It grows fast and matures all year round. The main producing areas are Xinjiang, Henan, Zhejiang, Jilin, Hebei, Jiangsu, Anhui and other provinces. Nine-story pagoda is an annual or biennial herb with a plant height of 20 ~ 80 cm. Its stem is erect and has a dull quadrangular shape, its leaves are oval and oblong, its raceme is terminal, its calyx is bell-shaped and its flower color is lavender.
The practice of nine-story tower:
1, nine-story tower beer chicken.
Ingredients: chicken legs, nine-story pagoda leaves, onion segments, red onion, garlic and bean paste.
Steps: first, clean the leaves, onion segments, red onions and garlic of the nine-story pagoda for later use. Chop the chicken leg into large pieces, then marinate it with raw flour, soy sauce and sesame oil for about 20 minutes. Heat the pan like oil, add the onion and red onion, stir fry, and add bean paste into the throat to stir fry until fragrant. Pour in the chicken pieces and stir-fry until the chicken turns white.
Pour in beer, soy sauce, soy sauce and sugar, bring to a boil over high heat, then cover and continue to cook over high heat for about five minutes, and turn to low heat for 20 minutes. When the soup is less than a little, add the nine-story tower, mix it, cover the lid and stew it.
2, nine layers of seaweed fried eggs.
Ingredients: nine-story pagoda, seaweed, eggs, salt, sweet potato powder.
Steps: Pick the leaves of the nine-story tower and clean them for later use. Clean laver, and control the moisture. Put laver in a bowl, knock in two eggs, add 3g of salt, and then add a certain amount of sweet potato powder and stir well. Pour the nine-story tower leaves in and stir. Brush the electric baking pan with a thin layer of oil, and pour the laver egg paste into the electric baking pan.
Press the pancake button to fry on one side, then turn over the other side, and fry on both sides until golden.