Jute leaf Chaoshan area is also called bitter hemp leaf, old hemp leaf, hemp leaf, hemp seed leaf and tender leaf. Foreign nicknames are hemp bones and the like. This product is jute of Jute of Tiliaceae. Hemp leaves are often used as ingredients, so how is Chaoshan hemp leaves made? Please read the following article and follow me.

Materials used in Chaoshan hemp leaves

Main ingredients: 200 grams of hemp leaves.

Accessories: peanut oil, a lot of garlic, 5 pieces of red pepper, 1 slice of Puning bean paste, 1 spoon.

Practice of Chaoshan hemp leaf

1. Wash the hemp leaves three times, gently squeeze them dry, and then break them up.

Add a little water to Puning bean paste for use.

Flatten garlic and chop it.

Cut the pepper into small circles.

2. put oil in a hot pot (you must have more oil to taste good). Stir-fry garlic and pepper until fragrant, then stir-fry hemp leaves a few times (stir-fry with chopsticks more evenly), pour in bean paste water, continue to stir-fry quickly for a few times, and then take out the pot. (The operation points must be big fire! Hurry up! )

Further reading

Asari leaf

Another feature of Chaozhou-Shantou cuisine is that it likes to eat porridge, and there are many side dishes for sending porridge, such as pickles, tribute dishes and olive dishes, which people are familiar with. The hemp leaf introduced here is a side dish made of wild vegetables.

Hemp leaf is a unique kenaf leaf in Chaoshan, which was not eaten in the past, because Chaoshan people had to wait for the elders of kenaf, so they used kenaf skin to weave ropes. Now that no one is knitting ropes, this kind of hemp leaves is on people's dining tables. Hemp leaves were picked from the top of kenaf when it was very young, so this kind of kenaf will never grow up and can't be made into rope. However, the hemp leaves on the table are rare and delicious. The hemp leaves should be washed with water to remove the astringency and then fried, which is a bit salty, but porridge is perfect.