In May of the solar calendar, acacias bloom and the streets are full of incense.
In april, pear blossoms, peach blossoms, and wild chrysanthemums bloom in full bloom, and no matter where you go, you can feel the breath of spring, and at this time, the white as snow locust flowers are also a unique scenery. Especially when the acacia flowers are fragrant, you can smell the refreshing fragrance from a long distance.
Locust flower, the name of Chinese medicine. It is a dried flower and bud of the legume locust Sophora japonica L.
Chinese herbal locust flower is the bud of the locust tree, dried raw with hemostasis, cool blood, heat and detoxification effect. It is often used to treat headache, dizziness, red eyes, blood pressure, liver fire, sores, swelling and pain, blood in the stool, blood in the blood and other diseases. It is recommended to take this drug according to the doctor's instructions, strictly avoid eating during treatment, do not eat cold and overheated or spicy and other irritating foods, avoid mental tension, and keep a happy mood.
Locust flower is a rare wild vegetable in spring, and the locust flower not only tastes charming, but its taste is also very sweet and unique. The key is that the flowering period of locust flowers is very short, only about ten days, and if you miss this time, you will have to wait until next spring if you want to eat fresh locust flowers again.
After picking the locust flowers, you can make soup, mix vegetables, stewed rice, you can also make locust flower cakes, dumplings, but what we most often do is steamed locust flowers, some places are also called locust flower wheat rice, steamed locust flowers taste fresh, fresh and delicious. It can be used as a dish or a staple food, and it is good to be satisfied in a bowl, and both adults and children love to eat.
Locust flowers can be made into many delicious ones, steamed locust flowers (locust flower wheat rice), locust flower milk tea, locust flower golden egg fried rice, locust flower tea and locust flower cake.
Steamed locust flowers, also known as locust flower wheat rice, are also the most common way to eat locust flowers.
The ingredients needed for steaming locust flowers are: 500 grams of locust flowers, flour to taste, 1 spoonful of oil, salt to taste, 1 head of garlic, sesame oil to taste.
1, the locust flower to remove the leaves inside, wash with water several times, drain the water, place aside to dry;
2, put the dried locust flowers into the pot, first pour a spoonful of vegetable oil, stir well, and then put in the flour in parts to stir, to ensure that each locust flower is wrapped in dry flour;
3, add the appropriate amount of water to the pot to boil, at the same time the steamer basket pad the cage cloth, and then put the floured locust flowers into it to spread evenly, put it in the pot and steam for about 5-8 minutes;
4. Take advantage of the gap between the steamed locust flowers, peel the garlic, and use the garlic mortar to mash into garlic paste for later;
5: Take out the steamed locust flowers and pour them into the pot, pour the garlic paste, sprinkle with the right amount of salt, and then pour some sesame oil and stir well to eat.
Details to be aware of during the process of steaming locust flowers:
1, to prevent the locust flowers sticking into a ball, so that it is not good to look at and not delicious, to steam out of the locust flowers do not stick.
The first point is that after cleaning, try to drain the water, if you have time, you can put it in a ventilated place to dry;
The second point is to pour a spoonful of oil before mixing the flour, stir evenly, let the oil wrap the locust flower, so that the water inside the locust flower can be locked during steaming, so as to achieve the anti-adhesion eye, so that the steamed locust flower is very good;
The third point is not to put salt before steaming, because salt will make the water in the locust flower penetrate out, and be sure to steam it well before putting salt;
2, the time of steaming locust flowers should be adjusted according to the amount of locust flowers in the steamer basket, if it is too thick, steam for a while, if it is less, steam for a while;
3, the general steamed locust flowers with garlic puree taste is more delicious, if you do not like to eat garlic flavor, you can change to other sauces, you can also steamed locust flowers in the pot with oil stir-fry, it is also very good Oh.