#夏日生活打卡季# "Sitting on a cool night in July, the golden waves are full of beauty", the dog days of the unbearable heat will finally end, and the beginning of the autumn solar term will be ushered in next week, and the poetic and beautiful month of the seventh month of the lunar calendar will officially open tomorrow.
The seventh month of the lunar calendar is a highly valued month for the people, this month has the Qixi Festival, which symbolizes the long-lasting love, and the important sacrificial festival Zhongyuan Festival, and the seventh month of the lunar calendar is also the first month of the second half of the lunar calendar.
The first day of the seventh lunar month has the saying that "the door of the earth is open" in the folk, so the seventh month of the lunar calendar is also called the "ghost month" or "filial piety month", and the first day of the seventh month of the seventh month as the first day of the seventh lunar month, naturally has a lot of exquisiteness and sayings.
Tomorrow, on the first day of the seventh lunar month, remind that "4 dishes are not on the table, blessings do not enter the door", do not forget the old tradition.
1. Eggplant
"Planting eggplant in the beginning of summer, eating eggplant in the beginning of autumn", eggplant because the calyx on it is similar to a hat, it has the meaning of a smooth career in the folk, and the eggplant is slender and slender, so it also has a good meaning for a long time, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is also called the "new autumn moon", and eating eggplant on the first day of July has become an old folk tradition.
Recommended recipe: Roasted eggplant with pork segments
1. Clean the eggplant and remove the root, remove the white fascia of the pork loin and cut it into thumb-sized segments, and cut the green pepper into small pieces after removing the root.
2. Add cooking wine, salt, pepper and a fresh soy sauce to the cut meat, cut the eggplant into sections, add salt and mix well to kill the black water in the eggplant, and add water and a small amount of cooking oil to the flour and starch in a ratio of 1:3 to make yogurt.
3. Put oil in the pot, when the oil temperature is hot, hang the marinated meat section and put the adjusted paste into the pot one by one, fry until the shell is golden and float up, then remove the oil, use the oil of the fried meat section to dry the eggplant and fry it until the skin is slightly charred, and then remove the oil.
4. Leave the bottom oil in the pot to fry the chives, ginger and garlic, add the eggplant and meat segments after the oil, stir-fry evenly, sprinkle in the green pepper pieces, pour in the bowl of fresh soy sauce, sugar, balsamic vinegar, salt, oyster sauce, pepper and water starch, and sprinkle in a handful of minced garlic after the sauce is full of ingredients.
2. Cowpeas
Cowpeas are also known as "long beans", because the slender and slender texture is a very popular ingredient in this season, and the beans have the meaning of reunion and "marriage" in the folk, so eating cowpeas on the first day of July has a good meaning of reunion for a long time.
Recommended recipe: Scrambled eggs with cowpea minced meat
1. Pick and wash the cowpeas and cut them into dices the size of fingernails, wash the pork neck and cut it into small dices, beat the eggs and add salt, cooking wine and pepper and stir well.
2. Put oil in the pot, after the oil is hot, fry the beaten egg liquid until the egg liquid solidifies and put it out, add water directly without brushing the pot, blanch the cowpeas after the water boils until the color is green and then remove it to cool.
3. Stir-fry shallots, ginger and garlic in the pot, stir-fry the diced meat until it changes color, cook in cooking wine and a fresh soy sauce, add a little thirteen spices and stir-fry until fragrant, and stir-fry the cowpeas after cooling into the pot evenly.
4. Add salt, oyster sauce and pepper to the pot to taste, add the scrambled eggs, stir-fry evenly, and then drop a few drops of pepper oil to enjoy.
3. Tofu
As a traditional food invented by the Chinese, tofu is an indispensable ingredient on some special days, because tofu has the meaning of "all are blessed" and "all rich".
Recommended recipe: Roasted tofu with chrysanthemum sea rice
1. Cut the tofu into small pieces and blanch it in a pot of boiling water with salt, remove it and let it cool, pick and wash the chrysanthemum and cut it into sections, rinse the sea rice and soak it in water.
2. Add oil to the pot and stir-fry the sea rice to bring out the fragrance, then add the green onion, ginger and garlic to burst the fragrance, cook the cooking wine and a little fresh soy sauce and add the soup.
3. Add a little sugar to the pot, put the drained tofu into the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer, add salt and pepper to taste.
4. After simmering until the soup in the pot is viscous, add the washed chrysanthemum segments, stew until the chrysanthemum changes color, and drop a few drops of pepper oil to enjoy.
4. Pumpkin
Pumpkin is a good ingredient for the seventh month of the lunar calendar, pumpkin is not only nutritious, but also symbolizes a good harvest and abundance.
Recommended recipe: Roasted pumpkin with pork ribs
1. Wash the tender pumpkin and scrape off the old skin on the outside, dig out the gourd and cut it into pieces, put the pork ribs into a pot of cold water, skim off the foam after the water boils, remove and clean.
2. Add oil to the pot and fry chives, ginger, garlic and a clove of star anise, add the pork ribs and stir-fry the fat, then add sugar and fry with the pork ribs until the sugar color is wrapped on the ribs, cook in cooking wine and a fresh soy sauce and add boiling water.
3. After the soup in the pot boils over high heat, turn to low heat, simmer until the ribs can be inserted with chopsticks, put the pumpkin pieces into the pot, and continue to simmer over low heat.
4. Simmer until the pumpkin is soft and the soup is thick, add salt and pepper to taste, turn on high heat to collect the thick soup, sprinkle in green onion and coriander, and then you can enjoy it out of the pot.
Tomorrow is the first day of the seventh lunar month, which is the beginning of the folk "filial piety month", and the old tradition pays attention to eating some seasonal and auspicious ingredients, so don't forget to arrange these dishes for your family tomorrow.