"On Si Festival" is one of China's traditional festivals, also known as | "March 3", in ancient times, "on Si Festival" is a very important festival, but later, slowly replaced by the Qingming Festival, so now know this festival not many people, only some parts of the south still retain the tradition of this festival. Was replaced by the Qingming Festival, so now know that this festival is not many people, only part of the South still retains the traditional customs of this festival and food customs, folk proverb: "March 3 of the lunar calendar, picking chestnuts, boiled eggs, eat in the afternoon after the waist pole is good, at noon to eat after the legs are not soft". Shepherd's purse boiled eggs is one of the must-eat cuisine on the third of March.

Ground beet is also known as caper, is a favorite edible wild vegetables, a spring, the fields have its figure, people like to collect its young leaves, home as a vegetable to eat, to supplement the body nutrients, but also can clear the heat and detoxification, is a mountain wild vegetables in the treasures, folk said it is the "messenger of spring".

By March 3 around, many vegetables have grown out of the cauliflower, long out of the flower of the ground vegetables are not suitable for direct consumption, so people will use it to cook eggs, folklore "March 3, chestnut better than the elixir", "March 3, eat vegetables boiled eggs, a year without a headache! "said that the ground beet soup soaked eggs have a light fragrance, not only delicious, nutritious, but also can strengthen the body.

Eggs cooked in cauliflower

Ingredients to prepare: cauliflower, eggs, salt

The first step: first cauliflower some of the yellowed leaves removed, the root of the soil, to carefully rinse more than a couple of times, cauliflower roots are also very nutritious, cleaned and left to cook together, do not throw. Then put the whole ground cauliflower into the water to soak for 15 minutes, wash well and then fish out and drain the water to spare.

Step 2: The surface of the egg will be sticky with some dirt, wash the egg, you can use a brush to brush the shell, put the cauliflower into the pot, and then into the egg, add water that does not exceed all the ingredients, cover the lid of the pot, first boil on high heat, then change to medium-low heat to cook for about 8 to 10 minutes.

The number of eggs can be arbitrary, boiled with a spoon gently cracked the egg shell, into the appropriate amount of salt, into the salt can be flavored, and the second can reduce the astringent flavor of the ground cauliflower.

You can also peel off the eggshells and soak the eggs in vegetable broth, the longer you soak them the more flavorful they are. I usually let them sit in the refrigerator overnight, and then heat them up and eat them the next day.

When you cook eggs with cauliflower, you can also add some red dates and ginger, red date core is hot, so remove the date core, otherwise it is easy to fire.

What are the traditional foods in your hometown on March 3? Welcome to share in the comments section.