The name mint is familiar to everyone. Such as mint-flavored chewing gum, mint lemon milk tea. But there are still very few friends who really know mint. Let's look at science first.

Mint is a perennial herb, which belongs to Labiatae in botany. Mint has a strong fragrance, and tender stems and leaves are often used to make cakes and drinks.

Peppermint is also one of the commonly used traditional Chinese medicines, which has the function of clearing away heart fire and improving eyesight, and can relieve symptoms such as sore throat, itchy skin, cold legacy and eczema.

The tender stems and leaves of mint are also commonly used in cooking. Here are two ways to eat.

First, mint lotus seeds

Soak the lotus seeds and remove the core. Clean mint leaves (or dried mint), boil them in boiling water quickly, and then cool them. Put the casserole on the fire.

Add mint and bring to a boil. Remove the residue and leave the juice. Add lotus seeds and boil again. After cooking, leave the fire, add rock sugar, stir and melt, and sprinkle with osmanthus.

Second, mint shredded chicken

Shred vegetarian chicken and marinate with egg white, salt and starch. Rinse mint leaves quickly, cool, and then cut into sections.

Put the wok on fire, add vegetable oil and heat it to 50%, add shredded ginger and onion and stir-fry until fragrant, and then add shredded vegetarian chicken to stir-fry the complexion.

Add mint and stir fry quickly, sprinkle with salt and monosodium glutamate, and serve.

Third, mint soup.

Rinse mint leaves quickly and cool. Pour the vegetable stock into the soup pot, boil it, sprinkle a little salt, add mint leaves, pour sesame oil on it, and take it out.

There are many ways to eat mint, including mint ice, mint herbal tea and mint wine, as well as homemade mint tofu and mint cake. Friends can try.