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Hello, everyone, I am a kitten who loves the kitchen. What I bring to you today is the essential cold salad "Houttuynia cordata" on our table every day in spring. Speaking of "Houttuynia cordata", we have to remind people of the recent fire, that is, our Sichuan brothers supported the vegetables in Wuhan, which contained Houttuynia cordata, mainly because our brothers and sisters in Wuhan didn't know how to eat them, which made people laugh and cry. So today I'm going to make a "cold-folded ear root" that we all like best here. I hope friends in Wuhan can see that before cooking this dish, I will tell you something about Houttuynia cordata.
Houttuynia cordata is also called broken ear root, stinky vegetable, lateral ear root, stinky root grass, stinky pill and pigskin arch. There is a cloud in ancient books: wetlands and valleys can also crawl in the shade, with leaves as fat as buckwheat and purple stems, and people in Jiangzuo are good at eating, which is called Guanzhong. Swallow, whose leaves smell fishy, is commonly called fish grass. Houttuynia cordata Thunb has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving swelling and treating sores, promoting diuresis and removing dampness, clearing away heat and stopping dysentery, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion, and can be used for treating spleen and stomach heat accumulation caused by lung abscess, sores, hemorrhoids, hematochezia, excess heat, heat toxin, dampness pathogen and disease heat. Modern pharmacological experiments show that this product has antibacterial, antiviral, immune enhancing and diuretic effects. There is a yellow oily substance in Houttuynia cordata Thunb, which can inhibit various microorganisms (especially yeasts and molds) and improve the body's immunity.
Houttuynia cordata Thunb. is a natural plant with homology of medicine and food. When eaten raw (such as cold salad), Houttuynia cordata can regulate various bacterial and viral infections, such as wind-heat cold, herpes, urinary system infection and so on. Soaking fresh houttuynia cordata in water as tea can diminish inflammation and detoxify, and relieve symptoms such as tonsillitis and pharyngitis. In many places, when pregnant women eat chicken for the first time in the second month, they must put some houttuynia cordata to prevent postpartum wind. Therefore, eating houttuynia cordata regularly is good for your health, especially "cool houttuynia cordata". All right, let's not talk about it. Here is a brief introduction to the specific practice of "cool houttuynia cordata".
Ingredients: Houttuynia cordata 250g, cucumber 1, dried bean curd 1, stir-fried fragrant 1.
-Manufacturing methods and steps-
Step 1: We pick and wash Houttuynia cordata Thunb, drain the water, and then break it into small pieces of about one inch by hand, or cut it with a knife.
Step 2: Put the picked Houttuynia cordata into a dish, add 2g of salt, and marinate it evenly by hand for 10 minute, which can make Houttuynia cordata taste in advance or sterilize it.
Step 3: When pickling Houttuynia cordata, we began to prepare ingredients. First, we cut dried tofu into shreds with the best size and houttuynia cordata. At the same time, we wash and shred the cucumbers and put them on a plate for later use.
Step 4: Boil the water in the pot, add less salt, blanch the dried bean curd for two minutes, and boil it with water, so that it tastes soft but not hard. Then take it out and drain it for use. It's best to soak in cold boiled water for a while.
Step 5: Take a small bowl, then mash garlic into powder, add 5g of soy sauce, 2g of garlic cloves, 3g of balsamic vinegar, 2g of sesame oil, 2g of chicken essence, 2g of white sugar and 5g of chili oil in turn, and stir evenly with a spoon for later use.
Step 6: Pour the pickled Houttuynia cordata into a big bowl, also pour the dried bean curd and shredded cucumber into it, then pour our prepared seasoning juice into it, sprinkle with coriander segments, and we will just stir it evenly (I added some Chili sauce myself).
Product map: the fragrant and refreshing "cold houttuynia cordata" is ready. Try it if you like!
—— Technical Summary and Precautions—
This "cold houttuynia cordata" made with you today is light and refreshing, with a unique flavor in three flavors: sour, spicy and sweet. This is a very good next meal. We usually cook it in spring and use it to remove toxins and internal heat stored in the body in winter. The method is very simple, just wash it and add seasoning and mix well. We just pay attention to some details in the production process.
(1) Houttuynia cordata is divided into stems and leaves. If it's leaves, we'd better soak them in salt water and baking soda to remove pesticide residues and eggs. If it is a root, we will soak it in salt water to clean the impurities and soil on the root. At the same time, pick the fibrous roots clean. If you can't pick them clean, that's all right. I like edible roots. I feel that the root tastes better and the "fishy smell" is less.
(2) After processing, Houttuynia cordata Thunb should be salted in advance. Pickled houttuynia cordata can remove some fishy smell and taste it in advance. Some people like blanching, thinking that blanching can remove some fishy smell and sterilize at the same time. Although it is correct, I don't agree, because Houttuynia cordata tastes bad after scalding with boiling water, and it has a strange smell. Soaking in salt water and pickling in advance can completely remove bacteria and also remove some fishy smell.
(3) Garlic and balsamic vinegar are indispensable to this dish. These two things are the key to suppress the "fishy smell". Other seasonings can be added according to your own preferences.
(4) The dried bean curd must be cooked for 2 minutes, so that the bean smell can be removed, and the dried bean curd will not have the smell of firewood. After blanching, use cold boiled water or purified water to cool, so that the tofu skin will be more refreshing and delicious.