Can dandelion be eaten raw?
Sure! Dandelion is a kind of healthy wild vegetable with rich nutrition. The main edible parts are leaves, flowers, stems and roots. Its young leaves, unopened buds and roots are edible. Dig its tender seedlings, blanch them with boiling water, rinse them with cold water, stir fry, cold salad and make soup. It tastes particularly good. This paper introduces the edible methods and cooking examples of dandelion. For thousands of years, people in China have been collecting wild vegetables to eat, and there are various ways to eat them, forming a traditional way of eating among the people. Dandelion is more and more recognized and accepted by people because of its rich nutrition. At present, delicacies made of dandelion in some big cities have been put on the dining tables of big restaurants, which are well received by consumers. First, raw cold salad 1, raw food Wash the fresh stems and leaves of dandelion, drain the juice, slightly bitter, delicious and refreshing. 2. Wash dandelion with boiling water 1-2 minutes, drain water and rinse with cold water. Use Chili oil, monosodium glutamate, salt, sesame oil, vinegar, garlic paste, etc. You can also mix different flavors of side dishes according to your own taste. This method of eating raw cold salad will not lose the nutrients and vitamins of dandelion, or it will lose less. Second, stir-fry or cook. Wash the tender leaves or stems of dandelion, and then fry or cook. It can be fried with vegetables, or with meat, eggs and seafood. You can also make soup. If you add minced meat, beat it into plumeria and hook it with starch, it will taste better. In order to reduce the bitter taste of dandelion, it can be washed, boiled in boiling water or salt water for 5-8 minutes, then soaked in water for several hours, the bitter taste is leached and washed, and then fried or steamed. Fourth, make stuffing. After washing the tender stems and leaves of dandelion, knead them slightly, chop them up, add seasoning and make stuffing (meat can also be added). You can steam steamed bread, steamed corn buns or jiaozi and jiaozi. 5. Pickled dandelion has a unique flavor after pickling. Soaked in sweet and sour, it is very delicious, without losing its original flavor, and it can retain many vitamins. 6. Dry dandelion can be boiled and disinfected in boiling water and dried into dried vegetables. If possible, microwave or vacuum freeze-drying can be used to retain its nutrients to the maximum extent. Efficacy: 1. Clearing away heat and toxic materials can be used for heat toxin syndrome, especially for clearing liver heat, treating liver fire, redness and swelling of eyes, and various infections and suppurative diseases. 2. Eliminating carbuncle and resolving stagnation, treating carbuncle, swelling, sores and toxin caused by heat toxin and sarcoidosis, with persistent high fever. It has a good curative effect on breast abscess, and can detoxify, dissipate stagnation and promote lactation. It can be taken orally or externally. It is often combined with honeysuckle. In addition, rhubarb and peony bark can be used to treat intestinal carbuncle. Functions: Used for upper respiratory tract infection, conjunctivitis, mumps, swelling and pain of breast abscess, gastritis, dysentery, hepatitis, cholecystitis, acute appendicitis, urinary tract infection, pelvic inflammatory disease, carbuncle, furuncle, pharyngitis, acute mastitis, lymphadenitis and carbuncle.