Mint leaf is the leaf of mint, which tastes cool. Mint leaves have dual functions of medicine and food. The main edible parts are stems and leaves, and can also be eaten by squeezing juice. When eaten, it can be used as flavoring agent, spice, wine and tea. Menthaspp, the scientific name of mint, is the most convenient and quick way to drink with 5 ~ 10g mint leaves brewed in hot water until the fragrance overflows. If you brew with a covered vessel in summer, you can avoid the volatilization of peppermint oil, and when you drink it after cooling, it will be refreshing.
Mint nutrition:
Fresh mint is often used to cook or make desserts to remove the fishy smell of fish and mutton, or to add flavor with fruits and desserts. So, how to eat mint?
Practice 1: Mint porridge:
30g of fresh mint or 50g of dried mint 1 5g and clear water1l are decocted in medium fire to about 0.5l, and after cooling, mint juice is taken out. Cook porridge with 150g stem rice. When the porridge is ready, add mint soup and a little rock sugar and boil it.
Efficacy: fresh and refreshing, dispelling wind and dissipating heat, appetizing and helping digestion.
Practice 2: Mint cake:
Take 500 grams of glutinous rice and mung beans, 0/5 grams of mint/kloc-,25 grams of sugar, and a little osmanthus. Boil mung beans until cooked, then add sugar, osmanthus fragrans and mint leaves to make stuffing for later use. Stew the glutinous rice, put it in a box to cool, then wrap the bean paste with glutinous rice and crush it with a mallet.
Efficacy: cool, dispel wind and dissipate heat, clear throat and benefit throat.