In the eyes of rural people, radish is a popular dish. Except the dripping radish, the leaves and stems of the radish were thrown away. In fact, the leaves and stems of radish are good things and have health care effects. Their nutritional value is not lower than radish, and they are eaten in many ways.
When I was a child, I remember that we hardly ate radish leaves. We either feed them to pigs and chickens or throw them away. Occasionally, when my mother pickled dried radish or pickled dried radish with vinegar, she would pickle a small amount of stems and leaves in it, which was crisp and refreshing.
Grandpa forced me to eat radish leaves for the first time. I remember I was constipated and my stomach was bloated for several days in a row. Very uncomfortable. Grandpa picked a handful of radish leaves from the ground and asked me to boil water to drink. It tastes a little spicy and bitter.
Grandpa saw that I drank radish leaves as medicine, so he changed the way and gave me simple soup with light green radish stems and leaves and radish seedlings. Really don't say, it tastes good to me, just like eating small vegetables, and more importantly, it cured my constipation.
From then on, I learned that radish leaves are both vegetables and medicines. They are rich in vitamins, minerals and cellulose, and also rich in water, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, help digestion, regulate qi, help the discharge of waste in the body, and have the effect of moisturizing and beautifying.
In recent years, almost every household has planted many local radish. Radish is a good variety with high yield, but the market price varies from year to year, sometimes it is a good selling point, sometimes it is a few cents a catty, which is very worthless. Many times, farmers will harvest radish in the field, make radish strips and shredded radish and sell them, while radish leaves are discarded or covered in the field as fertilizer.
Everyone feels pity, but they don't know what to do. By chance, when a farmer in the village was planting radish seedlings, it was a pity that the tender radish seedlings were thrown away, so he took them home and cooked them. Unexpectedly, everyone thought it was delicious. Later, she simply picked out the radish seedlings and sold them in the market. I didn't expect them to be more delicious than the special vegetables and Chinese cabbage.
People in the city told her that people now have a good life and like to eat some pollution-free fresh vegetables that are good for their health, and radish seedlings meet people's needs and can be sold at a good price if they are delicious. Finally, she sold all the radish seedlings in the field as side dishes and earned more than radish. So, slowly, we can buy fresh radish stems and leaves and radish seedlings at the local vegetable market at any time.
Boiling radish leaves and radish seedlings is actually very simple. There are generally three ways to eat: soup, stir-frying, pickling and vinegar soaking. It is best to choose tender radish seedlings or stems and leaves for cooking soup and cooking, which has no spicy and bitter taste and good taste. Pickling and vinegar soaking are best to choose the tender stems and leaves at the top of the harvested radish, which tastes crisp and refreshing and has more juice.
According to the analysis of nutrition experts, radish stems and leaves not only contribute to digestion and stomach strengthening, but also moisten the lungs, relieve cough and protect the eyes, so when eating radish, don't forget to eat more radish leaves and radish seedlings!