1. What is fennel?
1, fennel is an octagonal food, which looks similar to anise in shape, and is a common seasoning in life. It is a necessary seasoning for making braised fish and stew, because it can remove the odor in meat and add fragrance to food, so it is named "fennel". Foeniculum vulgare is actually a condiment, and its stems and leaves also exude fragrance, so it is often used to make fillings for jiaozi, steamed stuffed buns and other foods.
2. Foeniculum vulgare L. contains fennel oil, which can stimulate gastrointestinal nerve and blood vessels after eating, which is beneficial to gastrointestinal peristalsis, thus discharging the gas accumulated in the body and playing the role of promoting qi circulation and strengthening the stomach.
Second, how to make home-cooked dishes with fennel
1, fennel scrambled eggs
The first ingredients to be prepared are fennel, eggs, cooking wine, salt, cooking oil and monosodium glutamate. Clean fennel and chop it with a knife. Then put the chopped fennel into the beaten eggs, add a little cooking wine and salt, and stir these substances evenly. Pour cooking oil into the pot, put the eggs into the pot when the oil is hot, and stir fry over low heat. After a while, you can eat delicious fennel scrambled eggs.
2, fennel boiled fish
First, clean the crucian carp with clear water, and put salt on the fish. After 30 minutes, the fish can be cooked. Then, cut the cleaned fennel into pieces, put these ingredients together with the cut ginger and shredded onion into the pot and cook with slow fire. After cooking for one hour, add a proper amount of seasonings such as oil, salt and monosodium glutamate. This can be added according to your own taste, and then we can eat the fragrant fennel boiled fish.
3. Fennel buns
The materials needed to make fennel steamed buns are fennel, flour, edible oil, pork belly, pepper powder and salt. Then, the cleaned fennel and chopped pork belly are put together to make the stuffing of steamed buns, and then the heated pepper powder and edible oil are added into the stuffing of steamed buns and stirred evenly. Add water to the flour and mix the flour to make steamed buns. After wrapping the steamed buns, put them in a steamer and wait for 15 minutes, and the fragrant steamed buns can be eaten.
I sum up: The above is what fennel is and how to make home-cooked dishes with fennel. I believe that everyone has learned something about fennel here, hoping to help you. Foeniculum vulgare not only can be used in making home-cooked dishes, but also has many functions. You might as well try to make a home-cooked dish of Foeniculum vulgare on holidays.