Cooking porridge with lotus leaves is actually quite healthy and nourishing, especially for those suffering from hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity. Drinking lotus leaf porridge can have a good regulatory effect, and adding mung beans appropriately while cooking the porridge also has a good effect of dispelling summer heat and cooling the body.

1. According to traditional Chinese medicine, lotus leaves are neutral in nature and bitter and astringent in taste. They have the effects of dispelling summer heat, clearing the head and eyes, and stopping bleeding. Modern nutrition also proves that lotus leaves contain components such as lotus碱 and莲碱, which have the effects of clearing heat, reducing fat, and weight loss, as well as good blood pressure-lowering effects. Therefore, lotus leaf porridge or lotus leaf rice is an excellent summer food for dispelling summer heat. Especially, elderly people who often drink lotus leaf porridge have certain effects on hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and obesity.

2. While cooking, you can also add some mung beans, which, in addition to dispelling summer heat and cooling the body, also have the effect of harmonizing the middle energizer and nourishing the stomach. It is suitable for symptoms such as fever and thirst, and loss of appetite in children during summer.

3. Specific method

Using one fresh lotus leaf (about 200 grams), 100 grams of glutinous rice, and an appropriate amount of sugar as the raw materials. Rinse the rice, add water to cook porridge, cover the porridge with a clean fresh lotus leaf when it is almost done, steam for about 15 minutes, remove the lotus leaf and boil for a while, then it is ready to serve. Sugar can be added to taste.