Grapefruit is a good thing. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that grapefruit is sweet, sour and cold in nature. It has the functions of strengthening the stomach and transforming food, lowering the qi to eliminate phlegm, and lightening the body and pleasing the color. Modern medical research has found that pomelo meat is very rich in vitamin C and insulin-like ingredients, so it has the effects of lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, losing weight, beautifying skin and nourishing appearance. If eaten frequently, it has an auxiliary treatment effect on diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and arteriosclerosis, and has the function of strengthening the body and beautifying the face of obese people.
Grapefruit also has the effects of strengthening the stomach, moistening the lungs, replenishing blood, clearing the intestines, and facilitating convenience. It can promote wound healing and has a good auxiliary effect on sepsis. In addition, grapefruit contains the physiologically active substance dermoside, which can reduce the viscosity of blood and reduce the formation of thrombus. Therefore, it also has a good preventive effect on cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral thrombosis and stroke. Fresh pomelo meat is an ideal food for diabetic patients because it contains insulin-like ingredients.
So eating more grapefruit has many benefits.
Citron tea
Recipe Recommendations
- grapefruit one
- rock sugar 250 grams
- bees 400 grams
- sweetening
- cook
- an hour
- ordinary
Steps for Citron tea
1
Get all the materials ready
2
First rinse the grapefruit peel with water, rub it with salt, then rinse it clean, and then use a knife to peel off the peel of the grapefruit. Make sure to peel it thinner, only the yellow peel is needed, because the white part will be a little bitter.
3
Rub the grapefruit peel with salt, and then rinse it off with clean water. Then soak in salt water for more than an hour to soak for a longer time.(I soaked all night)
4
Remove it and rinse it with clear water. After rinsing, rub it hard, then soak it in salt water for more than ten minutes, and then rinse. This step can be repeated several times, because this can remove the sour taste of grapefruit.
5
Take out the soaked grapefruit peel and place it in a pan and cook it with salt water for ten minutes, then take it out and rinse it with clean water;
6
Cut the washed grapefruit peel into small pieces about 1 cm
7
Soak in clear water for ten minutes or more;
8
Remove and drain
9
Tear up the grapefruit meat and set aside
10
Put the cut grapefruit peel and pulp puree into a clean oil-free pan, add a small bowl of water and rock sugar, and simmer over medium to medium heat for 1-2 hours until it is sticky and the pomelo peel is golden and translucent. Pay attention to stir frequently when cooking to avoid sticking to the pan
11
After boiling until thick, pour out and let cool
12
After cooling, add honey, stir well and make honey grapefruit tea. Put it into an airtight container and place it in the refrigerator for refrigeration. It will be ready to eat in a week. With the infiltration of honey, the taste will become sweeter and sweeterCitron tea Make Tips
1. Make sure to let the cooked pomelo jam cool down before adding honey.
2. The pomelo honey stored in a sealed jar must be kept in the refrigerator. Make sure to refrigerate it; absolutely do not put it in the freezer.