STAVI office catering menu to beat the sweltering summer heat

STAVI office catering menu to beat the sweltering summer heat

Hot summer weather is the cause of many ailments such as mouth sores, dermatitis, boils and more. To limit this, besides using products that cool the skin from the outside, adding cooling dishes that refresh the body from within is also something you should do. The following summer cooling dishes in STAVI office catering will be great suggestions for your family.

1. Kudzu starch drink

According to Traditional Medicine, kudzu clears heat and detoxifies; it is neutral in nature and sweet in taste, and good for people suffering from internal heat, pimples, mouth ulcers and constipation. You can mix kudzu starch with a little kumquat or a slice of fresh lime and add a little sugar. Put 200ml of kudzu starch drink with warm water and sugar and stir until dissolved. Wash two kumquats, squeeze out the juice, remove the seeds, then add to the kudzu drink prepared earlier and stir well, adding sugar to taste. Ice can be added when drinking.

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2. Watermelon juice

Watermelon juice is a cool, refreshing drink for the hot summer. Choose a thin-skinned melon, cut it into pieces and juice it. For a tastier drink, you can keep the juice in the fridge and drink it gradually, which will help you beat the summer heat

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3. Coconut water cools the body quickly

Coconut water is a popular refreshing drink that cools effectively and is very good for health, especially for those with a fever. You should choose a medium-ripe Siamese coconut so that the water is richly sweet, and the thick flesh can be scraped out and enjoyed with the water. Keep it in the fridge or add ice to the coconut water for a better taste. And there you have a delicious, nutritious summer refreshment. Coconut is the fastest natural drink for cooling the body.

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4. Tomato juice

Tomatoes are normally used for cooking but can also be made into juice, as they contain plenty of vitamin A and other nutrients that are good for the body. According to Traditional Medicine, tomatoes are neutral in nature and slightly sour in taste, and have the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, quenching thirst, acting as a diuretic and benefiting the digestive system.

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Choose 3 plump, ripe tomatoes, wash them, cut into pieces and put them through a juicer. Then you can add a little sugar or honey, add ice and stir well to make it easier to drink.

5. Corn silk tea

Corn silk is well known for clearing heat and acting as a diuretic; sweet in taste and neutral in nature, it is commonly used for people with urinary retention, mouth ulcers and internal heat. Corn silk can be used fresh or dried, and combined with sugarcane or pandan leaves to make the drink sweeter and more refreshing.

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6. Pennywort juice

Pennywort is sweet in taste and has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying and acting as a diuretic. It is commonly used in cases of fever, boils, heat rash, cough and so on. Use 30 to 50g of fresh pennywort a day: wash thoroughly, then pound or blend, squeeze out the juice and mix it as a drink. Pennywort can also be cooked as a soup or boiled to make a drink in place of tea throughout the day.

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7. Black bean drink

Black beans contain high levels of protein, lipids, glucides and many essential amino acids that are good for the body. Moreover, black beans also contain many important vitamins, such as vitamin A 5mg, B1 0.5mg and B2 0.21mg. Besides cooling the body, black beans also help give beautiful, smooth skin.

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Besides the usual method of simmering the beans to drink, you can brew black beans like tea. Simply wash the black beans, roast them and store in an airtight container. Each time, put a few black beans into a glass of hot water and steep for 7 minutes before drinking. Black bean drink prepared this way also cools the liver, acts as a diuretic and relieves heat very effectively.

8. Yoghurt

Thanks to its high protein content, yoghurt is a nutritious snack well suited to summer. Yoghurt also helps your body feel less hungry, so you avoid eating too much grilled meat or salty, high-calorie snacks.

You should choose low-fat yoghurt, as it contains twice the protein of regular products. In addition, yoghurt contains probiotics, bacteria that help improve the functioning of the digestive system. You can combine yoghurt with fresh fruit for an appealing summer treat.

9. Bitter melon

In Traditional Medicine, bitter melon (bitter gourd) is bitter in taste and cooling in nature, clearing heat and boosting the body's resistance. Bitter melon water treats boils, heat rash and itchy skin, common problems in the sweltering summer.

You can cut bitter melon into thin slices and dry-roast them, then steep in hot water like tea. If it is hard to drink because of the bitterness, you can add rock sugar to soften the taste. Besides drinking it, you can cook bitter melon into dishes such as stir-fried bitter melon with beef, steamed stuffed bitter melon or bitter melon and pork bone soup.

10. Winter melon

Winter melon is an indispensable item on the list of body-cooling summer foods. This vegetable is sweet in taste and cooling in nature, and has the effect of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, generating fluids and quenching thirst.

You can use winter melon to cook shrimp soup or crab soup to cool down. These dishes are extremely beneficial for people who are obese or have difficulty urinating. Winter melon cooked with fish or red beans is very good to eat, and you will quickly say goodbye to the urinary difficulties that make you so miserable.

11. Tofu

Tofu is regarded as a top body-cooling food. Sweet in taste and cooling in nature, relieving dryness, replenishing the body, detoxifying and clearing heat, tofu deserves the top spot on the list of excellent body-cooling foods for scorching summer days. Besides that, tofu is also very easy to prepare. You can blanch and eat it plain, braise, fry or stuff it with meat, serve it in sauce or cook it in soups.

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12. Malabar spinach

Malabar spinach has many functions such as clearing heat, cooling the body, supporting weight loss and lowering blood fats. It is an excellent vegetable for cooling down on hot summer days. You can cook it in crab soup or simply boil Malabar spinach to eat every day, and you have a delicious summer cooling dish.

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Above are the dishes for beating the sweltering summer heat on the STAVI office catering menu; not too difficult, are they? With just simple recipes you can create many dishes that are both healthy and delicious. Add them to your daily menu right away to enjoy tasty meals that cool the body during the hot, high-pressure summer days at the office!