Toona sinensis is called "the vegetable on the tree" and is the tender bud of Toona sinensis. Every spring around Grain Rain, Toona sinensis buds can be made into various dishes. It is not only nutritious, but also has high medicinal value. Toona sinensis leaves are thick and tender with red edges, just like agate and jade. Rich in flavor and nutrition, far higher than other vegetables.

It turns out that Toona sinensis is not only a seasonal food.

It can also help treat diseases!

Efficacy and function

Chinese medicine believes that Toona sinensis buds are cool and bitter; Enter lung, stomach and large intestine meridian. Clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating stomach and regulating qi, moistening skin and improving eyesight, and killing insects. Indications: sore poison, alopecia, red eyes, cough due to lung heat, etc.

Health care and beauty

Toona sinensis is rich in vitamin C and carotene. , help to enhance the body's immune function and lubricate the skin. It is a good food for health care and beauty.

Natural "fertility promoter"

Toona sinensis contains vitamin E and sex hormones, which has the functions of anti-aging, strengthening yang and nourishing yin, and has a certain curative effect on infertility, so it has the reputation of "fertility promoter".

Appetizing and invigorating spleen

Toona sinensis is a famous seasonal product, which contains volatile aromatic organic compounds such as toosendanin, which can strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite.

Cure ascariasis

The volatile smell of Toona sinensis can penetrate the epidermis of Ascaris lumbricoides, so that Ascaris lumbricoides can not adhere to the intestinal wall and be excreted, which can be used to treat Ascariasis.

but

Although Toona sinensis is rich in nutrition and has many benefits.

But not for everyone.

Eating is taboo.

Toona sinensis cooking is fragrant and delicious, crisp and juicy. It is rich in potassium, calcium and magnesium, and the content of B vitamins is also among the best in vegetables, making it a natural green healthy food with the same origin of medicine and food.

However, Toona sinensis contains more nitrate and nitrite than ordinary vegetables, so how to eat it is particular.

1, blanching: whether it is cold, stir-fried, pickled or fried Toona sinensis fish, blanch it before cooking. Blanching about 1 min can remove more than 2/3 of nitrite and nitrate. Moreover, the aroma of Toona sinensis mainly comes from essential oil, which is an insoluble component in water, and blanching will not affect the flavor of dishes.

2, fresh: the more tender the Toona sinensis, the lower the nitrate content, so pay attention to the selection of fresh texture, you should buy it immediately, or freeze or scald it and marinate it.

3, patients with yin deficiency are not suitable for eating: Chinese medicine believes that Toona sinensis can help Yang by taking more liver meridians, so it is good for people with yang deficiency to eat Toona sinensis. But relatively speaking, eating Toona sinensis is easy to aggravate liver fire, especially for patients with yin deficiency and heat excess like diabetes, which is unfavorable to the recovery of the disease.

I talked about the effects and taboos.

So how to eat Toona sinensis?

Diet menu

Toona sinensis head is rich in nutrition. According to the analysis, every 100g of Toona sinensis head contains 9.8g of protein, 0.43mg of calcium and 0.5mg of vitamin, which are among the best in vegetables. In addition, it also contains phosphorus 135 mg, carotene 1.36 mg, and nutrients such as iron and B vitamins.

Can be used to make Toona sinensis scrambled eggs, Toona sinensis bamboo shoots, Toona sinensis mixed with tofu, Toona sinensis fried rice cakes, Toona sinensis seedlings mixed with three shreds, Toona sinensis salted fish, Toona sinensis chicken breast, Toona sinensis tofu patties, Toona sinensis preserved egg tofu, Toona sinensis mixed with peanuts, Toona sinensis cold salad, Toona sinensis pickled, Toona sinensis cold salad.

Scrambled eggs with Toona sinensis

Materials: Toona sinensis, eggs, onions, ginger;

Exercise:

1. Toona sinensis is blanched with boiling water, fished out and soaked in cold water;

2. Take out a proper amount and chop it up (not too broken);

3. Put it into the egg mixture, add a little salt chicken essence and chopped green onion and mix well;

4. Add onion and ginger into the oil pan and stir fry;

5. Pour the egg mixture and Toona sinensis powder into the hot oil in the hot pot and stir-fry until cooked.

Tofu mixed with Tofu with Tofu.

Materials: Toona sinensis, tofu;

Exercise:

1. Boil half a pot of water, add a little salt after the water boils, and add Toona sinensis to blanch for a while;

2. Cool the scalded Toona sinensis with clear water and cut into Toona sinensis powder;

3. Put the Toona sinensis in a bowl, add sesame oil and salt, a little soy sauce and vinegar (you don't like it) and mix well;

4. a box of tofu with fat inside, take it out of the box and put it on the plate;

5. Sprinkle the adjusted Toona sinensis.