Characteristics: Water spinach has fibrous roots, shallow roots and strong regeneration. The xerophytic type has short stem nodes, flat or nearly round stems, hollow, dark green to light green. The aquatic type has long internodes, and adventitious roots are easy to grow on the nodes, which is suitable for cutting propagation. Child leaves are opposite, horseshoe-shaped, true leaves alternate, oblong, heart-shaped or lanceolate, entire, smooth, dark green and petiolate. Cymes, 1 to several flowers, corolla funnel-shaped, completely flowered, white or light purple. Ovary has two chambers. Capsule, containing 2-4 seeds. The seeds are nearly round, thick-skinned, dark brown, and the 1000-grain weight is 32g-37g. Water spinach likes to be warm and moist, resistant to light and fat. Strong growth potential, the biggest feature is waterlogging resistance and high temperature resistance. It can grow under the conditions of 15℃-- 40℃ and is resistant to continuous cropping. The requirements for soil are not strict, and the adaptability is wide, so it can be planted in both dry paddy fields and ditches. In summer, it can still grow in hot and high temperature, but it is not cold-resistant, and the stems and leaves will die in case of frost. It can be cultivated all year round in areas without high temperature. Ipomoea aquatica is a high-temperature and short-day crop, which can be cultivated and seeded in Jianghuai Valley. Rattan salamander, on the other hand, is strict with short sunshine, so it can't blossom and seed in the Jianghuai valley, and can only reproduce asexually.
Overview: Ipomoea aquatica is also known as bamboo leaf vegetable, cauliflower, water spinach wèng rattan vegetable. It is also called kangkong in Singapore English. Convolvulaceae, sweet potato, annual or perennial herbs. What are the benefits of eating a whole dish? Stir-fried or soup with tender stems and leaves is rich in vitamins and mineral salts, which is an important vegetable in summer and autumn.
The practice of water spinach
Features: crisp, spicy and appetizing.
Efficacy: What are the benefits of eating the whole dish? Water spinach is rich in calcium and rich in fiber, which helps myocardial contraction and is very effective in lowering blood pressure.
Material: stem of water spinach (also known as "weng" vegetable)
Ingredients: garlic, ginger, lobster sauce, Chili powder, salt and monosodium glutamate.
Allusion: The Compendium of Materia Medica says: "Water spinach can sprout one after another, and it will become a cup in one turn."
Taboo: water spinach belongs to cold vegetables, so it can clear heat; However, people who are weak and have insufficient body temperature should not eat more.
Practice:
(1). Wash the stem of water spinach and cut it into 3-4 cm sections.
(2). Hot pot, add salad oil.
(3) Add minced garlic, minced ginger and water spinach, sprinkle with Chili powder and stir-fry for a while.
(4). Add salt and monosodium glutamate (you can also add some soy sauce)
(5). You can put it away and taste it! !
Cold spinach
What are the benefits of eating a whole dish? The following introduces the specific methods of cold dishes.
Production method: water spinach and shrimp skin.
Seasoning: salt, monosodium glutamate, scallion oil, sesame oil and sesame.
make
1. Cut the old roots of water spinach, cut it into sections, blanch it with boiling water, and cool it for later use.
2. Soak the shrimps in clear water to remove the fishy smell and salty taste, put them into the spinach, add salt, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil and scallion oil and mix well.
Production method:
1. Add oil (more) to the pan, add dried chilies and minced garlic and stir-fry for 10 second.
2. Stir-fry the minced pork until cooked.
3. Add spinach, stir-fry, and season with salt, chicken essence and sugar.
What are the benefits of eating a whole dish? Tongcai is a green vegetable, so eating Tongcai regularly can supplement vitamins and minerals, which is very beneficial to health. There are many nutrients and minerals lost in the human body in summer, so it is still very beneficial to eat more vegetables in summer. Vegetables and fruits are essential recipes for summer diet.