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How to make Hawthorn and Mung Bean Soup deliciously?
In summer, the weather is very hot, and闷热的天气会导致出现中暑症状，也容易变得胸闷烦躁，To solve these problems, drinking mung bean soup is a good choice. In the future, when making mung bean soup, it is recommended to add hawthorn, as this will make the soup taste better and more nutritious. So, how should hawthorn and mung bean soup be made?
One, How to make Hawthorn and Mung Bean Soup
Materials
Main ingredients: 10 grams of hawthorn, 10 grams of adzuki beans, 30 grams of mung beans, and 6 grams of magnolia flower.
Seasonings: scallions, salt, chicken essence.
Method
1. Soak hawthorn, adzuki beans, and mung beans in warm water until they are soft, then cook the mung beans in the pot until they are eight degrees cooked.
2. Add magnolia flower, hawthorn, and adzuki beans, and simmer over low heat until they are all soft. Sprinkle with scallions and season with salt and chicken essence.
Two, Steps to make Hawthorn and Mung Bean Soup
1. Take an appropriate amount of mung beans, wash them, and soak them in water for three to four hours (you can also not soak them, but you will need to cook them for a longer time).
2. Take an appropriate amount of hawthorn, wash it, and if there is no hawthorn, you can also use fruit leather (also known as hawthorn roll) sold in supermarkets. Since fruit leather is sweet, you can omit sugar if you add fruit leather.
3. Put the mung beans and hawthorn in a pot, add water, and cook until the mung beans turn into bean curd.
4. After it is cooked, it will look like this. You can also add sugar or honey according to your needs, and enjoy a hawthorn and mung bean soup in the hot summer. Not only can it dispel summer heat, but it can also stimulate appetite. Let’s all give it a try.
Three, Effects
Mung beans have various uses as food grains, vegetables, green manure, and medicine, and are a traditional food in the Chinese diet. The protein content in mung beans is almost three times that of glutinous rice, and they contain more vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and other inorganic salts than glutinous rice. Therefore, they not only have good edible value but also have excellent medicinal value, and are known as ‘the food grain that saves the world.’ Mung beans have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, quenching thirst, and dispelling summer heat. The nutritional components of mung beans are relatively rich, making them a type of bean with high economic and nutritional value. Mung bean soup is a traditional summer relief in Chinese folk. Experts remind that people with weak bodies and cold constitutions should not drink it frequently, as blindly drinking mung bean soup can lead to diarrhea or a decrease in the immune system of the digestive tract.
