Red beans have therapeutic functions and are more suitable to eat in winter.
Red beans, also known as "rice beans" due to their high starch content, are an essential and often overlooked small grain in people's diets. As early as the Ming Dynasty, the "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded the medicinal properties of red beans: ",,, ", which can "detoxify alcohol, relieve cold, heat, pain, and swelling, and eliminate pus and blood."And promote lactation. Throughout history, red beans have been combined with other grains to make dishes such as bean porridge, bean soup, and red bean cakes, which have remained a consistent and effective method of consumption. The red bean paste in red bean cakes can be made in two ways: one is to cook the red beans until soft, then press them into a paste along with the skins, and then stir-fry;The other is to press the red beans into a paste, then pour them through a sieve, with a bowl of water underneath, wash them little by little, and the red bean paste will sink into the water, while the skins will remain in the sieve. After washing, the red bean paste with water is put into the pot and slowly stir-fried. When cooking red beans, add cold water after boiling to speed up the cooking process.When stir-frying red bean paste, do not make it too dry, as the moisture will evaporate during cooling. With the red bean paste, add the already fermented
flour and appropriate amount of alkaline liquid, knead it into a dough, then shape it into long strips, and then divide it into portions. Shape each portion into a pot-shaped form with thicker centers and thinner edges. Use one hand to hold the skin and the other hand to put the filling into the skin, then seal the edges and shape it. After completing these steps, steam the red bean cakes, which are red bean cakes with "anti-swelling and diuretic" medicinal properties. Milk-flavored red bean cakesFrom a Chinese medicine perspective, one reason why red beans are recommended by Snow Emperor is that the red color in the food has the effect of increasing the secretion of adrenaline and enhancing blood circulation.Therefore, there is a traditional folk medicinal recipe for red beans: Red bean and radix glycyrrhizae soup ( Compendium of Materia Medica ): 60 grams of red beans, 30 grams of radix glycyrrhizae, add water and boil, remove the radix glycyrrhizae, drink the soup and eat the beans.
Has the effect of tonifying the spleen and diuresis, eliminating edema.Treats spleen deficiency and edema, foot fungus, and difficulty urinating. White angel root cooked with red beans ( ): 250 grams of white angel root, 250 grams of red beans, add water and cook until the water is dry, remove the white angel root, and chew the beans several times. Has the effect of tonifying the spleen and promoting diuresis.
Treats edema and difficulty urinating.
It is also worth mentioning that some people add alkaline liquid when cooking red beans. Although this can speed up the softening of red beans, it will destroy the nutrients in red beans and reduce the body's absorption of iron. Therefore, traditional folk remedies for using red beans included:
Red bean and Sophora root soup (from "Compendium of Rare Drugs"): 60 grams of red beans, 30 grams of Sophora root, boiled in water, remove the Sophora root, drink and eat the beans. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting diuresis, and reducing swelling. It is used to treat spleen deficiency and edema, foot ulcers, and difficulty urinating.
White Mugwort and red bean soup (from "Later Supplement to the Essentials"): 250 grams of white mugwort root, 250 grams of red beans, boiled in water until the water is dry, remove the white mugwort root, and chew the beans several times. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting urination. It is used to treat edema and difficulty urinating.
It is also worth mentioning that some people add alkali when cooking red beans, which can accelerate the softening of red beans, but it will destroy the nutritional components in red beans and reduce the absorption of iron by the human body.
