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Introduction: It is the "first fresh" in May, this dish is a treasure all over the body, sweeter than the acacia flower, more nutritious than the shepherd's cabbage, but it is often regarded as a weed, the countryside is everywhere in May, and the dumplings are really fragrant!
Hello everyone, I'm Sister Silly Food. May has arrived, and as the weather gradually warms up, my hometown of Yantai, Shandong Province, is also gradually entering the spring season. As a child, I never thought deeply about the meaning of the word "seasonal", but as I got older, I gradually grasped its magical meaning. In the neighborhood where I live, there is a locust tree, which seems to be a compass for the changing of the seasons. No matter how unpredictable the weather is, the locust trees always wait quietly in May and never bloom early. It is not until the beginning of May in early summer that it quietly blooms, as if to announce to the earth that summer has come.
This "seasonal" phenomenon made me feel the wonder of the natural world. Although the flowering season of the locust tree has long been known, every time I see it in full bloom, I am in awe and amazement. This kind of waiting and preparing for action makes me think about the tacit understanding and symbiosis between man and nature. Just like the locust tree, life is full of "seasonal" charm. Whether it is the fresh and tender ingredients on the market, or the blooming of spring flowers, they all inadvertently show the wisdom of nature and the mystery of life. May is a season full of life and hope. Let's follow the footsteps of the seasons, feel the charm of nature, and taste the sweetness of life. Just like the locust tree, it waits for its own season and blooms with its brightest smile.
In the countryside in May, an inconspicuous wild vegetable quietly blooms, and it is the purple flower lily. In dense fields, this dish reveals its distinctive purple flowers from time to time, however, its value is much more than that. Known as the treasure of the countryside, the purple flower is rich in nutritional value and unique flavor, but it is often regarded as a weed and forgotten in the field.
The young leaves of the purple lily are a delicacy in May. Its leaves are smooth and fresh, like buds in early spring, exuding a fresh scent. Compared with acacia flowers, purple lilies are more sweet and delicious; Compared to shepherd's cabbage, it is more nutritious. However, despite this, it is often silently ignored and treated as a weed on the side of the road. However, if you look for it carefully, you will find this buried delicacy.
Purple lily is not only a delicious ingredient, but also a precious herb. In the folk, purple flower is widely used in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, with the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, diuresis and swelling. It is rich in vitamins and minerals, which have a significant effect on clearing away heat and detoxifying and regulating body functions. Therefore, in addition to being used as a delicacy, purple flower is also often used by people to boil soups, stew chickens and other medicinal foods to nourish the body.
The specific way to eat purple flowers, first of all, wild vegetables need to be blanched, blanching can remove oxalic acid and other toxins, and the blanched vegetables are easy to store. You can pick more at a time, blanch it and knead it into a ball, put it in a fresh-keeping bag and seal it, put it in the refrigerator for freezing, and thaw it with cold water when eating.
After blanching, put it in cold water to cool, squeeze out the water, chop it, add pork belly, salt, cooking oil, sesame oil, mix it into dumpling filling, use it to wrap dumplings and eat it tastes very delicious, it doesn't matter if it blooms, you can make it together.
Have you ever eaten the dumpling filling of purple flowers? It is very delicious to make the filling with purple flower dices, wrapping dumplings, steaming buns, and the dumplings made will have a faint fragrance, and they are also very delicious and delicious! You can also sprinkle flour and stir evenly to make steamed dishes, and it is also very refreshing and appetizing to make cold dishes after blanching. When its flowers bloom, you can also pick the petals to make food, the picture below is a steamed dish I made with the petals of the purple flower lily, fresh and sweet, delicious and fragrant. I steamed it with cornmeal and a little flour, and eating more whole grains is better for my body.
May is the time when the purple lily grows at its most luxuriant. At this time, the young leaves of the purple lily are tender and juicy, and it is the best time to taste its deliciousness. In the fields of the countryside, people can often see busy figures, they are in the fields, picking wild vegetables, improving the food for their families, and friends who like it should try it.