Mugwort is something that can be seen at the door of our house during the Dragon Boat Festival. It can help us repel mosquitoes and ward off evil spirits. In fact, mugwort can also be eaten, so what is the best way to eat mugwort? ? Follow me below and let’s find out together.

How can you eat mugwort?

People in some places will choose fresh mugwort leaves before and after the Dragon Boat Festival to eat, such as making mugwort cakes. Beat mugwort leaves into pulp, then add glutinous rice flour to make cakes, which have beauty and beauty benefits. For mugwort leaf dumplings, chop an appropriate amount of fresh mugwort leaves, mix them with pork, green onions, etc. to make dumpling fillings. Wrap them in dumpling wrappers, steam or boil them, and they can regulate the spleen and stomach.

What are the ways to eat mugwort

1. mugwort dumplings

Ingredients: pork, mugwort, salt, MSG, starch

Method:

1. Chop the pork and mugwort;

2. Then add salt, monosodium glutamate and starch and stir into meat filling;

3. Finally, wrap the meat filling into dumplings and cook them.

2. Mugwort Green Tuan

Ingredients: glutinous rice flour, rice flour, rice flour, sugar, mugwort leaves, oil, salt

Method:

1. Chop mugwort leaves and set aside;

2. Mix glutinous rice flour, sticky rice flour, and orange powder, then add salt, sugar, water, mugwort leaves, and oil and stir;

4. After kneading, roll the dough into a small green ball;

5. Put the kneaded small green ball into a container Steam and enjoy when cooked.

How to make delicious mugwort green dumplings

Ingredients: mugwort, 200g glutinous rice flour, 100g sticky rice flour, white sugar, peanuts, white sesame seeds, lard.

Method

1. Rinse the prepared fresh mugwort leaves with clean water, remove the stems from the leaves, blanch them in boiling water, pick them up, and keep them in a bowl for later use. .

2. After cooling, cut it into small pieces, then add an appropriate amount of water into a food processor and beat into a paste, keep it for later use.

3. Prepare glutinous rice flour and sticky rice flour and place them in a large basin.

4. Add mugwort paste and appropriate amount of sugar water (boil the sugar with water and let it cool).

5. Knead into smooth dough. Shape into long strips. Cut into equal pieces with a knife.

6. Take one and shape it into a round shape and wrap it with fillings. Close and round to make a green embryo.

7. Place it on the lotus leaf. Dip the noodles in water and sprinkle with fried black sesame seeds.

8. Place it in a steamer that releases steam for 15 minutes.

Precautions for eating mugwort

The first thing is that if you want to eat mugwort leaves, the general consideration is to eat them in April and May in spring, because this is the best time to pick mugwort. It’s the best time. The mugwort leaves at this time are also the most tender, and their nutritional value is also very high. It is definitely good for regulating the body. What’s more, we choose to eat mugwort at the right time to achieve the best effect in treating diseases. If you are a patient with irregular menstruation, the time to eat mugwort is before or after menstruation. Generally, you start after menstruation and eat some every morning until menstruation comes. In addition, moxa leaf is a dietary remedy that is very beneficial to women. For women with cold bodies, regular consumption of mugwort leaves can have the effect of warming the menstruation and uterus. Friends who have dysmenorrhea can improve their symptoms by taking mugwort leaves. There are many ways to consume mugwort leaves, and you can choose according to your actual situation. The last thing I want to say is that moxa leaves themselves have a taste that is slightly sweet and bitter. Female friends who are afraid of bitterness can add sugar before drinking, preferably brown sugar, because brown sugar is also better for women.