What is Shaguo?
Shaguo is a plant in the desert, also called desert jujube. Its fruit is oval, its appearance is dark brown or black, and its pulp contains a hard core. The pulp of Amomum villosum is sweet and delicate, with high nutritional value.
How to pick sand fruit?
Picking sand fruit requires some skills, and the following are the specific steps:
1. Looking for sand fruit trees: sand fruit trees generally grow on desert dunes, about 2-3 meters high, with thick trunks and long leaves.
2. Waiting for the fruit to ripen: The fruit of Amomum villosum generally ripens in summer, the fruit is dark brown or black, and the pulp becomes soft.
3. Pick with tools: In order to avoid being hurt by irritants in the desert, we can pick sand fruits with tools. Long poles and baskets are usually used. Put the basket under the sand fruit, tap the sand fruit tree gently with a long pole, and the mature sand fruit will fall into the basket.
How to eat Shaguo?
After picking the sand fruit, we need to take the pulp out of the hard core, then dry the pulp and eat it after drying. Shaguo can be eaten directly or used to make all kinds of delicious food, such as sand sauce, sand fruit cake and so on.
Nutritional value of Amomum villosum
Fructus Crataegi is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients, especially vitamin C and calcium. Hawthorn also has good medicinal value and can be used to treat diseases such as indigestion and constipation.