Shanghai dialect "Misi" refers to amaranth, also known as rice amaranth. Amaranth stir-fried soup is purple.

Amaranth can be divided into three types according to the color of its leaves:

1. Green Amaranth: green leaves, strong heat resistance and hard texture. The varieties are white rice amaranth in Shanghai, willow amaranth in Guangzhou and auricularia amaranth in Nanjing.

2. Amaranth: The leaves are purplish red, with moderate heat resistance and soft texture. The varieties are Dahongpao in Chongqing, Amaranth in Guangzhou and Amaranth in Kunming.

3. colorful amaranth: the leaf edge is green, and the leaf vein is purplish red, with poor heat resistance and soft texture. There are amaranth with sharp leaves in Shanghai and amaranth with sharp leaves in Guangzhou.

Amaranth likes to be warm and heat-resistant. Its optimum growth temperature is 23-27℃, and it grows slowly below 2℃, and it is difficult for seeds to germinate below 1℃. The soil is required to be moist, not waterlogged, and the air humidity is not strict. It is a short-lived vegetable, which is easy to bolting and blossom under the condition of high temperature and short sunshine. Cultivated in the spring with suitable temperature and long sunshine, bolting is late, quality is tender and yield is high.

Extended information:

1. The eating method of amaranth is as follows:

Eating capacity: 3-5g each time. Not too much, or you will get dermatitis easily.

Amaranth soup: Amaranth can be used to make soup, and it can be cooked with lean preserved eggs for 1 minutes, which is delicious and sweet.

boiled amaranth: Amaranth can also be boiled, and boiled amaranth is poured with edible oil and salt, which is simple and delicious.

stir-fried amaranth: Amaranth is stir-fried with garlic, which is fragrant and smooth, so it is very suitable for family cooking.

Amaranth stuffing: Amaranth can also be used as stuffing for jiaozi and steamed stuffed buns, which is nutritious and delicious.

2. Taboo crowd

People with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not eat amaranth; People with yin deficiency and yang deficiency, cold in the stomach and intestines, and easy diarrhea should not eat more. People with allergic constitution may suffer from plant solar dermatitis after eating amaranth, which is more serious and needs more attention.

3. Suitable for people

Amaranth can be eaten by the general population and is suitable for the elderly, children, women and dieters. Eating amaranth in summer has a significant effect on clearing away heat and toxic materials, treating enteritis and dysentery, dry stool and red urine.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Amaranth