Shepherd’s purse is a very delicious wild vegetable. In early spring, shepherd’s purse is tender and delicious. I usually use shepherd’s purse to make dumplings, scrambled eggs, cold salad, etc.! Whether or not to blanch the shepherd’s purse when making the stuffing can be decided according to your own preferences. Not blanching can ensure the original and rich flavor of the shepherd’s purse!

1. Remove the old leaves of fresh shepherd’s purse and clean them. Do not throw away the white roots of shepherd’s purse. Just clean the hairy roots.

2. Clean shepherd’s purse, large vegetables and so on. Chop the cabbage into fine pieces and sprinkle with a little salt while chopping. When making shepherd's purse dumplings, adding some Chinese cabbage to the filling is very delicious, and I didn't blanch the shepherd's purse.

3. Rinse the fat, three and thin pork with warm water and put it in the refrigerator for two hours. Then take it out and cut it into small cubes. Cut the green onions and ginger into mince and put them in a container. Add peanut oil and sesame oil in turn. , oyster sauce, cooking wine, very fresh soy sauce, salt, stir evenly and marinate to add flavor

4. Crush the chopped shepherd’s purse and cabbage, add them to the meat filling, stir evenly

5. Add enough fillings to the rolled out dumpling wrapper, fold it in half and pinch tightly to wrap into dumplings

6. Add water to the pot and bring to a boil, add the dumplings, cover the pot and boil, then order Boil the cold water twice, until the belly of the dumplings swells and floats upwards. In other words, it is ready after boiling for three times.

The taste of dumplings stuffed with shepherd's purse is the most charming freshness and fragrance in spring. The first delicious delicacy of spring. It's the season for digging shepherd's purse in the wild, and the dishes are also on sale. It's not a problem to have a meal of shepherd's purse dumplings.

I won’t talk much about the nutrition of shepherd’s purse. Let’s just talk about the taste. People look forward to a meal of shepherd’s purse dumplings in the beginning of spring because of the taste of shepherd’s purse. Therefore, with shepherd's purse, it is the first choice to make dumpling fillings. Of course, it can also be used to make scrambled eggs and hot pot.

Using shepherd's purse as stuffing, there are two fundamentally different ways of making stuffing. They don't give in to each other. Each has its own reasons. Puji also thinks that both ways are reasonable. He has tried both ways many times and he really can't tell the difference. Which one is better, I have to say below, please help to identify it:

⒈Cut the shepherd's purse raw and make stuffing. ①Basic fillings: 4 eggs, 1 pound of shepherd's purse, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of lard. ② Fry the eggs and lard until golden, chop them into pieces, chop the shepherd’s purse, add salt to the stuffing basin and mix well to make dumplings.

⒉ Blanch the shepherd’s purse and make stuffing. The method is the same as above, except that the shepherd's purse is blanched before chopping. In fact, there is no fundamental difference between the two, and there is not much difference in taste. But in order to keep the shepherd's purse more fresh, most people don't blanch the lettuce and just chop the lettuce and mix it with the stuffing.

If you need a reminder, it is best to make dumplings stuffed with shepherd’s purse and not add meat. It’s because I just came back from the Spring Festival, and I’ve been tired of eating big fish and meat all winter. I want to enjoy the first taste of spring, so there’s no point in making meat fillings. Eggs are the basic ingredient for shepherd's purse filling.

Be sure to blanch shepherd’s purse when making stuffing, because the oxalic acid content in shepherd’s purse is high. If you do not blanch it, once the oxalic acid enters the body and combines with calcium in the blood, it will easily form a very low solubility If calcium oxalate is in the kidneys and the urine is concentrated, it may cause kidney stones, bladder stones or urethral stones. Therefore, you must blanch shepherd’s purse before eating it.

Many people don’t like blanching shepherd’s purse because it will lose a lot of shepherd’s purse flavor after blanching. In fact, this aroma mainly comes from the leaf alcohol in it, which is a special natural green leaf fragrance. There is nothing As for nutritional value, just lose it. After all, health is the most important thing.

It is soon the season to dig and eat wild vegetables. As the folk proverb goes: "On March 3rd, shepherd's purse is the panacea." Shepherd's purse has been loved by people since ancient times, especially in times of difficult conditions. Shepherd's purse has helped countless ancient people overcome the difficulties of lack of food. People have given it the reputation of "health-protecting grass".

Looking at the food ingredient list, we found that shepherd’s purse is particularly rich in nutrients. The calcium content of shepherd’s purse is astonishing. Every 100 grams of shepherd’s purse contains 294 mg of calcium, which is almost three times that of milk. Shepherd's purse has a high potassium content, with 280 mg of potassium per 100 g, which is higher than bananas (256 mg/100 g). A high-potassium diet has certain benefits in lowering blood pressure.

In addition, the content of beta-carotene in shepherd's purse is also very high, about 2590 micrograms/100g, which is similar to spinach. It is one of the good sources of vitamin A for the human body. The content of dietary fiber in shepherd's purse is also very high, 1.7g/100g. Fiber increases satiety, helps with weight loss and prevents constipation. Eating 150 grams of shepherd's purse every day can meet 10% of the body's dietary fiber needs.

The shepherd’s purse has a unique flavor when paired with meat, eggs, tofu and other stuffings. My favorite is pancakes made with shepherd’s purse, egg and tofu filling. Blanch the shepherd’s purse and chop it into small pieces. Chop the tofu into pieces and beat them in. Add eggs, chopped green onion, peanut oil, and salt to make the filling and mix well. Wrap it in pancakes, place it in a spatula or electric pan, and fry until cooked. The crispiness of the pancakes echoes the fresh aroma of shepherd's purse tofu. You will never forget it after eating it. !

Author: Qin Yujing

National Level 2 Public Nutritionist

Lecturer of Dalian Nutritionist Club

Shepherd's purse is like spring The girl's messenger, it lies dormant on the ground in the cold winter, its leaves turn purple; when spring comes, it turns green immediately. Especially after several spring rains, shepherd's purse has sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain. Its shadow is everywhere in the fields. Shovel it gently to shake off the soil, revealing its white and yellow roots, which are tender, plump and so annoying. favorite. I love eating shepherd's purse, not only for its aroma, but also for the mood when digging for shepherd's purse. At this moment, worries, pressure, and competition seem to have left us, and we seem to have returned to a carefree life. When I was a child, I would dig a big shepherd's purse and I couldn't help but be happy for a long time. Haha, this seems to be a bit off topic, let’s get back to the topic.

Shepherd’s purse must be blanched before eating. Because 1. Shepherd's purse has a high oxalic acid content. Like spinach, wild rice, and water spinach, "blanching" it with boiling water can prevent the oxalic acid from being absorbed by the body and combining with calcium to form kidney stones. It can remove the bitter taste from shepherd's purse. 2. It can kill microorganisms attached to the surface of shepherd's purse. It is not only safer to eat, but also has a better-looking color.

From a nutritional point of view, after blanching shepherd's purse, the water-soluble nutrients in it will be lost, such as vitamin C, vitamin B complex, carotene, etc. that are beneficial to the human body, will be lost into the pot. However, if 1% of table salt is added to boiling water to make it close to a physiological saline solution, the vegetables will be in an environment where the concentrations inside and outside the body are relatively balanced, and the diffusion rate of their soluble components into the water will slow down. So add a small amount of salt and oil when blanching. Just half the pot of water and half a teaspoon of salt. Shepherd's purse has high nutritional value and medicinal value. The calcium content in shepherd's purse is the best among vegetables. It also contains more than 10 kinds of amino acids needed by the human body. It also contains oxalic acid, malic acid, pyruvic acid and flavonoids. Choline, acetylcholine, and more. Although shepherd's purse is good, due to the high oxalic acid content in shepherd's purse, it is best for patients with nephritis and kidney stones to avoid eating shepherd's purse. If you must eat shepherd's purse, whether making soup or eating it in other ways, be sure to blanch it! In addition, those with stomach deficiency, diarrhea and loose stools should not eat too much shepherd's purse.

Shepherd's purse is a very popular wild vegetable in spring. It is rich in nutrients and delicious, with tender leaves and white roots. It only needs to be cleaned to make a wide variety of delicious dishes!

In my opinion, using shepherd’s purse as a dipping sauce for making dumplings can better bring out the fresh and delicious nature of shepherd’s purse without destroying the original delicate taste of shepherd’s purse too much. It can also be combined with other dishes. The combination of ingredients nourishes the nutrients your body needs!

There are two ways to make stuffing from shepherd’s purse. One is to wash and chop the shepherd’s purse into small pieces and then make dumplings directly with the stuffing. The other way is to wash the shepherd’s purse, blanch it, chop it into pieces and stuff it into dumplings!

1. Do not blanch the shepherd's purse:

Do not blanch the shepherd's purse. Wash it and make dumplings directly. This ensures the original flavor of the shepherd's purse. But the disadvantage is that the shepherd's purse is dark in color, tastes bad, and has a slight astringent taste in your mouth!

2. Blanch the shepherd's purse:

Wash the shepherd's purse and put it into a pot of boiling water, stir twice, take it out, chop it into pieces and make dumplings.

This ensures the taste of shepherd's purse and maintains the texture of shepherd's purse!

In my opinion, blanching is the most suitable! After all, shepherd’s purse contains a small amount of oxalic acid, so it’s safer to blanch it!

Give it a perm.

Shepherd's purse, dandelion, spinach, cabbage...the leafy vegetables that are going to be stuffed should be blanched before cutting into thin pieces for a better taste. It stands to reason that part of the oxalic acid will also be blanched, but it is not easy for us ordinary people to study this. It is just that after blanching, it will not be so chewy in the mouth.

Pour water into the pot and bring to a boil, add some salt, put the drained vegetables in, use chopsticks to help soak the water quickly without waiting for the water to boil again, blanch twice, take out, drain and chop finely. For vegetables that need to be fried in oil, take them out and soak them in cold water before draining them and frying them.

Add a little salt to make the color more vivid and prevent it from turning black and yellow. You can also add a few drops of oil.

Shepherd's purse is relatively seasonal. If you like to eat it or you need to collect a large amount at one time, you can freeze part of it and eat it as you go. I also washed and blanched the water between freezing, took it out and squeezed out the excess water, then placed it flatly in a plastic bag, sealed it and frozen it. The purpose of laying it flat is to take it out and defrost it quickly when you want to eat it. Whenever you want to eat it, take it out and defrost it, cut it into fine pieces and mix it with the stuffing. There won’t be much difference in taste.

Shepherd's purse has a relatively refreshing aroma when picked.

The seeds have a unique appearance, heart-shaped.

Blanch it, take it out quickly, squeeze it dry, chop it into pieces, add eggs and chop into pieces, crushed shrimp skin, add sesame oil, cooking oil, salt,

I just made the shepherd’s purse dumplings today. , the shepherd's purse needs to be blanched to remove oxalic acid. When blanching, add some salt. The time should not be too long. After blanching, put it in cold water and the color will turn green.

It is best to scald the shepherd’s purse with boiling water when making fillings, so that the dumplings will be more delicious. But there are old and tender shepherd's purses. Young vegetables need to be blanched lightly, while old ones need to be blanched for a while.

Blanching or blanching is better. Moreover, the blanched shepherd's purse is frozen in the refrigerator and will not spoil easily. You can take it out and eat it anytime.