Eight ways to eat mint leaves 1. Squeeze mint leaves.
Ingredients: mint leaves, a handful of sugar and water.
Practice steps:
1. Wash fresh mint leaves and put them in a cooking machine.
2. Add a small amount of water and sugar to the cooking machine, squeeze them together to make juice, pour it into a cup and drink it directly, or mix it with lemon slices.
If you like cold drinks, you can also put the cup in the refrigerator for several hours before taking it out.
Second, mint porridge
Ingredients: fresh mint leaf rice.
Practice steps:
1. Wash fresh mint leaves and soak them in warm water for a while.
2. Wash the rice, add cold water, put it in a casserole, boil it over high fire, and then turn to low fire to cook it in rice porridge in advance.
3. Cook until the porridge is cooked and the rice soup thickens. Pour in mint leaves and stir well until the porridge is cooked.
Third, scrambled eggs with mint.
Ingredients: egg, 4 mints, 2g onion.
Practice steps:
1, raw material preparation: eggs, mint leaves, onion mint are all very good plants, which can be kept in flower pots at home, take root and sprout, and live.
2. Beat 4 eggs in a bowl, cut onion into chopped green onion, chop mint leaves, mix the three raw materials, add 3g salt and stir well.
3. After the oil is hot, scramble the egg liquid. When the eggs are cooked, take them out of the pot.
Fourth, stir-fried pork slices with mint.
Ingredients: lean meat 150g mint 1 a handful of salt 2g oil 1 a tablespoon of soy sauce 1 a tablespoon of oyster sauce 1 a tablespoon of chicken powder with a little starch. This should be the only meat dish that eats mint leaves.
Practice steps:
1. Clean and slice lean meat, add salt, soy sauce, oyster sauce, chicken powder and starch and marinate for a while.
2. Wash the mint leaves and drain the water.
3, hot pot, pour cooking oil, pour marinated meat slices and stir fry until the meat slices are white and cooked, pour mint leaves and stir fry quickly and mix well.
Five, honey mint tea
Ingredients: green tea 1 bag /2g honey 1 spoon/15ML fresh mint leaves 5g boiled water 200g fine sugar.
Practice steps:
1, prepare materials. Pick fresh mint leaves and wash them for later use.
2. Put mint leaves and green tea bag together in a cup and pour 200 grams of boiling water.
3. Soak until the tea is cold. Take out the tea bag and mint branches and leaves, pour honey into the brewed tea and stir well.
4. Add fine sugar according to personal taste. Mint tea tastes better when it is refrigerated in the refrigerator.
Six, crisp mint
Ingredients: mint, egg, 1 flour, chicken essence, spiced powder and salt.
Practice steps:
1. Wash the mint and blanch it in boiling water for later use.
2. Mix flour, eggs, salt, chicken essence and spiced powder, add a proper amount of water to make a batter, and mix the scalded mint with the batter evenly. even
3. Pour the oil in the pot, add the mint and fry until golden, and the crispy and delicious mint is finished!
Seven, mint cake
Ingredients: mint leaves, a handful of leeks, an egg, three minced meat, flour100g, five spoonfuls.
Practice steps:
1. Chop mint leaves and leeks, put them in a bowl, beat in eggs and pour in minced meat.
2. Add flour, pour water, add two teaspoons of salt and one teaspoon of chicken essence, and stir well for later use.
3, the oil pan is hot, a spoonful of batter is made into a cake, and when it is golden on both sides, it can be eaten out of the pan.
Eight, refreshing mint ice
Ingredients: mint leaves, mineral water, honey beer.
Practice steps:
1, wash mint leaves, put them in an ice box, and pour in mineral water.
2. Freeze until caked, take out the ice cubes and mix them with drinks at will.
Medicinal value In addition to the edible method of mint leaves, mint has high medicinal value. Mint is a commonly used Chinese medicine in China. Young shoot tips can be used as food, and whole grass can also be used as medicine. It can be used for treating common cold, fever, sore throat, headache, red eye, muscle pain, skin itching caused by rubella, and measles. In addition, it is also effective for carbuncle, gangrene, scabies, ringworm and lacquer sore.
Mentha contains menthol, which can refresh breath, relieve gallbladder problems such as abdominal pain and spasm, and has antibacterial, diuretic, expectorant, stomach invigorating and digestive functions.
Note: 1. People with yin deficiency and blood dryness, hyperactivity of liver yang and hyperhidrosis should avoid taking mint leaves.
2. Women during pregnancy should avoid using it. Moreover, because mint can inhibit milk secretion, it is not suitable for lactating women to use more; And because of peppermint powder, patients with lung deficiency, cough, fever and sweating due to yin deficiency should also use it with caution.
3. In addition, the components of mint are volatile due to heat, so it is advisable to boil water before putting it in. Moreover, it has a refreshing and exciting effect, so it is not advisable to drink too much in the morning, so as not to cause sleep disorders, but eating in small doses will help you sleep.
Conclusion: Through the above introduction, we know what mint leaves can do and how to eat them. Everyone should pay attention to some precautions when eating ~
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