How to cook mung beans over high heat? Hot topics and practical guides across the Internet
Recently, as the high temperature in summer continues, the topic of clearing away heat and relieving heat has once again become a hot topic on the Internet. Especially in the field of diet and health, the search volume related to "mung bean soup to clear fire" has soared 120% in 10 days. The following is a guide to clearing fire with mung bean compiled based on popular discussions on the Internet to help you reduce fire in a scientific way.
1. Hot topics on the Internet in the past 10 days to clear away heat and relieve summer heat

| Ranking | hot topics | Number of discussions (10,000) | Related keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summer diet and fire-reducing recipes | 45.6 | Mung bean soup, bitter melon, lotus seeds |
| 2 | Tips for quickly cooking mung beans | 32.1 | Freezing method, pressure cooker |
| 3 | Traditional Chinese medicine recommends fire-clearing ingredients | 28.9 | Mung bean nature, flavor and collocation taboos |
2. The scientific principle of mung beans clearing fire
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that mung beans are cold in nature, sweet in taste, and can be used to guide the heart and stomach meridians.Clear away heat, detoxify, relieve summer heat and diuresiseffect. Modern nutritional analysis shows that mung beans are rich in:
| Nutritional information | Content per 100g | Fire clearing effect |
|---|---|---|
| dietary fiber | 7.6g | Promote metabolic detoxification |
| Potassium | 787 mg | balanced electrolytes |
| polyphenols | -- | Antioxidant and fire reducing |
3. 4 ways to cook mung beans efficiently and clear the heat
Method 1: Traditional Slow Cooking Method
• Wash the mung beans and soak them in cold water for 2 hours
• Add water in a ratio of 1:8, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat for 40 minutes
• Add rock sugar/lily (to enhance the fire-clearing effect)
Method 2: Freezing and quick cooking method (a hotly discussed technique on the Internet)
• Wash and drain mung beans, seal and freeze for 3 hours
•Put it directly into boiling water and it will become rotten in 20 minutes
• Experimental data: Saves 60% of time compared to conventional cooking methods
Method 3: Pressure cooker method
• Put mung beans + water (1:6) into the pressure cooker
• SAIC backpressure for 15 minutes
• Note: People with spleen and stomach deficiency should not overdose
Method 4: Rice cooker lazy method
• Put mung beans + water (1:5) into the rice cooker
• Select "Porridge" mode to complete automatically
4. Combination taboos and precautions
| Suitable for matching | Be careful with ingredients | Taboo groups |
|---|---|---|
| Peppermint (enhances heat relief) | Warm food (such as lamb) | menstruating women |
| Barley (removes dampness) | High tannic acid foods (such as persimmons) | Diarrhea patients |
5. Feedback from netizens
According to social platform data, 87% of users who tried the freezing method said that "mung beans come out of the sand faster", but traditional Chinese medicine experts remind:The fire-clearing effect is not directly related to the cooking time, it is recommended to choose according to your physical constitution:
• Physical fire constitution: You can drink thick mung bean soup
• Fire-deficient constitution: It is recommended to use yam and other mild ingredients
To clear away heat in summer, you might as well start with a bowl of mung bean soup, but you need to pay attention to the appropriate amount (no more than 200g of mung beans per day). Only by scientifically reducing heat can you get twice the result with half the effort!
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