Saed News: Summer foods are foods with a cold nature and cold dishes. With the warm weather in summer, eating heavy, hot, and bulky foods is usually not very appealing. On the other hand, consuming useful foods in summer can protect your body against heatstroke and loss of appetite, and also prevent stomach heaviness and increased body heat.
According to SAEDNEWS, what are the characteristics of the best summer foods? How familiar are you with preparing different types of summer foods? Do you know which options are more suitable for a cold summer lunch? In this article, you can get familiar with several simple and delicious summer foods. At the end of the article, we will answer frequently asked questions about suitable food for hot seasons.
Summer foods are usually much lighter than other foods and are often prepared with fruits and sour-tasting condiments. In general, the best summer foods should cool your body from the inside and have low calories. Usually, preparing appetizers and delicious summer foods is very easy, and due to their attractive taste and low calories, they make you feel better in the summer heat.
Using dried plums, fresh vegetables, water and pomegranate paste, as well as yogurt drink and cold seasonings in preparing hot-season foods helps you avoid feeling heavy and overheated after eating and helps you get through hot summer days more easily. Fatty and heavy foods are not suitable for hot days and cause laziness and weakness in the body.
Therefore, it is better to have a different diet in summer and instead of cooking heavy and fatty stews, use lighter foods with better taste. If you are looking for recipes for summer foods and summer appetizers, or want to learn how to prepare cold summer food, continue reading below.
“Abdoogh Khiar” is one of the best traditional summer foods, which is very filling, healthy, and energizing, and as they say, it cools the heart. Its preparation depends on your taste. You may want to make it without cucumber and prepare a delicious meal with raisins, walnuts, and other ingredients, or you may prefer only yogurt, cucumber, some water, and ice instead of all additions.
To prepare Abdoogh Khiar, first stir the yogurt well until it becomes smooth and uniform. It is better to use strained yogurt. If you use ready-made stirred yogurt, you do not need to mix it. Add cream to the yogurt and mix again until fully combined. Then finely chop the cucumbers and add them to the yogurt and cream mixture and mix again.
If you are looking for summer food recipes, you should definitely try “pinto bean stew.” Some people prefer it with mushrooms and some without mushrooms, which is actually the traditional version and very delicious. Making pinto bean stew is not difficult and can be prepared in a very simple way.
To prepare this delicious summer food, you should soak the pinto beans in lukewarm water from the night before. The beans should be soaked for at least 12 hours. During this time, change the water several times so that the bloating of the beans is completely reduced. This also helps the beans cook faster and better. Then put the beans in a suitable pot, add some water, and place it on low heat so the beans cook well.
One of the most important things you should pay attention to in summer nutrition is increasing the consumption of vegetables, especially in the form of salads. “Salad” is a French word (salade) which has now become a light appetizer or even a main dish in people’s diets around the world.
Salads have many types and cover a wide range for different tastes and temperaments. In most cases, you can use salad as a complete, healthy, and light meal. Using fresh vegetables along with legumes, cheese, and a small amount of meat or chicken makes you feel energetic and refreshed after eating.
“Albaloo Polo” is one of the popular summer foods and a traditional dish in herbal medicine for treating heatstroke. So if you are looking for useful foods in summer or want to try a formal summer dish on hot days, our suggestion is Albaloo Polo, which originally comes from Shiraz.
To prepare this delicious summer food, first soak the rice in water and salt for 5 to 6 hours. Remove the pits of the washed sour cherries. Then put the cherries in a pot and add sugar between them. Place the pot of cherries and sugar on low heat and after boiling, let the cherries cook with sugar for about 30 minutes. After this time, drain the cherries and pour the cherry juice into a clean jar. You can use this juice as cherry syrup.
Bring water to a boil in a pot and add rice. Meanwhile, mix minced meat with grated medium onion, salt, and black pepper and shape it into small meatballs about the size of a walnut. Fry the meatballs in hot oil.
“Sour plum stew” is prepared in different ways in different cities, but one of the most delicious versions is cooked in Semnan. This simple and tasty summer dish is an excellent option for hot days and for serving guests in summer.
To prepare “Semnani sour plum stew,” first wash the plums and soak them in some water or rosewater until they soften, then remove their pits. Put the pitted plums in a pot with some water and place over medium heat until they are fully cooked, then mash them with a masher or fork.
Then peel and finely chop the onion. Chop or crush the garlic very finely. Put some oil in a pan and sauté the onion until it becomes soft and golden. Add garlic after the onion softens, because garlic burns quickly. It is enough to just release its aroma.
