For many of us, donkey-hide gelatin is a precious food and a dual-use traditional Chinese medicine. It can nourish Qi and blood for women and nourish essence for men. Below are some recommended recipes for donkey-hide gelatin, teaching you how to eat it without causing excessive heat in the body.
Recipe 1: Steamed Bird's Nest with Donkey-hide Gelatin
【Ingredients】6g bird's nest, 6g Dong'e donkey-hide gelatin, 20g rock sugar.
【Instructions】Crush the Dong'e donkey-hide gelatin into small particles. Soak the bird's nest in warm water until it expands, remove any feathers, and crush the rock sugar into small pieces. Place the Dong'e donkey-hide gelatin, bird's nest, and rock sugar in a steaming cup, add 250ml of water, and place it in a steamer. Steam over high heat for 35 minutes.
【Effects】Nourishes Yin and moistens the lungs, replenishes blood and stops bleeding.
Recipe 2: Stewed Fish Maw with Donkey-hide Gelatin
【Ingredients】30g fish maw, 10g Dong'e donkey-hide gelatin, 10g American ginseng, 1 egg, sugar to taste.
【Instructions】Soak the fish maw in warm water for 2-3 hours, then cut it into pieces. Wash the American ginseng, and crush the Dong'e donkey-hide gelatin. Put the fish maw, American ginseng, and donkey-hide gelatin into a stewing pot, add 350ml of cold water (about one and a half bowls), cover and simmer over low heat for 2 hours. Crack the egg into the pot and stir briefly before serving. This recipe serves 1-2 people. It is recommended to consume it once every other day as a nourishing supplement, for several days in a row.
【Effects】Nourishes Yin and kidneys, nourishes blood and moisturizes the skin.
Recipe 3: Donkey-hide Gelatin with Red Dates
【Ingredients】10 red dates, 6g donkey-hide gelatin, sugar to taste.
【Instructions】Place the red dates in a pot with enough water, boil until cooked, add crushed donkey-hide gelatin, and dissolve. Add sugar to taste. Drink the soup and eat the dates.
【Effects】Nourishes blood and invigorates the spleen. Used for heart-spleen deficiency, palpitations, and insomnia, etc.
Recipe 4: Donkey-hide Gelatin and Pear Honey Soup
【Ingredients】1 or 2 pears, 12g donkey-hide gelatin, 50g white sugar or rock sugar, 50g honey.
【Instructions】Cut the pears into small pieces and boil them in water. Then add the crushed donkey-hide gelatin and stir with chopsticks to dissolve it. Add white sugar or rock sugar and honey. Drink the soup and eat the pears.
【Effects】Moistens Yin and lungs, relieves thirst. Used for dry cough and chronic illness without phlegm.
