Post Date December, 03 2023
What does cauliflower stew tonify the kidney?
Huajiao is a dried product of various fish swim bladders, known for its rich gums, also known as Huajiao. This food has always been a famous feast dish, with considerable nourishing and medicinal value. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, anthocyanin can nourish the kidney, nourish the essence, and nourish the muscles. Anthocyanin is rich in protein and glia, with functions of nourishing yin, nourishing skin, nourishing blood, tonifying the kidney, and strengthening the body. The waist and knees are sore and weak, making it the most suitable for regular consumption.
Huajiao is divided into Guangdu (the most precious), Zhajiao Gong, and Huajiao Tube, with Guangdu being the most precious. When choosing, you should pay attention to whether the decal is thick, golden, and dry, and whether it can transmit light under the light. It is best to be crystal clear. If there is a particularly dark part on the body of the flower glue, it indicates that the flower glue is not yet dry and beautiful enough.
1. Huajiao Hongzao medlar soup
Ingredients: 1 anthocyanin, 5 red dates, 10g wolfberry fruit, 200g papaya, 50g rock sugar.
Method: Soak the gelatin in yellow wine, wash and shred it, put it into a pot, add some water, cook for 2 hours, add red dates, medlar, and papaya, continue to cook for 30 minutes, add rock sugar, and cook for another 10 minutes.
Efficacy: Nourishing yin, tonifying liver and kidney, nourishing blood, benefiting essence, brightening eyes, and consolidating kidney essence.
2. Stewed Scallops with Northern and Southern Apricot Partridge and Flower Glue
Ingredients: 5g Chuanbei, 12g Nanxing, 6g Beixing (available in traditional Chinese medicine stores), 2 partridges, 40g Huajiao, 100g lean pork, and 3 slices of ginger.
Method: Soak the medicine slightly; Slaughter and wash the partridge; Wash lean pork; Soak the gelatin in ginger and hot water for about 6 hours. Place a stew cup together, add 1500 ml (6 bowls) of cold boiled water, cover and simmer over water for 3 hours, then add salt when drinking.
Efficacy: Chuanbei has the function of resolving phlegm, relieving cough, clearing heat, and dispersing nodules. Partridge sweet and warm can dissipate phlegm and benefit the five internal organs. Anthocyanin has better effects on nourishing blood and yin, moistening the lungs and strengthening the spleen, and tonifying the kidney and essence. It is a delicious and refreshing soup, which can moisten the lungs and kidney, strengthen the spleen and nourish yin.
3. Braised Seahorse with Scallop and Flower Glue
Ingredients: 20g scallop, 10g anthocyanin (dried), 3 strips of seahorse, 100g lean meat, 2 slices of ginger.
Method: First soak the scallops in warm water, wash them, wash them with gelatin, soak and cut them into pieces. Wash the seahorse separately in warm water, and soak slightly. Cut the lean meat into large pieces and splash with water. Add 1200 ml of clear water to the soup pot, add seahorse, scallop, lean meat, and ginger together, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat for 1 hour, then add the gelatin, turn to high heat, and cook for 30 minutes, then serve seasoning and drinking.
Efficacy: The combination of scallops, seahorses, and gelatin is a soup that not only has the effects of tonifying the kidney and strengthening the body, but also can beautify and moisturize the skin, suitable for adult men and women.
4. Stewed ass hide glue with American ginseng
Ingredients: 30g gelatin, 10g ass hide glue, 10g American ginseng, 1 egg, and some rock sugar.
Method: Soak in warm water for 2-3 hours and cut into sections; Rinse American ginseng and break ass hide glue. Put them together with rock sugar into a stew cup, add 350 ml of cold boiled water (about 1/2 bowl), cover and simmer for 2 hours, then beat in the eggs (remove the shell, add the egg white and yolk together) for a moment.
Efficacy: Nourishing yin and kidney, nourishing blood and moistening the skin, it is the best tonic for women in dry winter, and also for middle-aged and elderly people in autumn and winter.
5. Fish Gum Kidney Tonifying Decoction
Ingredients: 100g fish glue, 20g psoralen (a traditional Chinese medicine), appropriate amount of salt and monosodium glutamate.
Method: Put fish glue and psoralen into the pot together, add some water, add salt, and cook for 1 hour. Add monosodium glutamate.
Efficacy: Tonifying the kidney and tonifying essence, warming yang and consolidating absorption. Suitable for enuresis, ejaculation, and frequent nocturnal urination due to kidney deficiency.
6. Chicken Soup with Winter Insect, Grass and Flower Glue
Ingredients: 3 liang of gelatin, 25 grams of winter caterpillar fungus, half an old chicken, 50 grams of ham, and a little salt.
Method: Wash the flower glue, soak it in clean water for one hour, remove and drain the water; Wash the winter caterpillar fungus and set aside. Wash the light chicken, blanch it in boiling water to remove the odor, remove and drain. Set aside. Pour a suitable amount of water into the stew cup, add cauliflower, aged chicken, ham, and winter caterpillar fungus, cover and simmer slowly over low heat over water for 2 hours, uncover and season with salt.
Efficacy: Huajiao has the functions of nourishing yin and kidney, nourishing liver and moisturizing the skin, whitening and anti wrinkle. Dongchong Grass has the effects of nourishing the lung, kidney, and liver. Drinking this soup often in autumn and winter can not only nourish the body, but also moisturize the skin and eliminate wrinkles.
Edible flower glue should be properly matched. Generally speaking, it is suitable for children and the elderly to use rice porridge with gelatin. For young people, it's best to use the simplest form of rock candy, or to pair it with some fruit and vegetable protein drinks. Recently, research has found that pineapple and pectin eaten together can promote the decomposition and absorption of protein.
