Wakame is a wing algae family, wakame plants, is a kind of algae, also called sea mustard, wakame, sea cabbage, etc., mostly grows in the low tide line below 1-4 meters above the rocks, commonly found in shandong, fujian, liaoning and other coastal provinces.

What is wakame

Wakame is a winged algae family, wakame plants, is a kind of algae, also called sea mustard, wakame, sea cabbage, etc., mostly grows in the low tide line below the 1-4 meters above the rocks, commonly found in shandong, fujian, liaoning and other coastal provinces.

What does wakame look like

Wakame is a kind of algae plant, the whole is brown, soft leathery, the length of the plant is about 1-2 meters, the width of 50-100 centimeters, the shape is similar to the kelp, the surface of the mucus attached to the sporocysts contained within.

What to do with wakame

What to do with wakame as a vegetable is more, the common wakame stir-fry wakame, cold wakame, wakame shrimp ball soup, wakame soup with tofu and clams, wakame egg pancake, wakame dumplings with fresh meat, and so on.

Tofu clams wakame soup: clean clams, put into the water to spit sand, pot of boiling water, wait until the water into the tofu stew for two minutes, then into the clams, and finally add the wakame, and finally add salt and sesame oil to taste can be.

The efficacy and role of wakame

Wakame is not only crunchy and refreshing to eat, but also a very good health food, after eating it has a diuretic swelling, phlegm and soft, treatment of constipation, cardiovascular protection, prevention of cancer and other effects.