Entering the dog days, the temperature is getting higher and higher day by day. The heat is unbearable, and many people like to eat cold drinks and chilled watermelon to cool off. If you eat too much of these cold foods, the cold of the spleen and stomach will be more vigorous, and then you will have poor appetite, indigestion, and poor sleep. In addition, during the rainy season, the outside moisture is heavier, and you will feel tired and lazy in doing anything.
In order to expel the cold qi in the body, you can eat some warm and nourishing ingredients every day, such as ginger is a good choice. As the saying goes, "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer without a doctor's prescription." "This is the health wisdom left by our ancestors. The ginger taste is pungent and warm, and it returns to the spleen and stomach meridians. Eating ginger in summer is very good for relieving the cold of the spleen and stomach. Ginger also contains gingerol, which is also helpful for digestion and appetizing, so it is better to eat some ginger than meat in summer. You can put some ginger in daily stir-fries and soups. In addition, it can also be made into sugar ginger slices, which have a sweet flavor and are more acceptable. If you stay in an air-conditioned room for a long time, or eat too much cold food, you can eat some ginger slices to relieve it. The method of sugar ginger slices is also relatively simple, and everyone makes it together.
Sliced ginger with sugar
【Ingredients】300 grams of ginger, 90 grams of sugar
【Specific production steps】
1. Prepare 300 grams of fresh ginger, peel and cut into about 2 mm ginger slices. It is best to choose a tender ginger here, there is no gluten in it, and the spicy taste is a little lighter.
2. Wash the ginger slices twice with water to wash off the excess spicy taste on the surface. If you can't eat too spicy flavors, you can pour ginger slices into boiling water and boil them for two minutes, then rinse them twice.
3. Prepare a clean non-stick pan, no need to add oil to the pan. Drain the ginger slices and add 90 grams of sugar, then start stir-frying over medium-high heat.
4. Stir-fry for about two minutes, all the sugar melts, and the ginger slices begin to come out of the water. At this time, continue to stir-fry over medium heat, and after about ten minutes, the soup in the pot will slowly become viscous.
5. When the water of the ginger slices is about to evaporate and dry, and white sugar particles appear on the side of the pot, you can turn off the heat at this time. Then keep stir-frying, and when the temperature in the pan drops, the sugar will crystallize into frosting and wrap on the surface of the ginger slices. So that the sugar ginger slices are ready.
6, but I prefer to eat the taste of caramel, so I stir-fried here for a while, stir-fried the white sugar scattered in the pan into red caramel, and then turned off the heat.
7. Sugar ginger slices are ready, take a slice, take a bite, first sweet taste. After some chewing, it is sweet and spicy. A piece of belly, forehead sweat slightly. It is especially good to keep the cold warm and warm the stomach. Ginger slices are cold, packed in a fresh-keeping bag or sealed can, and taken as you eat.
It can also be paired with red dates, wolfberries, etc., and used to soak in water and drink. After staying in the air-conditioned room for a long time, I had a drink and was comfortable.
The remaining caramel residue in the pot is also taken out, and these caramel mixed with ginger juice are sweet and spicy, fragrant and crispy. It can be eaten directly or soaked in water.
Tips for making sugar ginger slices
1. To make sugar ginger slices, it is best to use tender ginger, which has a light spicy taste and a better taste.
2. The ratio of ginger to sugar is about 10:3, that is, 100 grams of ginger and 30 grams of sugar.