Speaking of spinach, academician Zhong Nanshan once mentioned health and diet methods in the "Food and Health" column. Among the 10 healthy ingredients he recommended, spinach was on the list. It is the right time to eat spinach in March.

The best time of the year is also when spinach is the freshest and most delicious. It is cheap, delicious and nutritious, so you should make more for your family.

Spinach is delicious and nutritious. It contains a lot of carotene, vitamins, iron and other trace elements. It is also rich in dietary fiber. Eating more can improve human immunity, protect eyesight and promote intestinal peristalsis.

, helps eliminate toxins and is a very good home-cooked ingredient.

Spinach is fresh and tender, green and very cute. Everyone likes to use it to make delicious dishes. It can be eaten cold, stir-fried, made into meatballs, soups, and stuffings. There are many cooking methods. Today

, just take a handful of spinach and a bowl of cornmeal to make something delicious, and make a home-cooked "cornmeal vegetable nest". It is made with fine grains, green, healthy and nutritious.

Wheat and corn are abundant in our local area, so cornmeal is often used to make delicious food. You can make cornmeal pancakes, cornmeal steamed buns, cornmeal porridge, cornmeal steamed buns, cornmeal pancakes, etc. These are what we usually like to eat, and now they are on our dining table.

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Cornmeal is also listed as the first health food among cereals in foreign countries. It is also known as the "golden crop". It is rich in lecithin, linoleic acid, vitamin E, cereal alcohol, etc. It is rich in nutrients and can lower blood pressure and blood lipids.

, anti-arteriosclerosis, prevention of intestinal cancer, delaying aging and other effects. It is especially suitable for people with diabetes.

The "Cornmeal Vegetable Wowo" shared today is a delicious delicacy made by putting spinach and cornmeal, two healthy ingredients together.

Characteristics of "Corn Noodle Vegetable Wowo": (1) Soft, fragrant, chewy and delicious. The more you eat it, the more you want to eat it. It is also delicious when cold.

(2) This home-cooked method does not require rising of dough, but uses the method of hot noodles, which is simpler than making steamed buns and saves time and effort.

(3) Coarse grains are cooked carefully and are in line with a healthy diet.

(4) It has the characteristics of farmhouse flavor, is green and healthy, and is suitable for all ages.

Things to pay attention to when making "Corn Noodle Cai Wo Wo" are as follows: (1) Corn flour tastes rough. If mixed with cold water, it will not easily form and spread, and it will easily crack when steamed. Therefore, the best way is the old tradition.

To make it, blanch the noodles in boiling water. The blanched cornmeal will be more golden and brighter in color, and tastes delicate and sweet. It is easy to shape into a steamed bun, and will not loosen or crack.

(2) Spinach contains a lot of oxalic acid, so it is best to blanch it before eating.

Here, some carrots are added to the steamed bun, which is more nutritious and tastes better.

(3) When boiling water to scald the noodles, add small amounts and multiple times. The amount of water will be determined based on the degree of water absorption of the cornmeal. Below I will talk about how hot the cornmeal should be and show pictures, because if there is water in Caiwowo,

If you add too much, it will be easy to "lay down" and look unsightly.

(4) The hot cornmeal will be sticky when you use your hands to assemble the steamed buns. You can dip your hands in some water and then assemble it again. This will solve the problem.

(5) What I share is an old traditional method, which is simple and quick, and is very suitable for situations where time is tight.

You can also add a handful of white flour when making it, which can improve the taste, and can also be used to make dough. You can also boil 2 grams of baking soda with a little water and put it into the corn dough, so that the steamed vegetables can be preserved.

The color of the vegetables in the nest depends on your own preferences.

So how to make "cornmeal vegetable nest" made with spinach?

The specific steps are as follows.

Ingredients: 400 grams of cornmeal, 80 grams of spinach, 30 grams of carrots, 10 grams of chopped green onion, and a handful of flour.

6 grams of seasoning salt and 3 grams of five-spice powder.

Specific process (1) Remove the roots of the spinach and remove the yellow and rotten leaves, then clean it, boil the water in the pot, put the spinach in, blanch it evenly, quickly remove it from the cold water, then chop it and set aside, remove the carrots.

Remove the head and tail, clean, slice and then shred, then chop into fine pieces and set aside. Chop the green onions and set aside.

(2) Put the cornmeal into a basin, add a handful of flour and mix evenly, pour boiling water into the cornmeal in small amounts and several times, and stir while adding, until the cornmeal is mixed into a small ball, and there is no dry powder left.

It is in the shape of a non-sticky ball, and it looks like a relatively loose small ball, as shown in the picture below.

(4) Grab a handful of cornmeal with your hands, and roll it evenly into a round shape (you need to ball it for a while longer, so that the cornmeal can be blended more evenly, and it will not be easily deformed or cracked when steamed later).

After the dough is rolled, place it in the heart of your left hand, poke a hole in the middle with the thumb of your right hand, and pinch it tightly with the other four fingers. Use a circular motion while rolling the dough until the corn dough becomes a steamed bun shape (pointed at the top, flat at the bottom, and flat in the middle).

There is a round nest, like a small straw hat), gather them together and set aside.

(5) First lay a wet cage cloth (wet anti-stick) inside the steamer, put the cornmeal and vegetables in the dough and arrange them one by one, then put the steamer on the pot with water, turn on the high heat and bring it to a boil.

Change to medium heat and steam for 10 minutes, turn off the heat and simmer for another 3 minutes, then open the lid and take it out. The delicious "cornmeal vegetable nest" made with spinach is ready.