In 2022, the Year of the Tiger has arrived, I believe that most of my friends have returned to their hometowns for the New Year! Back home, my parents prepared a lot of delicious food, chicken, duck, fish, meat, usually reluctant to eat, the children came back all arranged. Fish is easy to eat, and the most important thing in the countryside is a variety of fresh and delicious wild vegetables, you can lift the basket with a small shovel, dig some back, or stir-fry, or soup, shabu-shabu, or dumplings, is simply delicious!
The following Xiaomei introduces 10 kinds of wild vegetables that can be found in some places this season, let's take a look at whether there is any in their hometown.
1. Fold the ear roots
▲Wild folded ear root
Folded ear root, in some places also called houttuynia, pig nose arch, dog ear, the leaves are heart-shaped, is a fishy smell of herbs. It is widely distributed in all provinces south of the Yangtze River Basin.
Folded ear root can be used as a Chinese herbal medicine, has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification; as a cold mixing ingredient, it is mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and other places.
See, its roots are white, section by section, and the roots and branches can be eaten coldly. People who like to eat folded ear roots especially like to eat, the more chewy the more fragrant, a large bowl will feel particularly enjoyable, but if you don't like to eat it, you will vomit the first time you eat.
The method of cold mixing folded ear root is particularly simple, the fresh and tender folded ear root leaves are washed, cut into small pieces, the crispy paprika is sprinkled on top, and then vinegar, soy sauce, garlic, monosodium glutamate, a little sugar and other spices are stirred evenly to eat.
Before mixing, some people like to blanch it with water, and some people like to marinate it with table salt first, which can remove some of the fishy smell of the broken ear roots. However, for people who love to eat folded ear roots, direct cold mixing is the minimum respect for folded ear roots.
Folded ear roots can be cold mixed or fried with bacon, which is a relatively hard dish.
Friends who love to eat the root of the ear, what is your approach?
2. Winter shoots
Winter shoots are a rare and delicious ingredient in winter. It is a shoot bud developed from the side bud of the underground stem (bamboo whip) of the bamboo, and because it has not yet been unearthed, its shoot quality is particularly young.
Digging winter shoots in winter is a technical job. Since winter shoots do not emerge from the soil, it is particularly difficult to find it. But this is also difficult to experienced masters, they can observe the growth of bamboo and judge the position of bamboo shoots, fast, accurate, fierce, in a short while you can dig a large basket, take it to the market to sell, is also a lot of income.
The meat of winter shoots is tender, delicious, refreshing, rich in protein and a variety of amino acids, it is a delicious food with nutritional value. Compared with spring shoots and summer shoots, winter shoots have the best quality and the highest nutritional value.
Stir-fried bacon with winter shoots is the most classic method of winter shoots, and it is also a hard dish during the Spring Festival, which can add a special delicacy to the Table during the Spring Festival.
Of course, you can not fry bacon or meat, just take some green and red peppers and simply stir-fry the taste is also very delicious, but the winter shoots should be blanched with boiling water before frying, so that it is not numb.
3. Ground fungus
Ground fungus is also called ground skin vegetables, soft ground, thunder, thunder fungus, tianxian vegetables. It is an algae that often appears after thunderstorms, so it is called thunder dung or thunderstorm.
Ground fungus prefers to live in a humid, shady environment, so people often go to the grass, shady hillside grass to find this delicious ingredient.
Because it grows close to the ground, it will get a lot of sediment, so be sure to wash it carefully with water before cooking, otherwise the sediment will affect the taste.
Ground vegetables are rich in nutrients, including protein, multivitamins, phosphorus, zinc, calcium and other minerals. The method is also very simple, after cleaning, directly beat the soup, add some green onions, it is very delicious.
Ground fungus can also be fried with eggs, there are meat and vegetarian, is a very delicious fresh dish, even if you have money, you may not be able to eat it. If you can eat spicy, you can also add some green and red peppers.
4. Cabbage
Cabbage is the most delicious wild vegetable and does not accept rebuttal. The distribution of cabbage is very wide, almost in the north and south of China, so there are many people who eat cabbage, and the way to eat it is also very diverse.
It is an annual or biennial herb of the cruciferous family, in the same family as the plants of cabbage. It often grows on hillsides, fields, and roadsides, and is generally grown in pieces, so it is also very convenient to pick, and you can pick a large handful in a while.
There are many ways to eat cabbage, you can directly stir-fry, like stir-fried cabbage, eat spicy can add some peppers.
Can be chopped and sautéed with eggs.
You can also steam it with flour, add some minced garlic, chili pepper, drizzle with sesame oil, and make a special flavor after steaming.
The most classic way to eat cabbage is to make dumplings or buns. The picture above is a dumpling filling made of cabbage leaves and meat, does it look particularly tempting?
5. Pork hairy vegetables
Pig hair is an herbaceous plant of the family Quinoa, mainly distributed in northeast, north China, northwest China, southwest and Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan and other places. The leaves are slender and needle-shaped.
As a kind of wild vegetable, its method is also very simple, wash, blanch the water for two minutes, add spices, cold mix, very refreshing.
Pork hairy vegetables also have the effect of leveling the liver and potentially exercising yang and moisturizing the intestines. Can be used for hypertension, headache, dizziness, dry bowel constipation.
6. Vajra vine buds
Diamond vine buds are the young shoots that grow from the vine vine. When its leaves are not yet spread, the plucked tip is the best to eat.
The tender tip of the diamond vine should not be pinched too long, if the leaf has been stretched out, it is already old and inedible.
There are also many ways to eat the golden vine buds, which can be directly mixed cold after boiling water, and can also be used to scramble egg cakes or fried bacon.
In addition, The Kongo vine is also a Chinese herbal medicine, with a bulk rhizome into the medicine, can dispel wind, activate blood, clear heat and detoxification, cure rheumatic leg and foot pain, bruises and so on.
7. Wild pea sprouts
Wild peas are herbaceous plants of the legume family Wild Pea, which are mainly distributed in the provinces of the northwest and southwest regions in the mainland. Its stems are fine and soft, the taste is very good, the nutrients are also rich, and it is a good wild vegetable.
In addition to being a wild vegetable, wild pea seedlings are also excellent pastures, as well as Chinese herbal medicines, which have the effect of tonifying the kidneys and regulating menstruation, expectorant and cough.
8. Purple flower ditin
Purple flower dicho, also known as wild viola, viola, is a perennial herb of the genus Viola in the viola family. In March or April, it will bloom lilac beautiful small flowers, especially when the pieces of purple flowers bloom, the scene is very spectacular, I think it is also a kind of wildflower that many friends often see in childhood.
The best picking season for purple flowered ditin should be late winter and early spring, but when it has not yet flowered, its plants are very tender and taste the best. In the spring, it can be eaten with flowers picked.
Purple flower diding is also eaten in many ways, which can be stir-fried, can also be made into soup, and can also be steamed with flour or boiled vegetable porridge. Purple flower ditin also has a certain therapeutic effect, it can clear heat and detoxification, cool blood and reduce swelling, cure poisonous snake bites.
9. Dandelion
Dandelion is a perennial herb of the Asteraceae family, which is widely distributed in China, and dandelions can be picked in almost every province. In many places, people have the habit of picking dandelions and stir-frying them.
However, the dandelion taste is more bitter, and people who are afraid of bitterness can blanch it with hot water before frying it, which can reduce some bitterness.
10. Wild onions
The chives or shallots grown in our vegetable gardens are actually domesticated from wild onions in the wild. Wild onions in the wild, although not as strong and coarse as the green onions in the vegetable garden, have a more intense taste.
In places where there is houttuynia cordata, wild onions are generally grown, so in some places people dig up these two wild vegetables and mix them together.
Cold onions are just a way to eat wild onions, like the shallots in the house, wild onions can also be used to scramble eggs or fried egg cakes, which are very delicious.
Compared with the onions in the home, wild onions have a more intense spicy flavor, vitamin C and phosphorus content is also higher, regular consumption of wild onions can enhance appetite, prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
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