Alfalfa vegetables usually refer to the tender leaves of purple alfalfa. The main raw material of alfalfa is generally the tender stems and leaves of leguminous alfalfa, which contains many nutrients needed by human body. Alfalfa is one of the oldest vegetables in China. Father of food? Good name.

What is alfalfa?

Because of the high nutritional value of alfalfa, the research on alfalfa cultivation in China has a history of about 2000 years. It is understood that the efficacy of alfalfa was first recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica written by Li Shizhen.

The common storage method of alfalfa is refrigeration. Proper refrigeration can better retain the water in alfalfa, and the nutrition is not easy to be lost during storage.