Malantou

Things about Malantou

What is the nutrition of Malantou?

Malantou is edible and medicinal. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Malantou has a pungent and slightly cold taste. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, diuresis and reducing swelling. It can relieve symptoms such as sore throat and body edema. Malantou is rich in vitamin B, carotene, and trace elements. Calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, etc., especially potassium, are more than twice that of commonly eaten vegetables. Foods with high potassium and low sodium help to expand blood vessel walls, increase hemodynamics, prevent arterial wall thickening, and protect blood vessels. .

Little knowledge about Malan

Malan head is derived from Malan. It is a kind of Asteraceae plant with tenacious vitality. It can be seen at the foot of the mountain and beside the fields, so it is called field. Bianju. Flowers bloom from May to September every year, usually with yellow pistils and purple flowers. Malantou is the young leaves of Malan, which are usually picked and eaten before they bloom.

In the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, there is a classic Malantou dish - Malantou fragrant drying. The preparation is also very simple. The Malantou and dried fragrant vegetables are blanched and cut into pieces, then mixed and mixed with salt. , sugar, chicken essence and sesame oil.

Things about wild vegetables

What is the buzz in the field of wild vegetables in Nanjing? (2)

Nanjing is rich in all kinds of wild vegetables. There was a saying in the past. As the saying goes, "If you don't eat fish, you will eat grass. Wolfberry requires mugwort and chrysanthemum brains." There are seven very famous wild vegetables in Nanjing, one of which is the malan head in this issue, and the other wild vegetables are as follows;

Chrysanthemum Nao

Mangcaitou

Shoutuotou (Caotou)

Xiangloutou

Small garlic

Wolfberry heads

Pea heads

The history of Nanjing wild vegetables records the historical changes of Nanjing. It can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, there were more than 20 kinds of wild vegetables, including viburnum, ginseng and chamomile. , horse teeth, wild leeks, lichens, etc. During the Three Kingdoms period, Nanjing was called Jianye and belonged to the territory of Wu State. Many wild vegetables began to become household vegetables. As many dynasties later made Nanjing their capital, the wild vegetable culture became more Popularity.