Shepherd's purse, also known as rape flowers, yellow cauliflower, small rape, etc., is a common wild vegetable. Shepherd's purse has tender stems and leaves, tastes fragrant and delicious, is rich in vitamin C, carotene and other nutrients, with heat detoxification, moistening the lungs to relieve cough, lowering blood lipids and other effects.

Picking capers

The picking time of capers is usually in spring, when the buds of capers are not open, the best flavor. When picking should choose to grow in the wild, clean environment of the chestnut, avoid picking growing in the polluted environment of the chestnut.

Cleaning of capers

The capers need to be cleaned after they are picked. First of all, put the water chestnut into the water to soak, remove the surface of the impurities and sediment. Then pull out the water chestnut, rinse it with running water, and put it back into the water to soak for about 10 minutes, so that the sediment in the water chestnut can be precipitated. Finally, fish out the capers and drain the water and set aside.

Cooking of capers

Capers can be cooked in various ways, can be fried, boiled, cold and so on. Here is a simple and easy way to do the scrambled egg with water chestnut.

Required materials:

Capsicum capricornum, 2 eggs, green onion and ginger, salt, soy sauce, oil.

Steps:

1. Wash the water chestnut, cut into small pieces, onion and ginger chopped spare.

2. Beat the eggs into a bowl, add a little salt and soy sauce, mix well.

3. Add oil to the pan, heat to 60%, add the chopped green onion and ginger and stir-fry.

4. Add the capers and stir well, add a little water and simmer for 2 minutes.

5. Pour in the egg mixture and stir-fry well until the egg is cooked through.

6. Add salt to taste, stir fry evenly can be removed from the pot.

Consumption of capers note

1. capers can not be eaten raw, need to be cooked.

2. Shepherd's purse contains calcium oxalate, should not be consumed with iron-rich foods, so as not to affect the absorption of iron.

3. Shepherd's purse picking, cleaning, cooking process should pay attention to hygiene, to avoid food contamination.