Dishes for The Lazy in Summer—Sweet and Sour White Radish Slices

The summer is hot, and under the hot weather, people are lacking appetite and nothing can cause appetite. Even the time to slowly cook is out of mind. At this time, a bowl of sweet and sour with slightly spicy radishes is instantly appetizing.

Efficacy

White radish has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting production of fluid, cooling blood to stop bleeding, reducing the gas and relieving flatulence, eliminating digestion and stagnation, appetizing and strengthening spleen, and smoothing phlegm. It also can relieve cough and reduce phlegm, lower blood lipids, soften blood vessels and stabilize blood pressure.

Ingredients

Ingredients	Consumption
Salt	10 g
turnip	300 g
white sugar	6 g
soy sauce
ginger vinegar

Directions

Wash the white radish, cut into slices, as thin as possible, about 2 mm.

Add salt to the sliced radish slices, marinate for about 20 minutes until they contain moisture; squeeze out the water in the radish slices by hand, and the white radish slices are transparent.

Make the sweet and sour sauce. Pour soy sauce, vinegar and sugar into the bowl and mix well. Pour the sweet and sour juice into the radish slices, make sure the juice is over the radish slices.