Mutton and Barley Soup

With the arrival of winter, mutton appears in our field of vision again. Eating more mutton soup in winter is beneficial to harmonize stomach function and enhance our body's ability to resist the cold. When making mutton broth, many families choose to add some ingredients with extremely high nutritional value, which not only enhances the flavor, but also enriches its efficacy and is of great benefit to the body. This winter, why not learn how to make mutton and barley soup?

1. Production steps:

1. Soak coix seeds for two or three hours in advance, boil them in boiling water for 5 minutes and set aside.

2. Crush the ginger and garlic. Fennel root (or celery root), onion cut into 1,5cm cubes

3. Add some olive oil to the pan and sauté ginger, garlic, fennel and onion.

4. Add the chopped lamb, fry until both sides are golden brown, add seasoning wine and freshly ground black pepper

5. Cook potatoes and carrots in boiling broth until 60% cooked, and put them into the electric stew pot together with mutton and barley.

6. After stewing in the electric cooker on low setting for one and a half hours, add coarse salt to the pot.

2. What should not be eaten with coix seed?

1. Spinach: Spinach is rich in vitamin C, and the ions contained in coix seed will oxidize vitamin C, thereby greatly reducing the nutritional value of spinach, so coix seed cannot be eaten with spinach.

2. Soybeans: Job's tears contain a lot of protein, and soybeans contain a component called trypsin, which will inhibit the absorption of protein, thereby reducing the nutritional value of Job's tears.

3. Kelp: Job's tears has a good dehumidifying function, but eating too much kelp will produce a certain amount of moisture. Eating them together will reduce their respective nutritional effects and can easily cause symptoms of varicose veins and congestion.

3. What is the best thing to eat with coix seed?

1. Lamb: Eating coix seed and lamb together has a good effect of strengthening the spleen and kidney, replenishing qi and tonifying deficiency.

2. Red dates: Eating coix seed and red dates together can nourish the heart and spleen.

3. Red beans: Job's tears and red beans are a classic combination. Eating them together can prevent anemia and remove moisture.

4. Tremella: Eating coix seed and tremella together can cure weak spleen and stomach, and lung and stomach yin deficiency.

5. Hawthorn: Eating coix seed and hawthorn together has a good effect on lowering blood lipids.