Hawthorn, also known as red fruit, mountain red, and carmine, has high nutritional and medical value. It tastes sweet and sour and can appetizing. Eating hawthorn frequently can enhance appetite, improve sleep, keep calcium in bones and blood constant, and prevent atherosclerosis. Sclerosis makes people live longer and is regarded as a "longevity food".
Hawthorn has the effects of promoting digestion and eliminating stagnation, regulating qi and dispelling blood stasis, astringent diarrhea, sterilizing, contracting the uterus, and obviously inhibits various types of Shigella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli.
Hawthorn contains triterpenoids and biofannoids, which have the effects of dilating blood vessels, lowering blood pressure, and lowering cholesterol. Hawthorn has a diuretic effect. It contains a large amount of vitamin C and acids, which can promote gastric juice secretion and increase gastric digestive enzymes, thereby helping digestion. It can be eaten by most people, but children should not eat too much, which will damage their teeth. Hawthorn is not suitable for pregnant women because it can stimulate uterine contractions and may cause miscarriage. You should not eat too much at one time, as eating too much will hurt your vitality.
Yams are also known as Huai yam, sweet potato, and yam, but their appearance is not beautiful but the skin is scraped off, but the internal quality is excellent. The meat is white and delicate on the inside, has a lot of mucus, and is rich in nutritional value.
Yam has the effects of invigorating the spleen and replenishing the lungs, replenishing the essence and strengthening the kidney, quenching thirst and stopping diarrhea. It can treat weakness, loss of appetite, indigestion, chronic diarrhea, cough due to fatigue, spermatorrhea, night sweats, diabetes, etc.
Yam can be eaten by all ages, and is especially suitable for physical weakness, mental burnout, loss of appetite, indigestion, chronic diarrhea and other diseases. Yams have astringent effects, so people with dry stools should not eat them.
The dish "Romantic Crystal Island" is made with yam paste combined with a small amount of hawthorn and hawthorn juice, and then flavored with honey sugar and osmanthus. The taste is sweet, sour and glutinous, suitable for the old and young, and not suitable for pregnant women. The juice poured on the yam paste looks like a small island in the water. The color is beautiful and instantly arouses appetite.
Romantic Crystal Island
By SunnyLynch
Recipe Recommendations
- yam 300 grams
- Hawthorn 100 grams
- honey 40 grams
- sugar Osmanthus a small spoon
- condensed milk a little
- sweet and sour
- steamed
- half an hour
- ordinary
Steps for Romantic Crystal Island
1
Prepare the raw materials you need.
2
Wash the hawthorn, take a thick straw, remove the stalks and handles. Pass it through the middle and poke the hawthorn seeds out. You can also use a pen cap and chopsticks to remove seeds.
3
Wear disposable gloves to peel the yams and cut them into round slices.
4
Place the hawthorn on a steamer and steam for ten minutes.
5
The yams are also steamed on a steamer, which takes about ten minutes.
6
Remove the steamed yams and cool them, add a little condensed milk and mash them into mud with a rolling pin.
7
Place the yam paste on a plate and use a fork to mark the pattern.
8
Place the steamed hawthorn on top of the yam paste. Just have a few, don't put too many hawthorn trees.
9
Add 40 grams of honey and a spoonful of sugar osmanthus to the juice left on the plate when steaming the hawthorn. Stir well to form a thicker sauce.
10
Pour the mixed juice on top of the hawthorn and yam paste.Romantic Crystal Island Make Tips
1. Hawthorn is relatively sour, so use honey to neutralize the sour taste when cooking. When adding honey, you can add and subtract it according to your own taste. 2. Hawthorn is not suitable for pregnant women, so it is best not for pregnant women to use this dish. 3. The juice in the yams will make your hands itchy. Wear gloves when peeling the skin. If you accidentally get it on your hands, you can soak it in vinegar water for five minutes and be fine.