What to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a very important traditional festival in China. It usually symbolizes reunion and is a day for family reunions. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, eating mooncakes is a recognized tradition. There are many types of mooncakes, such as ham, meat floss, etc., which are popular among many people. So, on the Mid-Autumn Festival, a day for family reunion, what kind of dishes should we prepare to symbolize reunion for our family?

Mid-Autumn Festival Recipes

1. Mid-Autumn Festival Recipes

1.1. Stir-fried eel

Ingredients: 300 grams of eel, 2 red peppers, ginger, garlic, pepper, cooking wine, pepper, sugar, vegetable oil and salt in appropriate amounts.

Method: Remove the head and internal organs of the eel, wash it and cut it into slices; add salt, pepper, starch and cooking wine and marinate for 5 minutes; slice the chili pepper and crush the ginger and garlic. Place the wok on the fire, heat the oil over high heat until it is 80% hot, add the eel and stir-fry for 1 minute, add the chili, ginger and garlic and stir-fry over high heat; then add the soup and sugar, stir-fry for 5-6 minutes and serve.

1.2 Sweet and Sour Spare Ribs

Ingredients: 500 grams of pork chops, 50 grams of flour, appropriate amounts of Shaoxing wine, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, scallion segments, cornstarch, and sesame oil.

Method: Chop the pork chops into small pieces about 1 inch long, mix them with Shaoxing wine and salt, then add appropriate amount of cornstarch, flour and water and mix well. Then add soy sauce, sugar, vinegar and 35 grams of Shaoxing wine, cornstarch water and water to make a sauce for later use. Heat the pan and add oil. When the pork chops are 60% cooked, put them into the pan and fry them one by one until they are crusted. Remove the sticky parts and pick out the crumbs. When the oil temperature rises to 70%, put the ribs into the pan and fry them again until the crust is crispy. Leave a little oil in the original pot, add the scallion segments and sauté until fragrant, then remove them. Then put the ribs into the pot, quickly add the prepared sauce into the pot, stir-fry continuously, and drizzle with sesame oil.

1.3. Fried river shrimp

Ingredients: 500 grams of large live river shrimp, 50 grams of rice wine, 50 grams of white sugar, 10 grams of refined salt, 15 grams of chopped green onion, 15 grams of chopped ginger, 1000 grams of rapeseed oil (25 grams consumed).

Method: Trim off the shrimp whiskers and legs. Add rice wine, salt, sugar, chopped green onion and chopped ginger to the shrimp and mix well. Heat the pan over high heat. When the oil is 80% hot, pour the shrimp into the pan and stir-fry until cooked, then remove from the pan. Leave a little oil in the original pan and stir-fry scallions and chopped ginger. Add shrimp, rice wine, salt and sugar, bring to a boil, stir fry and serve.

1.4. Steamed hairy crab

Three male and three female crabs, with appropriate amounts of ginger, sugar, vinegar and beer.

Method: Brush the hairy crabs clean with a toothbrush, add water to the steamer, put the ginger slices into the water, and then pour in a small amount of beer. Put the tied live crabs into the pot, cover the pot, and steam them in cold water over high heat for 15-18 minutes (the steaming time depends on the size of the crabs). Chop ginger and green onions, and add sugar and vinegar to make the ginger vinegar sauce. When the crabs are steamed, dip them in the ginger vinegar sauce when eating.

2. What vegetables are good to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

2.1. Lotus root

Lotus root is rich in polyphenols, which can enhance immunity and resist aging. After the lotus root is processed and cooked, its nature changes from cool to warm. Although it loses the properties of removing blood stasis and clearing away heat, it becomes beneficial to the spleen and stomach, and has the effects of nourishing the stomach, nourishing yin, benefiting blood, and stopping diarrhea.

2.2. Okra

When it comes to the benefits of vegetables, okra is the most famous one now. It has yellow flowers and its fruit looks a bit like peppers and is delicious when fried in oil, especially with scrambled eggs.

2.3. Lettuce and cauliflower

The vitamin C content of cauliflower is 3 to 4 times higher than that of Chinese cabbage and bean sprouts, and 2 times higher than that of citrus. Traditional Chinese medicine has always had the saying that "white enters the lungs". White cauliflower is a timely health-care vegetable. It can not only prevent respiratory diseases such as colds, but is also a very good blood vessel cleanser.

2.4. Lettuce and bitter melon

Lettuce is rich in vitamins and trace elements, and its water content is the highest among vegetables. Eating more lettuce can help hydrate the skin, and it also has a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on acne caused by poor gastrointestinal function. Bitter melon is rich in crude fiber, vitamin C, calcium, iron and other nutrients. It contains active proteins with anti-cancer effects. It can not only increase the activity of immune cells, but also remove toxins from the body and help detoxification.

3. What fruits are good to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival?

3.1 Water chestnut

Water chestnuts are rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids, multiple vitamins and trace elements, and have the effects of diuresis, lactation, thirst quenching and alcohol detoxification.

3.2 Pomegranate

Mid-Autumn Festival is when pomegranates are ripe. Pomegranate is often used as a festive fruit because of its bright color and plump seeds. It symbolizes many children, a large family, reunion and good luck. Therefore, it is one of the essential fruits for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

3.3 Pear

Pears have the effect of lowering blood pressure, clearing away heat and relieving coolness, so it is very beneficial for patients with hypertension and heart disease to eat pears.

3.4 Sugarcane

Sugarcane tastes sweet and is cold in nature. It enters the lung, spleen, and stomach meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting body fluid, moistening dryness and quenching thirst, relieving cough and reducing phlegm. It can treat dry stool, nausea, vomiting, irritability and thirst.