Corn, a second-level Chinese character, pronounced qiàn, is a herbaceous plant, also known as chicken head, growing in water, with thorns on its stems and leaves, and purple flowers.

1. Pronunciation

qiàn.

2. Interpretation

1. A perennial herbaceous plant that grows in pools. The whole plant has thorns and its leaves are round, like lotus leaves, floating on the water. The flowers are purple and the berries are spherical, slightly like a chicken head.

2. The juice made from corn starch when cooking: hook~.

3. Stroke order

Horizontal, vertical, vertical, left, horizontal, left, and back.

4. Parts of speech

As a noun: pictophonetic. Chongqi, yawning sound. Original meaning: aquatic plant. Also known as chicken head. When cooking, use gravy or starch to make juice.

5. Group words

Gorgon fruit: the seeds of Gorgon, containing starch, are for food.

Thickening: A method when cooking, adding gorgon powder or other starch to thicken the juice. From Zhang Desheng's "Four Hundred Types of Tofu Dishes: Shrimp and Tofu Soup": "After boiling, add refined salt, soy sauce, and MSG, thicken with water corn starch, then add lard, put it in a bowl, pour in sesame oil, and sprinkle with minced green onions. Serve."

Examples of gravy:

1. Corn starch is made from the endosperm of corn kernels. It is often used to thicken sauces and replace flour and fat in stews.

2. For thickening and sweet and sour things, you can prepare a bowl of boiling water aside and filter the oil first, or prepare a napkin to absorb the oil.

3. Heat the wok, add lard, diced meat, take out the oil, drain the oil, scoop a little oil into the pan, add diced chili and stir-fry, add diced green onions, add wine and diced pork , bring the fresh soup to a boil, thicken it with wet starch, and top with cooked oil. Serve.

4. Finally, put a little oil in the pot, stir-fry the winter melon, add the straw mushrooms, add a little salt, sugar and water, cook over low heat until the winter melon is soft, then add the tomatoes. Put a mixing spoon in the pot and add a little water starch to thicken it.

5. Open the tomato can, heat it slightly, and season or thicken it according to personal preference. Add some onions and melt them in, it's quite nice.