air-conditioned rooms, drink cold beverages, eat some chilled watermelon, providing an opportunity for damp heat to thrive.
Therefore, after the Great Heat, it is not only important to learn how to cool down but also to focus on expelling dampness from the body. You can eat more of these four types of dampness-expelling vegetables, helping the body detoxify and easily get through the dog days.
One, Luffa
Luffa is highly nutritious, rich in vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber. The dietary fiber can promote intestinal peristalsis, assisting in expelling dampness and toxins from the body.
Additionally, its cooling nature can clear heat and dampness, providing some relief for discomfort caused by excessive internal damp-heat.
Recommendation recipe: 【Stir-fried Luffa】
1. Prepare two luffas, wash and peel them, cut into sections, then prepare some scallions, ginger, garlic, red pepper slices, and dried chili peppers.
2. Bring water to a boil in a pot, add a few drops of vegetable oil, blanch the luffa for about 1 minute, drain, rinse with cold water, and place in a mixing bowl.
3. Heat a spoonful of cooking oil in a pan, sauté scallions, ginger, garlic, and red chili, then pour into the mixing bowl with the luffa.
4. Prepare a sauce by adding salt, MSG, chicken bouillon, sugar, steamed fish sauce, sesame oil, vinegar in suitable amounts, mix well, pour into the bowl with luffa, stir well, and serve.
Two, Soybean Sprouts
Soybean sprouts are rich in vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber. The dietary fiber promotes intestinal peristalsis, improves digestion, and helps the body expel excess dampness and waste.
Recommendation recipe: 【Stir-fried Soybean Sprouts with Sweet Potato Vermicelli】
1. Soak sweet potato vermicelli in hot water until soft, wash 200g of soybean sprouts, slice green and red peppers, slice spring onions, ginger, add a few Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, and dried red peppers. Cut a small piece of lean pork into thin slices and set aside.
2. Boil water in a pot, add a spoonful of salt for flavor, blanch soybean sprouts for a minute, remove the bean smell, cook until half-cooked, drain in a colander.
3. Heat a pan with some cooking oil, stir-fry the pork slices quickly until they change color, add spring onions, ginger, and red chili to fragrant, add 3g oyster sauce, 2g dark soy sauce for color, stir-fry, then add the soybean sprouts.
4. Stir-fry over high heat for 30 seconds, add green and red peppers and vermicelli, add 2g salt, 1g white pepper, 1g sugar, pour in 5g seasoning sauce from the edge of the pan, stir-fry over high heat for 30 seconds, drizzle with a little sesame oil, stir for another 10 seconds, and serve deliciously.
Three, Celery
Celery is rich in dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals. The dietary fiber promotes intestinal peristalsis, helps expel dampness and metabolic waste from the body, and maintains intestinal health.
Recommendation recipe: 【Celery with Dried Bean Curd】
1. Wash a bunch of celery, cut wide celery stems in the middle, then into 4cm long segments, cut 3 small green chilies in half, omit if not spicy, cut two pieces of dried bean curd into strips, a small piece of ginger into minced ginger, put in a bowl, take a small bowl, add a few peppercorns, a small bunch of dried red chilies.
2. Boil water in a pot, add a spoonful of salt, a little vegetable oil, when the water boils, add celery, chilies, and dried bean curd, blanch for a minute, drain in a colander, rinse with cold water.
3. Heat some cooking oil in a pan, sauté peppercorns and dried red chilies until fragrant, then pour the hot oil into the minced ginger to release the aroma.
4. Prepare a mixing bowl, add the blanched ingredients, 2g salt, 2g sugar, 1g MSG, pour in the peppercorns, dried red chilies, minced ginger, add 5g vinegar, 3g light soy sauce, mix well, serve on a plate.
Four, Black Fungus
Recommendation recipe: 【Stir-fried Black Fungus with Eggs】
1. Cut two green peppers into diamond slices, half a red pepper into triangle slices, half an onion into small slices, take a small handful of soaked black fungus, tear into small pieces, drain and put in another bowl.
2. Crack 3 eggs in a bowl, add a pinch of salt for taste, a few drops of vinegar for freshness, stir with chopsticks, slice garlic, cut a section of spring onion into horse hoof chunks, set aside.
3. Heat a wok with cooking oil, pour in the egg mixture when the oil is hot, stir until the eggs solidify, pour out and set aside, add a little more cooking oil, add in spring onion, garlic until fragrant, add green and red peppers, onions, stir-fry quickly, add light soy sauce for seasoning, then add soaked black fungus, stir-fry briefly, then season.
4. Add salt, chicken powder, sugar as needed, pour in the fried eggs, stir briefly to mix all the seasonings. Stir-fry over high heat for 10 seconds, and the dish is ready to serve.
Well, today’s delicious recipes end here. If you have any different views or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment in the section below. Thank you for reading, see you in the next issue.
