Malantou, also known as Malan, Ranunculus, Braised Cabbage, Chicken Sausage, Chrysanthemum morifolium, Xiao Ju, Purple Chrysanthemum, etc. In most parts of China, it grows on roadsides and fields, and is also cultivated artificially. There are two kinds of Malantou: red stem and green stem, both of which can be eaten. Red stem Malantou is the best medicinal material. According to analysis, tender stems and leaves contain calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, carotene, vitamin B and nicotinic acid.
Malantou is rich in amino acids. Chinese medicine believes that Malantou is pungent and slightly cold, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood to stop bleeding, promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. Indications: sore throat, carbuncle, furuncle, jaundice, edema, dysentery and stranguria. Materia Medica Justice studies it more thoroughly: "It is the most antipyretic and toxic, and it can specialize in blood, stop bleeding and cool blood, especially. All syndromes, such as warming pathogenic factors, going deep into the camp, carbuncle swelling, blood heat, ulceration, etc., are allowed to specialize in drugs. It is widely used for oral administration and external use, and it is also an important product for clearing away heat and toxic materials. " Spring is the easiest time to get angry, so it is better to dig some Malantou in the wild to eat what medicine.
Fresh Malantou can't be eaten directly. It needs to be washed with water to remove floating dust, scalded with boiling water to remove astringency, and then taken out and drained for later use. Fresh Malan can relieve greasy food. Yuan Mei of the Qing Dynasty wrote in his "Food List with Garden": "Those who pick tender Malan head, eat it with vinegar bamboo shoots, and eat it after being tired, can wake up the spleen." The most common way to eat Malantou is to cut dried coriander into cold salad, add some peanuts and sesame oil, and it becomes a good dish. It can also be made into tofu soup. The smoothness of tender tofu and the fragrance of Malantou can be said to complement each other. Let's take a look at the Leng Xiang method in Malantou!
Ingredients: 500g of Malantou, 4 pieces of dried fragrant fruits, a little peanut, a proper amount of salt, sesame oil 1 tablespoon, and a little sugar.
Production steps:
1, Malantou pinched off the old roots and cleaned them up;
2. After the incense is dry-cleaned, put it in a pot, add cold water, boil it for two minutes, and then take it out;
3. Remove the hemp and astringency from the washed Malantou water, take it out and let it cool;
4. Add a little cooking oil to the wok and fry the peanuts with a small torch. Crushing for later use;
5, Malantou, dried incense, peanuts, salt, sesame oil, sugar and mix well to eat.
Green Malanton, red and white dry powder, sesame oil. The entrance is slightly bitter, and then slowly leaves a sweet and unique fragrance between the teeth and cheeks, with endless aftertaste.
Malantou had better not spend the night, because it loses its fragrance after losing water. If you pick more Malantou, you can make it into stuffing, wrap it in jiaozi, wrap it in wonton, bake it in a box or roll it into a vegetable roll. Malantou is not only delicious, but also pungent and cool, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and certainly has a therapeutic effect on eye diseases, bleeding, cough and other diseases caused by excessive internal heat. Since ancient times, medicine and food have the same origin, and the most important thing is health preservation. People with weak spleen and stomach should eat less, and pregnant women should use it with caution.
I often recall when I was a child, I asked a few friends, carrying small bamboo baskets and knives, to pick Malan's head in the field. On the ridge, among the yellow weeds, there must be a cluster of Malantou which is the most eye-catching, and a small basket can be picked soon. At this moment, the whole body is warm. It's the weekend, take the children and have a good mood, and go to Malantou!