Valley rain is the last festival of spring, after the valley rain represents the end of spring, about to enter the summer, some of the unique wild vegetables in spring are no longer tender, soon to miss the eating period, remember to pick more hoarding, with the appropriate method of long-term storage, a year has "spring vegetables" to eat.
Sharing the preservation methods of toon, elm money, locust flowers, goji buds and dandelions, I used to use these methods to preserve wild vegetables until the Spring Festival, and the taste did not decrease, adding a lot of color to the Chinese New Year's Eve rice of big fish and meat at that time.
Chinese toon
Toon is the most eye-catching wild vegetable in spring, the strong and unique aroma is fascinating, every year when the toon is just sprouted, the price is not cheap, used to scramble eggs, fried toon fish, cold mix tofu are appetizing, after the valley rain this time is the last stage of picking toon, and then do not pick it off is really old.
【Preservation method of toon - the first kind】
After the toon is cleaned, sprinkle a layer of salt and rub it for a while, put it in the sun to dry, until the toon becomes relatively dry, it does not feel too much moisture when caught, and the color becomes a darker dark green, which can be put into the bag and frozen in the refrigerator for preservation.
Toon preserved by the salting method preserves the unique taste of toon, but the color will be worse, and it is more suitable for stir-frying with other ingredients, or made into toon sauce to eat.
【Preservation method of toon - second type】
After the toon is picked, there is no need to dry, boil water in a pot, add 2 spoons of salt, put the fresh toon directly into the blanched water for about 30 seconds, change color and fish out immediately. The fished toon controls the moisture, wraps it in plastic wrap and freezes it into the refrigerator, which basically does not break and can be eaten at any time.
Elm money
Elm money is the only wild vegetable that can be called "rice", it is the wing fruit of the elm tree, has a certain fat content, fragrant and tender, can do elm money rice, elm money nest head, elm money cake and other foods, plus the yield of elm money is relatively high, an old elm tree can pick several pots of elm money, must learn the method of preservation.
【How to save Yu money】
Yu qian is easier to attract dust and bugs, picked back to clean several times, at least to rinse, rub four or five times after the next processing.
Yu money will still get old in the case of placement, to deal with it in time, boil water in the pot, add a small amount of salt, put the Elm money into the blanched water, the time should not exceed 20 seconds, fish out the control of water.
The blanched elm money is put into the gauze, squeezed out of the water hard, and the elm money is kneaded into a ball by the way.
The pinched Yu qian ball is wrapped in plastic wrap, one about 3 double weights, easy to thaw and eat, put into the refrigerator for freezing and preservation.
Goji buds
Goji buds are also known as beets, since ancient times there is a tradition of eating, the nutritional value is relatively high, goji buds can be picked almost all year round, but the spring goji buds taste good, not bitter, is worth eating.
【Method for preserving goji buds】
Goji buds are cleaned, remove the older leaves, goji buds are more likely to become dry after picking, and will recover quickly after soaking in water. Blanch the goji leaves, cook for about 1 minute, remove and squeeze out the water in gauze.
After wrapping in plastic wrap, freeze into the refrigerator to store, it is recommended that the portion is smaller, a ball is enough to adjust a plate of dishes.
dandelion
Dandelion is a lot of people like the cool wild vegetables, the spring dandelion field grows everywhere, but also very easy to identify, many people a pick is a lot, can eat for a long time, dandelion taste is more bitter, generally less used to make dishes, most of them like to use it to make tea to drink.
【Method of saving dandelions】
The first can be dried with the simplest method, dandelion leaves, roots, flowers can be made into tea, just need to rinse it, put it in a ventilated place and dry it slowly.
The second is to make a more formal dandelion tea, which first needs to be dried until it is half dry, then put into the steamer and steamed for about 10 minutes to complete the greening.
Put it in a wok and stir-fry slowly until the moisture has completely evaporated, and the aroma of tea emanates and turns dark brown.
Locust flowers
Locust flowers bloom in a relatively long time span, different varieties, in different places, the time of long locust flowers are different, from mid-April to May and June can be picked, locust flowers are fragrant and no miscellaneous, no matter used to make fillings, steaming nests, flapjacks are quite good raw materials.
【Method for preserving locust flowers】
Locust flowers can not be blanched, after boiling water will lose a lot of fragrance, rinse and put into the steamer for about 5 minutes.
The steamed locust flowers are rounded into rounds, packed in a bag and frozen in the refrigerator, paying attention to the moisture to pinch dry, otherwise it is easy to freeze into a large ice cube.
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