Yin Nourishing Dessert

pear
Today, I’d like to share with you a good food/fruit to eat during these few weeks which is – the pear!
 
In my latest solar term post on Jing Zhe, I mentioned that it is recorded in 本草通玄 that pear has the properties of:
 
“生吃清六腑之热,熟吃滋五脏之阴”
 
It means:
1. When eaten raw, it can clear heatiness in the body.
2. When eaten cooked, it can nourish our Yin energy.
 
Here is a simple recipe of cooked pear with white fungus that you can try at home!

Ingredients (for 2 pax):
2. Pear
 
Steps:
1. Soak the white fungus for 1 to 2 hours, then tear them into smaller pieces. The smaller they are, the easier it is to achieve a softer texture.
 
2. Use a small knife to make a few slits on each of the red dates. This will give the red dates a softer texture after cooking.
 
3. Wash the pear and cut it into bite-sized pieces (with skin intact).
 
4. Cook the white fungus in water for 1.5 hours.
 
5. Add pear, lotus seeds, dried longan and red dates and cook for another 15 to 30 minutes.
 
6. This recipe does not require any sugar as the pear is a natural sweetener for the dessert! :)
 
Note:
1. The longer you cook the pear (up to 30 minutes), the softer it gets and the more potent will be the Yin nourishing effect.
 
2: This dessert is especially suitable for people who are Yin deficient (people who have difficulty sleeping, almost always feeling thirsty, easily frustrated, palms, feet and chest area feeling hot all the time).
 
Post-dietary review:
If you experience indigestion or your stomach feels bloated after eating this dessert, it means that your spleen cannot take Yin nourishing stuff.
 
In this case, you can eat some dried tangerine peel (ready-to-eat kind) to ease your symptoms.
 
Moving forward, you can strengthen your spleen by consuming more spleen-boosting foods like Chinese yam, red dates and Si Shen soup.
 
Hope you find this post useful!
 

Sugar Cane Water Chestnut Drink

sugar cane water chestnut drink
sugar cane water chestnut drink

Sugar Cane Water Chestnut Drink

This drink is best for relieving flu (heat-type). It cools, nourishes and hydriate the body.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Course Drinks, Soup
Cuisine Chinese

Servings 1

Equipment

  • 1 Cooking pot
  • 1 Bowl or cup
  • 1 Knife

Ingredients

  

  • 150 gram Sugar cane
  • 100 gram Water chestnut

Instructions

 

  • Cut sugar cane into shorter length.
  • De-skin water chestnut
  • Put both sugar cane and water chestnut into cooking pot and cook for 30 minutes.
  • Swtich off fire and serve.

Notes

This soup/drink is sweet so is very kid-friendly too. This recipe is ideal for people who are having heat-type flu symptoms like sore throat, fever, and/or stuffy nose.

Keyword sugar cane, water chestnut

Honeysuckle Mint Drink

honeysuckle mint drink
honeysuckle mint drink

Honeysuckle Mint Drink

This drink excels in relieving flu (heat-type) and encourage swaeting to dissipate redundant heat in the body.
Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Total Time 16 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 1 pax

Equipment

  • 1 Cooking pot
  • 1 Cup

Ingredients
  

  • 15 gram Honeysuckle
  • 6 gram Peppermint
  • 5 gram Sugar (optional)

Instructions
 

  • Cook honeysuckle (dried) for about 10mins.
  • Add in peppermint (dried) and cook for another 3 mins.
  • Pour the drink into a cup without the honeysuckle and peppermint.
  • If you find the drink too bitter, add in some sugar for taste.

Notes

Honeysuckle is a strong cooling herb that can help to dissipate heat in the body while peppermint can help the body to sweat and thus, reduce fever. Consume this drink while it is warm to help to sweat.
Keyword Honeysuckle, mint, peppermint

Watermelon Tomato Juice

watermelon tomato juice
watermelon tomato juice

Watermelon Tomato Juice

This juice will help to relieve flu (heat-type) and dissipate redundant heat in your body.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
Total Time 8 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine American, Chinese, Japanese
Servings 1 pax

Equipment

  • 1 Juice blender
  • 1 Cup
  • 1 Knife

Ingredients
  

  • 500 gram Watermelon
  • 200 gram Tomato

Instructions
 

  • Cut the watermelon into chunks, removing the skin and seeds.
  • Blanch the tomato, then cut and remove the skin.
  • Put the watermeon and tomato into a blender and mix them.
  • Serve without chilling.

Notes

This drink includes watermelon which has a strong cooling property to remove heat from the body. Do not chill this drink and consume it immediately after you have blended it. This drink is effective for people having flu symptoms (heat-type).
Keyword tomato, watermelon