Tremella gum is a resin that many people know for its beauty and skincare benefits, but they may not be aware that it can also be used as a medicinal ingredient. Tremella gum and mung beans are often used together to make porridge. So, can tremella gum and mung beans be cooked together?
Can Tremella Gum and Mung Beans Be Cooked Together?
Yes, they can be cooked together.
Mung beans have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, diuresis, and improving eyesight. Summer is the best season to drink mung bean porridge. When it comes to summer, tremella gum should be familiar to everyone. In the summer, tremella gum on peach trees is "about to fall off". Tremella gum contains nutrients such as proteins, carbohydrates, and amino acids, which have great nourishing effects and can also tonify blood, replenish qi, and promote beauty and skin rejuvenation. In traditional Chinese medicine, there is no taboo in combining tremella gum and mung beans. They can be consumed together.
Benefits of Cooking Tremella Gum and Mung Beans Together
Cooling and Thirst-quenching
According to "Dietary Recipes for the Home of Resting and Breathing": "Mung beans are sweet and cool, and when cooked, they can clear the gallbladder, nourish the stomach, relieve heat, quench thirst, promote urination, and relieve dysentery." Mung beans have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, relieving summer heat and irritability, quenching thirst, and invigorating the stomach. Tremella gum can produce fluids and relieve thirst. It is suitable for symptoms such as thirst, dry mouth, and dry throat. Consuming tremella gum and mung beans together can help cool down and quench thirst.
How to Make Tremella Gum, Mung Bean, and Tremella Soup
Tremella Gum, Mung Bean, and Tremella Soup
Main Ingredients
100g mung beans, 10g tremella gum, a little honey, 10g wolfberries, 50g cherries.
Instructions
1. Prepare mung beans, tremella gum, and wolfberries.
2. Wash the mung beans and set aside. After the tremella gum is soaked and cleaned, remove impurities and set aside.
3. Prepare honey, cherries, and wolfberries.
4. Add tremella gum, mung beans, and wolfberries to a stew pot and simmer for one hour.
5. Open the pot, add honey, cherries, and wolfberries, and mix well before serving.
Can Tremella Gum, Mung Bean, and Tremella Soup Be Eaten the Next Day?
It is not recommended to eat it the next day.
Tremella gum, mung bean, and tremella soup contain various nutrients such as amino acids, vitamins, and proteins. It has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, relieving summer heat, quenching thirst, and promoting beauty and skincare, making it particularly suitable for consumption in summer. Tremella gum, mung bean, and tremella soup that has been left overnight are prone to bacterial growth, and the nutritional content may be compromised due to prolonged storage.
