Healthy Recipes for Patients with High Cholesterol: Mung Bean and Lotus Root with Lotus Leaf Rice Flour and Pork

57. Mung bean and radish stuffed with lotus root

Ingredients: 4 large lotus roots, 200g mung beans, 125g carrots, and sugar to taste.

Preparation method: ① First, wash the mung beans, soak them for 30 minutes, and then drain them; wash and cut the carrots.

Crush and mash into a paste; then mix with white sugar and set aside.

② Wash the lotus root, cut off the end near the node, and keep the cut-off part as a lid. Mix well...

Stuff the lotus root holes with mung bean and radish paste until full; then replace the cut-off portion in place and insert bamboo skewers.

Firmly place it in a pot and steam it until cooked.

Indications and uses: Lowers blood lipids and promotes adrenaline synthesis. Can be used as an adjunct treatment for hyperlipidemia and hypertension.

And arteriosclerosis.

58. Lotus Leaf Rice Flour Pork

Ingredients: 5 fresh lotus leaves, 250g lean pork, 250g rice, salt, soy sauce,

Cooking oil, starch, etc., in appropriate amounts.

Preparation method: ① Wash the rice and pound it into rice flour using a mortar and pestle; cut the pork into thick slices and add sauce.

Mix oil, salt, cooking oil, starch, etc. evenly and set aside.

② Wash the lotus leaves and cut them into 10 pieces. Wrap the meat and rice flour inside the lotus leaves, roll them into rectangles, and steam them.

Steam in a steamer for 30 minutes, then remove and serve.

Indications and uses: Strengthens the spleen and stomach, promotes the upward movement of clear qi and the downward movement of turbid qi, and also lowers blood lipids. Especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people.

It is suitable for people with coronary heart disease and hyperlipidemia.

59. Poria, Jujube, and Lean Pork Soup

Ingredients: 100g Poria cocos, 100g Euryale ferox, 50g red dates, 200g lean meat, and appropriate amount of water.

Preparation method: Wash and slice the lean meat, wash and pit the red dates, wash and mix the fox nuts and poria cocos.

Wrap the ingredients in a gauze bag; then put all the ingredients into a pot with water and bring to a boil; first bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer.

Simmer over low heat for another hour, then remove the herbal sachet. Add appropriate seasonings according to individual taste and adjust the flavor.

It is ready to eat.

Efficacy and indications: This diet is suitable for all ages. It can lower blood lipids and blood pressure, and prevent arteriosclerosis.

It also helps with indigestion in children, mental strain from staying up late in middle-aged people, excessive smoking and drinking, bad breath, and bloodshot eyes.

It has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on diabetic patients.

60. Shiitake mushroom and tofu

Ingredients: 200g tofu, 75g rehydrated shiitake mushrooms, 100g green peas, soy sauce (to taste), seasoning

Add appropriate amounts of wine, sugar, MSG, vegetable oil, salt, broth, and sesame oil.

Preparation method: ① Cut tofu into cubes, cook green peas, and wash shiitake mushrooms.

② Fry the tofu in oil heated to 60% until golden brown on both sides. Add soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar, and seasoning.

The broth is made with fine, fresh ingredients. It is simmered over low heat until flavorful, then thickened with cornstarch and plated.

③ Leave some oil in the pan, stir-fry the shiitake mushrooms and green peas, then add cooking wine, MSG, salt, and chicken broth. Let it simmer until the flavors are absorbed.

Thicken the sauce with cornstarch, drizzle with a little sesame oil, and place it in the center of the tofu.

Efficacy and indications: Tofu contains protein, vitamin B₁, vitamin B2, vitamin E, niacin, and...

It contains calcium, iron, magnesium, saponins, lecithin, linoleic acid, purines, etc. It has a sweet taste and cold nature, and is beneficial to health.

It has the effects of harmonizing the stomach, promoting body fluid production and moisturizing dryness, and clearing heat and detoxifying. The saponins in it can inhibit fat absorption and promote...

Fat breakdown can prevent the production of peroxidases that cause arteriosclerosis. This is beneficial for patients with hyperlipidemia.

It is said that eating more tofu is very beneficial to health.