Last week, I had a private pop-up cafe on the patio in front of our house in the forest. I prepared a 100% plant-based and gluten-free Thai cuisine for friends who had a craving for healthy spicy food. From a macrobiotic point of view, spice and coconut milk have a strong Yin energy, so I used Basmati brown rice with lotus seed which both have good Yang energy - as a main dish to help balance the energy. Here's the menu for Wanowa's 100% plant-based Tahi cuisine: ☆ Pomegranate juice (Non-Alcoholic welcome drink) ☆ Yum Woon Sen (Spicy glass noodle salad with greens) ☆ Spicy Thai Green Curry ☆ Basmati Brown rice with lotus seeds ☆ Mango pudding with white chocolate coconuts cream ☆ 3-year-aged roasted Bancha tea Lotus seed, in tonic form, has been widely used in Japan as an herbal medicine since ancient times for preventing and improving women's diseases. It is rich in vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, and other ingredients that effectively promote health and stabilize the autonomic nervous system. It would be beneficial to include them in our diet. You can buy lotus seeds at a regular Chinese store or order online. You can cook them together with rice. It is easy to prepare - rinse thoroughly and soak them in cold water for 6 -8 hours. Then, split them with your fingers. If there is a sprout inside, it is better to take it out since it tastes bitter. Next, cook them with rice. Add one cup of lotus seeds and one cup of water to the rice and cook covered on low heat for 45 minutes. Another important part of this meal was the Bancha tea I served. 3-year-aged roasted Bancha is the tea made out of stems instead of leaves, which are dried and aged for three years. Since leaves have Yin energy that cools your body, this tea was made only using stems. These tea stems are gentle to the stomach, and have a pleasant aroma. They have almost no caffeine, and a warming effect on the body. So, this is recommended as an ideal tea for all ages to drink regularly every day. Also, Bancha tea is rich in catechins, supports the absorption of vitamin C and improves digestion and absorption. Since catechins also have sterilized properties to fight off all viruses. So, you can use this tea as a mouth/eye/nose wash by adding a bit of sea salt. You can find roasted twig tea/Kukicha in the United States. Kuki means stems in Japanese. Since we are entering a cold season, it would be nice to have good tea in your home. Our grandma used to say, "your kitchen is your pharmacy!"
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