Healthy recipes for people with high blood pressure: grass carp and winter melon soup, jellyfish and water chestnut soup, etc.
61. **Grass carp and winter melon soup**
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Ingredients: 250g grass carp, 500g winter melon, 200ml chicken broth, 25ml sesame oil.
Add appropriate amounts of refined salt, ginger slices, scallion whites, and MSG.
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> Preparation method: ① Remove the scales and internal organs of the grass carp, wash it, cut it into cubes, and put it into a pot.
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② Peel the winter melon thoroughly, removing the outer skin and seeds. Cut it into cubes and place it with salt, ginger, and scallions.
For the mermaid hot pot, add chicken broth and an appropriate amount of clear broth, bring to a boil over high heat until the fish flavor is infused, then add sesame oil and stir.
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> Efficacy and Indications: This soup is fragrant, sweet, and tender, and has the functions of stimulating appetite, strengthening the spleen, promoting diuresis, and reducing swelling. It is also beneficial for those with high blood pressure.
This is suitable for patients who also have poor appetite and lower limb edema.
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> 62. **Jellyfish and Water Chestnut**
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Ingredients: 120g jellyfish, 360g water chestnuts.
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Preparation method: Rinse the jellyfish thoroughly, wash the water chestnuts (with skin on), add 1000 ml of water, and simmer to extract the flavor.
> 250 ml. Drink the soup and eat jellyfish and water chestnuts.
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Indications and uses: Lowers blood pressure and promotes diuresis. Suitable for patients with various types of hypertension.
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63. **Sea Cucumber Stewed with Rock Sugar**
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Ingredients: 50g rehydrated sea cucumber, rock sugar to taste.
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Preparation method: After stewing the sea cucumber until tender, add rock sugar and stew for a while longer.
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Indications and uses: Tonifies the kidneys and replenishes essence, nourishes blood and moistens dryness. Suitable for patients with hypertension.
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> 64. **Pork Stew with Prunella Vulgaris**
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Ingredients: 20g of Prunella vulgaris, 50g of lean pork.
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Preparation method: Simmer the selfheal and lean pork (sliced thinly) together over low heat to make soup.
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Indications and uses: Clears liver heat, disperses stagnation, and lowers blood pressure. Suitable for hypertension and low-grade fever due to pulmonary tuberculosis.
> It is effective even with prolonged use.
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> 65. **Straw Mushroom Tofu**
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Ingredients: 20g fresh straw mushrooms, 2 blocks of soft tofu (approximately 400g), snake oil, scallions, and seasonings.
Salt, cornstarch, and sesame oil, in appropriate amounts.
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Preparation method: Place fresh straw mushrooms and soft tofu in a clay pot, add snake oil, scallion segments, and salt, and cook.
Cook until fully cooked. Thicken with cornstarch slurry, drizzle with sesame oil, and serve alone or as a side dish.
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Indications: Suitable for hypertension and hyperlipidemia.
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66. **Braised Bracken Fern with Five Shredded Vegetables**
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Ingredients: 150g fresh bracken fern, 50g each of ham, shiitake mushrooms, bell pepper, and winter bamboo shoots.
Ingredients: ginger, rice wine, salt, MSG, pepper, and sesame oil (all in appropriate amounts).
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Preparation method: Wash the fresh bracken fern, cut it into small pieces, blanch it in boiling water, and then rinse it in cold water.
Let it cool and drain. Shred the ham, shiitake mushrooms, bell peppers, and bamboo shoots. Heat a wok over high heat and add the ham...
Heat oil to 70% hot. First, add the winter bamboo shoots, stir-fry evenly, then cover and simmer for a while. Then add the bracken fern and fragrant herbs.
After stir-frying mushrooms, ham, and bell peppers evenly, add shredded ginger, Shaoxing wine, and a small amount of water, and simmer until...
Cook until done. Season with salt, MSG, and pepper, drizzle with sesame oil, and thicken with a light cornstarch slurry. Serve alone or as a side dish.
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Indications and uses: Suitable for patients with hypertension and coronary heart disease.
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67. **Scrambled eggs with tomatoes**
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Ingredients: 2 tomatoes, 3 eggs, 35 ml vegetable oil, salt, soy sauce, and MSG to taste.
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Preparation method: ① Wash the tomatoes, cut them into small pieces and place them in a bowl.
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② Separate the egg whites and pour them into a bowl. Stir until the mixture resembles snowflakes, then add a little salt.
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> ③ When the oil is heated to 70% hot, stir-fry the egg whites until cooked, then remove and plate.
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> ④ Sauté the tomatoes in hot oil in a pan, then add the eggs, soy sauce, and MSG, and mix well.
> Efficacy and indications: It has a light and mild taste, is inexpensive and convenient, and is suitable for patients with all types of hypertension.
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68. **Duck Stew with Kelp**
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Ingredients: 250g duck meat, 200g kelp, appropriate amounts of ginger, salt, and MSG.
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Preparation method: Wash and cut the duck meat into pieces, chop the kelp, and place them in a casserole dish. Add 500 ml of water.
After boiling, skim off the foam, add ginger slices and salt, simmer until tender, then add MSG and mix well. Divide into 1-2 servings.
Take it while it's still hot.
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Indications: Suitable for patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease, and arteriosclerosis.
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