Many people like to use lilies in their sweet soups. Lily is also a key ingredient in "Qing Bu Liang," a popular soup often enjoyed by people in Guangdong. In the dry winter season when it's easy to develop lung heat, lilies are essential for moistening and clearing the lungs. The editor recommends 7 lily-based lung-nourishing food remedies to keep you hydrated and healthy throughout the winter.
Snow Lily Pear Soup
1. Lily and Snow Pear Soup
Ingredients: 30g lily, 1 snow pear, rock sugar to taste.
Method: Soak the lily in water overnight. The next day, place the lily and its soaking water in a clay pot, add more than half a bowl of water, and simmer for one and a half hours. Once the lily is tender, add the peeled, cored, and cubed snow pear and rock sugar. Continue to cook for another 30 minutes.
Effect: Nourishes yin and moistens the lungs.
2. Lily, Lotus Seed, and Tremella Soup
Ingredients: 30g lily, 15g lotus seeds, 10g tremella (silver ear fungus), rock sugar to taste.
Method: Soak the lotus seeds and tremella until soft. Place them in a pot with the lily and rock sugar. Add an appropriate amount of water and cook until the soup is thick. Take one serving daily.
Effect: Moistens dryness and nourishes yin.
3. Lotus Root, Lily, and Loquat Soup
Ingredients: 100g fresh lotus root, 30g lily, 30g loquats, sugar to taste.
Method: Peel, wash, and slice the fresh lotus root. Peel and pit the loquats. Place the lotus root, loquats, and lily in a pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium heat until everything is tender. Season with sugar and serve.
Effect: Nourishes yin, moistens the lungs, clears heat, and stops coughing.
4. Lily and Two Juices Soup
Ingredients: 100g lily, half a cup each of sugarcane juice and radish juice, honey to taste.
Method: Wash the lily and cook it until tender in water. Add the two juices and honey, bring to a boil, and serve in one dose before bedtime.
Effect: Moistens the lungs, stops coughing, promotes the production of body fluids, and quenches thirst.
Hawthorn, Lotus Seed, and Lily Porridge
5. Lily and Pork Soup
Ingredients: 50g lily, 200g lean pork, a pinch of salt.
Method: Wash and cut the pork into pieces. Cook with the lily in water until tender. Season with salt and serve in one dose.
Effect: Clears heat, moistens the lungs, and calms the mind.
6. Fresh Lily and Jujube Seed Soup
Ingredients: 50g fresh lily, 15g each of raw and processed jujube seeds.
Method: Soak the fresh lily in water overnight. Decoct the raw and processed jujube seeds in water to extract their juice. Add the lily to the juice and cook until tender. Consume both the lily and the soup.
Effect: Clears the heart and calms the mind.
7. Lily Porridge
Ingredients: 60g lily, 250g rice, 100g sugar.
Method: Wash the rice and lily. Place them in a pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until the rice and lily are soft and tender. Add sugar and mix well.
Effect: Moistens the lungs, stops coughing, clears the heart, and calms the mind. Suitable for symptoms such as chronic cough from tuberculosis, coughing up blood, mental confusion, vexation, and palpitations.
Sydney lily soup
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