Dandelion's alias is "mother-in-law" and "Huanghuamiao". It belongs to a perennial herb of Compositae. Dandelion is widely distributed, and grows in Northeast China, North China, Northwest China, Southwest China and Central China. Especially in North China and Central China, it grows well in spring, summer and autumn. From the distribution area, Taraxacum mongolicum has strong adaptability and low requirements for soil quality. It can grow in Shan Ye and along hillsides, and it grows in scattered and fertile borders, fields and fields better.
Dandelion is nutritious, edible and can be used as medicine. In May and June every year, the young leaves of dandelion can be picked as fried food.
Several edible methods of dandelion
Dandelion is rich in nutrition and has a long history of homology of medicine and food. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that eating dandelion "blackens hair and strengthens bones and muscles". Modern research has proved that dandelion has anticancer effect. Dandelion can be eaten raw, fried, made into soup and mixed with unique flavor.
Health: Wash the fresh stems and leaves of dandelion, dip them in the sauce and eat them. They are slightly bitter and delicious, fragrant and refreshing.
Cold salad: blanch the cleaned dandelion in boiling water 1 min, drain the water and rinse it with cold water. Use Chili oil, monosodium glutamate, salt, sesame oil, vinegar, garlic paste, etc. You can also make different flavors of Loi Siu according to your own taste.
Stuffing: Wash the tender stems and leaves of dandelion, blanch them, knead them slightly, chop them up, add seasoning to make stuffing (or add meat) and wrap them in jiaozi or steamed bread.
Dietotherapy: ① Dandelion porridge: dandelion 30g, japonica rice 100g, cooked into porridge, which can clear away heat and toxic materials, reduce swelling and dissipate stagnation; ② Dandelion Chen Yin Jujube Soup: 50 grams of dandelion, 50 grams of Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, 50 grams of 10 jujube and 50 grams of sugar, which is an excellent adjuvant for treating acute icteric hepatitis; ③ Dandelion and orange stem soup: 60g dandelion, 0/0g platycodon grandiflorum and a little white sugar are decocted into soup, which has certain curative effect on carbuncle; ④ Dandelion corn soup: 60 grams of dandelion and 60 grams of corncob, decocted in concentrated water or used as tea, used to treat hot showers and short urine.