Shepherd's purse is bitter.
The reason why wild vegetables are wild vegetables, the main reason is not that it can not be cultivated, but its flavor with a bitter taste, cultivation of the value is not high, shepherd's purse is the same, shepherd's purse is with a bitter taste, of course, this kind of bitterness is also one of the characteristics of the shepherd's purse, many people are in order to the shepherd's purse's bitter taste to consume the shepherd's purse.
2 Capsella bitter ingredients
Capsella contains bittersweet content is not very high, but its phytobasic alkali content is high, especially the content of acetylcholine is very high, in the consumption of with a bitter flavor is very normal, especially raw eating capsella, bitter taste is more intense.
3 capers how to eat not bitter
capers although bitter but in the European cooking process after some treatment can be removed from its bitter components, or reduce its bitter flavor.
Blanching: Shepherd's purse is best blanched before frying, blanching a small amount of salt and cooking oil can be a good way to remove its bitter components, but also to increase the tender green color of Shepherd's purse. It is suitable for direct frying or making dumpling filling.
Boiled soup: Shepherd's purse is also a very popular way to eat is to cook tofu soup, shepherd's purse and tofu cooked together after its bitter flavor will be greatly reduced, suitable for consumption.
4 What other wild vegetables with a bitter flavor
Many wild vegetables have a bitter taste, which is the main reason why wild vegetables can not be planted in large quantities.
The common bitter wild vegetables are: bitter beet, caper, water bamboo shoots, dandelion, orange root, dragonfly, duckweed, watercress, plantain.