Can taro stalks be eaten?
Taro stalks are edible.
Taro stalks are branches that grow from the mother taro. Like lettuce, this kind of branch has high water content, crisp and tender, no obvious fibrosis, no toxin in potato buds first, and no strange smell. So taro stalks are edible, but they have been eaten less in recent years.
Is taro stick delicious?
Taro sticks are not very delicious.
The content of saponin in taro stem is higher than that in taro tuber. Therefore, this kind of stem needs to be fully cooked to ensure its maturity, otherwise it will give people a astringent taste and cause throat discomfort, especially for people with allergies.
How to make taro stalks and how to eat dried taro pods.
Raw materials: taro stalks.
Exercise:
1. Remove the head and tail of taro stalks and put them in boiling water for a few seconds to remove saponin to avoid allergies.
2. Put the blanched taro stalks into clean water, peel off the skin, remove the coarse fiber filaments and rinse for several hours.
3. Take out and drain. When the taro stalks become soft, clamp them and hang them in the shade to dry.
Features: This dried taro stalk contains almost no saponin, and is suitable for cooking with all kinds of meat. It is a natural green and healthy food.
Pickled taro pod
Ingredients: taro stalks, salt.
Exercise:
1. After harvesting, peel off the skin fibers of taro stems and semi-dry them in the sun.
2. Cut into small pieces and put them in pickled pottery. Put a layer of taro stalks and a layer of salt at a time, thickening one layer at a time.
3. Pressurize and marinate in a container for several days until the components of taro stalk itself disappear, resulting in the unique sour taste of taro stalk.
Features: Like sour bamboo shoots, taro stalks can be fried to make soup, which is very suitable for appetizing in summer.
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