Lily is a highly nutritious ingredient that can be used both for cooking and medicinal purposes. One of its most common benefits is its ability to moisten the lungs and relieve coughing. There are many ways to consume lily, and fresh lilies have a sweet taste. Below, I will recommend a few delicious lily recipes for you!
Green Bean and Lily Porridge
Ingredients: 100g green beans, a suitable amount of glutinous rice or rice, water (enough to cook), and 50g fresh lily, washed and slightly boiled.
Instructions: Before consumption, add white sugar or rock sugar to taste.
Benefits: Clears heat and detoxifies, diuretic and reduces swelling. Suitable for treating symptoms such as dry cough, lingering heat after a fever, restlessness, and insomnia.
Lily Soup
Ingredients: Suitable amount of lily.
Instructions: Remove impurities from the lily (except the outer skin), rinse it several times in clean water, put it in a pot with water, cook over low heat until very soft, add an appropriate amount of white sugar, and consume the lily together with the soup.
Benefits: Has a good effect of moistening the lungs and clearing the heart, can be used as a dietary therapy for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis, and is also an excellent chilled beverage that can prevent dryness and moisturize the lungs.
Lily Flower Tea
Ingredients: 2 dried lily flowers, 10ml honey.
Instructions: Steep the dried lily flowers in boiling water for 10 minutes, and add honey before drinking.
Benefits: Detoxifies, beautifies and nourishes the skin. Suitable for symptoms such as nervous exhaustion, poor sleep, prolonged cough, and dry mouth.
Sautéed Lily
Ingredients: 50g lily, 50g lean pork.
Instructions: Marinate the lean pork with salt and egg white, mix with wet starch, stir-fry in a pan until cooked, and add an appropriate amount of seasoning.
Benefits: This dish has a rich and not greasy taste, crispy sweetness, and has the effects of nourishing the five organs, nourishing yin, and clearing heat. People with poor appetite due to long-term illness can also enhance their appetite by consuming this dish.
