Appearance: the stem of water spinach is hollow, and the long and soft stem is combined with thin and long leaves, and the leaves are lanceolate, oval, oblong and oblong, while the stem of sweet potato leaves is solid, and the leaves are irregularly broad oval or oval-shaped.
Taste: Sweet potato leaves are more brittle and rougher than water spinach, and there is some sticky feeling inside, so the taste is more complicated.
first, the difference between water spinach and sweet potato leaves
1. Water spinach
is named after the hollow stems, which are straight and hollow outside. The long and soft stems, together with thin and long leaves, are densely packed into a pile. The leaves are lanceolate, ovate, oblong, oblong, with opposite cotyledons, horseshoe-shaped, 3.5-17cm long and .9-8.5cm wide, with a sharp or tapering tip, a small short tip, a heart-shaped, halberd-shaped or arrow-shaped base, occasionally truncated, whole or wavy, or sometimes with a few coarse teeth at the base, with both sides nearly hairless or occasionally sparse.
2. Sweet potato leaves
The stalk is solid, the leaves are irregularly broad oval or oval-shaped, 5-12cm long, the apex is tapering, the base is heart-shaped or nearly truncated, the petiole is whole or notched, and the petiole is 2.5-2cm long. The shape and color of the leaves vary with different cultivated varieties. Compared with water spinach, the taste of sweet potato leaves is more crisp, and the sweet potato leaves will be rougher, with some sticky feeling inside, which makes the taste more complicated.
2. Can water spinach and sweet potato leaves be fried together?
1. Water spinach can be fried together with sweet potato leaves, and their taste is similar, and there is no special smell. If the two kinds of ingredients are relatively small, it is ok to fry them together, which also saves time.
2. Water spinach has green stems and white stems: the green stems are native and have a crisp taste; The aquatic taste of white stems is softer and smoother than that of green stems.