After entering the autumn, Taitai felt tired and had no appetite, and he couldn't lift his energy. Friends reminded me to find that this is all spleen and stomach weakness.
Autumn should not only moisturize the autumn dryness, but also put warm supplements on the agenda, and yam is an excellent ingredient for autumn food supplements.
Yam is directly named after "medicine", which is a rare immortal ingredient in daily life, and the ancestors have said: "Eating yam in autumn is better than eating tonic medicine". Of the 18 amino acids that the human body needs, yam has 16 (I'd call it the king of amino acids).
In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is written that yam is beneficial to kidney qi and strengthens the spleen and stomach. The taste of yam is delicate and tender, and it is delicious when simply stir-fried.
Osmanthus yam
Yam, also known as potato (yù), is about 600 species worldwide and about 60 species (a tenth) in China. Most of the yam that we often eat in our daily life belongs to the three categories of vegetable yam, Huai yam and Huai yam.
Yam stir-fried meat slices
Vegetable yam is an ordinary yam. This yam is characterized by coarseness, water, and water with a pinch of the hand, and rich in mucus when handled (be careful of itchy hands). The taste is more crisp and sweet, especially suitable for stir-frying to eat, yam fried fungus, yam fried meat slices, crisp and sweet, have eaten are amazing!
Iron stick yam is a kind of Huai yam (white bark yam, small fluffy mountain is also Huai yam), the upper and lower thick skin is as thick as an iron rod. The texture is delicate, the taste is dense, it is not easy to cook, the cooked iron stick yam noodles are sweet, there is a faint hemp taste, especially suitable for boiling soup, cooking porridge, and making desserts is also a must.
Yam fried fungus
Huai yam and Huai yam are not one thing! Huai yam specifically refers to the yam produced in Anhui and other places in Jiangsu today, and the taste says that Huai yam is a combination of vegetable yam and Huai yam. Stir-fry crisp and sweet, simmer for 6-7 minutes will become soft, soup and stir-fry are suitable for both.
Now yam is on the market in large quantities, yam as the queen of the ingredients, into the dish, staple food, dessert can be all kinds! The table has organized 10 kinds of yam fairy eating methods to add a different kind of delicious taste to your table!
01丨 Silver fish steamed yam
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For a taste of the original taste of yam, steaming is the perfect solution. The tacit combination of fire and steam fully reveals the original sweetness of the yam itself.
The dried dried silver fish is full of aroma, and the dried silver fish is steamed with the yam for 20 minutes, drizzled with spices and hot oil, and the refreshing and fragrant dried silver fish steamed yam is completed.
02 丨XO sauce yam
Add XO sauce when sautéing yam. Simple fast hand taste rich, a fried and fried to get it done, just yam can be the next bowl of rice.
Slice the yam wrapped in corn starch, fry in oil until the surface is golden brown, sauté the fragrant XO sauce and then add the fried yam and stir-fry together, and finally put on the plate sprinkled with green onions and garnish, the aroma is fragrant and crispy and the inner glutinous XO sauce yam is ready.
03 丨 Yam pills
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When it comes to the combination of pork and yam, many people can't imagine that yam and minced pork can also be made into meatballs. Meatballs with yam puree can not only be degreased, but also increase the sweetness of the mouth, fried, steamed are very suitable, not to mention more than perfect!
The yam is steamed, peeled and crushed into a puree, then the minced meat, yam puree, shiitake mushrooms, minced onion and ginger, eggs, salt, white pepper, soy sauce and flour are mixed and stirred.
04丨 Purple yam stewed beef brisket
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Purple yam is very similar to the taste of huai yam, purple yam because it has anthocyanins that are not found in ordinary yam, this yam is also called "purple ginseng". Beef brisket stewed with purple yam comes out of the pot with a beautiful lilac color, which is definitely a dish that coexists with appearance and taste.
Cut the purple yam into pieces and soak in brine, blanch the brisket in a saucepan and simmer slowly for two or three hours. Add purple yam and a small amount of goji berries to the pot and simmer for 30 minutes to finish.
05 丨 Yam coix seed pork rib soup
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Yam pork rib soup is a soup that every family makes in autumn and winter. After a long time of stewing yam becomes soft and sticky, the lips become mud as soon as they are sipped, and drinking a hot soup on a cooling day is really warm from the stomach to the heart.
Simply blanch the ribs, add ginger slices, bring to a boil over medium heat, add the coix kernels, boil again and reduce the heat to simmer for 1 and a half hours, add the yam pieces and tangerine peel and continue to simmer for 30 minutes, finally add goji berries garnished, simmer for 5 minutes and sprinkle salt to taste to taste.
06 丨Huaishan parsley chicken porridge
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The yam used in this dish is dried yam. Huaishan dried porridge is used to cook porridge, the flavor will be richer and sweeter than fresh yam, and the food supplement ingredients are better. The sticky texture is combined with crispy parsley and fragrant chicken porridge, and it only takes one bite to rejuvenate!
Soak the rice for 30 minutes, chop the parsley, cook the chicken breast and tear it into shredded chicken. Add rice, dried Huaishan and chicken soup to the pot and cook it into porridge, and finally add shredded chicken, parsley and salt to stir well.
07丨Huaishan Guiyuan brown sugar porridge
Huaishan Guiyuan brown sugar porridge for girls nourishing and nourishing, fragrant sticky, sweet and warm, the weather is gradually getting cooler, no girl will not love this porridge.
Soak the rice for 30 minutes, put it in the pot with Huaishan dried for 45 minutes, and finally add the guiyuan pot for 10 minutes, and add brown sugar to taste the bright color before the pot is finished.
08 丨 Yam coix kernel porridge
Fresh yam boiled porridge is also a must, yam and coix have the effect of nourishing the stomach and spleen, drink a bowl of yam coix kernel porridge in the autumn, moisturize the autumn dryness at the same time and warm supplement.
After soaking the coix seeds in water for 3 hours, add the rice to the boiling water, reduce the heat and simmer for about 30 minutes, then add the cut yam pieces and cook for 5 minutes, finally garnish the goji berries, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
09 丨Mei ling porridge
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Yam as a highly malleable ingredient, and soy milk can also be seamlessly matched, this Meiling porridge legend is Song Meiling's favorite porridge, but also the traditional famous dish of Nanjing, fragrant and smooth glutinous rice mixed with yam incense, the most suitable for days without appetite.
Glutinous rice and japonica rice are soaked in water for more than 2 hours, the yam is steamed until soft, peeled and crushed into a yam puree. Pour soy milk and cold water into the pot, boil over medium heat, add the soaked porridge and stir, boil again, add yam mud to low heat and simmer for 20 minutes, and finally add rock sugar, garnish with goji berries and do a good job.
10 丨 Date mud yam cake
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If you don't make a staple food, yam can also be made into a pastry as a snack. The delicate and compact shape is easy to love just by the look, sitting by the window on an autumn afternoon, eating yam cakes, and drinking fragrant tea.
Dried dates are pitted and cooked and crushed into a puree. Sauté with brown sugar to make a date paste. The yam is steamed, peeled and crushed into a puree, sugar and yogurt are added and mixed to form the crust of the pastry. Wrap the jujube mud filling with yam skin, use the abrasive to press out the shape of the soft and sweet texture, and the delicate shape of the jujube mud yam cake is ready.
11丨 Blueberry Yam
Peel and wash the yam with an iron stick and steam for 20 minutes. Mash and add condensed milk, sugar and milk. The yam puree is placed in a garnished bag and squeezed on a plate, and then drizzled with blueberry sauce.
What is your favorite yam practice? Feel free to tell the station in the comments section.
Tips
Yam not itchy hands tips:
Many people have itchy hands when dealing with yam because the yam skin contains saponin or the plant base contained in mucus, and the skin will appear itchy after contact with these two ingredients.
1. Spread ginger and vinegar: Apply ginger and vinegar to the hands, and the itch will gradually disappear after a period of time.
2. Apply white wine: after washing with soap, apply with white wine, and then wash it with soap after volatilization to stop itching.
3. Low-heat roasting: Turn on the stove to the minimum heat, place your hands in the safe area above the stove, and turn and bake for a while to effectively stop the itch.
4. Soak in hot water: Rub your hands with table salt and soak your hands in hot water for a few minutes to stop the itch.
5. Wear gloves: Bring gloves or a plastic bag when peeling yam skin, avoid direct contact with yam, and it will not itch.
Text | A tuan
Figure | Zhong Heng