The delicious dried vegetables in our local Yu County include: dried beans, dried gourd strips, dried eggplants, dried mushrooms, dried radish slices, etc.
1: Dried green beans: Cut the green beans into thin strips in summer and put them in the yard to dry. After drying, put them away in a cool place or in the refrigerator, and wait until winter to eat them.
Ways to eat dried beans include: stew with dried beans, blanch an appropriate amount of dried beans in boiling water, add a little alkaline noodles in the water, and the dried beans will be more tender in color. Wait until the beans become slightly soft, take them out and soak them in cold water.
, then wash it several times before stewing the meat and eating it. The stewed dried beans are chewy and have a good texture, which is very delicious.
2: Dried gourd strips and sun-dried gourd strips. The zucchini should be dried in the autumn to be delicious. Remove the stems of the old gourds and remove the flesh, and then use a knife to start twisting the gourd strips. The strength must be controlled so as not to break. One gourd
You can cut the gourd into long strips, hang it on a bamboo pole to dry, and then store it after drying.
Stewed meat with dried gourd strips is also a good delicacy in winter. The method is the same as dried beans.
Three: Dried eggplants. Use slightly tender eggplants for sun-dried eggplants. Tender eggplants have thin skin and good taste.
Cut the eggplant into large pieces and dry them, then store them after drying.
Eggplant stew or eggplant stew with potatoes are also very delicious. They are delicious regardless of whether they are meat or vegetable. Dried eggplant has a meaty texture and tastes good.
Four: Dried Mushrooms For fresh mushrooms picked or bought, remove the roots of the mushrooms and clean up the debris. If you cannot wash them, just dry them directly and store them after drying.
Dried mushrooms have a richer flavor than fresh mushrooms and taste better.
Dried mushrooms can be used to stew meat, make soups, etc., and are very delicious.
Five: Dried radish slices Our local sun-dried radish slices use white radish. Clean the radish and dry it for a while. After the skin is free of water, you can slice it and dry it, and then store it in the sun.
Dried radish slices are delicious with both meat and vegetables. They can be stewed with meat, potatoes, or tofu. They are all good delicacies.
In the past, when the family was poor, they were reluctant to buy fresh vegetables in winter, so they dried a lot of dried vegetables in summer and autumn. Summer vegetables were cheap, and they saved a lot of money throughout the year. This was also a way of life for people.
Nowadays, people dry vegetables just for that delicacy and to reminisce about the taste of their childhood.
There are many dried vegetables that can be dried. Each place has different eating habits and cooking methods.
The above is our local method of drying vegetables and how to eat them. I hope it can help you.