Lemon leaves are the leaves of lemons, has a strong unique fragrance, can be picked throughout the year, usually can be used as a side dish and condiments, as well as is also a Chinese medicine, with a cough stop kicking, gas, phlegm appetizer and other effects.
Lemon leaf is a shrub, the leaves have sharp spines, the petiole is very short, the leaves are also small, oblong to oval-oblong, the edge of the leaf has a serrated, lemon leaf as a spice, has a unique fragrance.
Lemon leaf eating
Eating method 1, lemon leaf eating method is more, usually can be dried with other herbs decoction soup to take, you can also grind the direct oral, in addition to fresh lemon leaves can also be used directly to soak water to drink.
Eating method 2, lemon leaves can also be cooked with rice porridge, usually use it to cook porridge need to lemon leaves washed and cut into shredded, the rice washed, together into the pot with water to cook into a porridge, and then take out to eat, can clear the heat to remove the fire, but also to eliminate a variety of inflammation in the body.
Eating method 3, lemon leaves in cooking seafood or all kinds of dishes can be used to highlight the flavor, such as lemon leaves fried conch meat, lemon leaves fried pork, lemon leaves _ prawns, lemon leaves chicken vermicelli soup, lemon leaves burnt ribs, lemon leaves fried chicken wings and so on.
Lemon leaf effect and function
1, lemon leaf is not only an ingredient, but also a Chinese medicine, with sterilization, phlegm, appetizing and other effects, lemon leaf contains flavonoids as well as organic acids, in addition to lemon leaf also contains volatile oils as well as leaf green and a variety of vitamins.
2, lemon leaves with a light fragrance, and the aroma is also relatively long, has a very good effect on increasing appetite, some people do not have an appetite can be lemon leaves as a condiment added to dishes, not only can improve the ornamental value of the food, but also improve the phenomenon of loss of appetite.