In the countryside, there is a vine-like plant is very common, the leaves are green and heart-shaped, smell seems to have no flavor, but as long as you pinch off the stem or rub the leaves, a fragrance is immediately released, refreshing and refreshing.

We call this plant piper betel, some call it false Konjac, clam piper and so on. In the countryside, because of the unique flavor of piper betel, we often use it to cook rice, stir-fry vegetables, or make stuffing dumplings, dumplings, fried meat pie, etc., are very delicious.

1, false piper and snail is a perfect match

In Guangxi fried snail is very famous, the most famous number of snail powder, just do you know, fried snail when put some false piper leaves, out of the pot of snail and fresh and fragrant.

I remember when I was small, the field is everywhere snail, especially in the spring just planted rice at that time, want to eat snails to go to the field to look for, a moment will be able to find a large pot, take it home with the water to raise a few days.

When the snails spit sand clean, the frying pan is hot, put ginger and garlic fried, and then pour into the snails stir-fried, and then put into the water boiler for a couple of hours. Every time this time, the family will instruct the small children to go to the yard inside to pick some false piper back, we laughingly run to, but also put a piece of leaf in the nose to inhale, it is too fragrant.

The snails are almost out of the pot when the fake piper leaves chopped into, the whole room all of a sudden emitted a tantalizing aroma, I can use the soup alone to soak the rice to eat a big bowl full.

2, false piper and pepper is a relative

false piper can be said to be the whole body is a treasure, its roots, leaves, fruits can be used in food, and even medicine. The official scientific name for the fruit of Piper betel is Wickerel, which I'm sure many people in Chinese medicine or spice science have heard of.

The fruit of Piper betel is a relative of pepper, and the history of its consumption predates that of pepper. In ancient times, before the discovery of pepper, Wicker Mental used to be the main spice on the table for a while.

Wicker has similar properties to pepper, and even has a stronger flavor than pepper. However, as pepper became more widely cultivated, easier and cheaper to grow, it was gradually replaced by peppercorns and withdrew from being the leading spice.

Even so, people still enjoy the various cuisines made from Piper betel. In the famous food street of Nanning, Guangxi, there is a special food called Piper betel, which used to be a Netflix hit on Jitterbug.

False piper with meat is very simple, chopped meat and seasoned with salt, soy sauce, pepper. Two slices of false piper sandwiched in the middle of the minced meat, wrapped in a layer of starch paste on the outside, and then put into the frying pan and fried, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, very tasty.

3, false piper is used in medicine, the Tang Dynasty, some people because of it to get three civil officials

false piper can be used in medicine, can be used to treat diarrhea, wind-cold cough, edema, rheumatism, bone pain, bruises and sprains and other symptoms, has a good effect. According to historical records, China has mastered the medicinal effects of Artemisia vulgaris since the Tang Dynasty.

It is said that Tang Taizong Li Shimin got a strange disease, has been farting more than a hundred treatment. This disease is called "gas dysentery" in ancient times, in fact, is the intestinal and gastrointestinal disorders. Think of a country's master, all day fart more than, how embarrassing ah, so under the royal list to recruit can treat this disease of the god doctor.

At that time, the royal guard of honor in a person surnamed Zhang unveiled the royal list said, "I can treat this disease." So, he used the seeds of the false basket Wicker ground into powder, and then decocted with milk to send the emperor to take, and really cured the disease of Emperor Tang Taizong. Tang Taizong was so happy that he ordered him to be appointed as a third-grade civil official. It is amazing to think that even a small piece of Wicker Mental Welfare could lead to promotion and wealth. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" has a detailed record of this incident.

This is a plant that is full of treasures, do you recognize it?

This plant is full of treasures, do you recognize it?