Toon is known as "tree vegetables", is the young shoots of the toon tree. Every spring before and after the rain, the young shoots of the toon can be made into a variety of dishes. It is not only nutritious, and has a high medicinal value. Toon leaves thick buds tender, green leaves red edge, like agate, jade, rich flavor, nutritional richness is much higher than other vegetables, for the banquet of the famous and valuable delicacies.

The original toon is not only a kind of seasonal food

can also assist in the treatment of disease!

Effects and functions

The Chinese medicine believes that the toon sprout is cool in nature, bitter and flat in flavor; into the lungs, stomach, large intestine meridian. Clearing heat and detoxification, stomach and qi, moisturizing and brightening the eyes, killing insects. The main treatment of sores, hair loss, eye redness, lung heat and cough and other diseases.

Health and beauty

Toon is rich in vitamin C, carotene, etc., helps to enhance the immune function of the body, and lubricate the skin's role, is a good health and beauty of the food.

Natural "fertility factor"

Toon contains vitamin E and sex hormone substances, with anti-aging and yang nourishing yin effect on infertility has a certain therapeutic effect, so there is a "fertility factor" of the United States.

Appetizing and strengthening the spleen

The toon is a seasonal delicacy, containing volatile aromatic organic substances such as toonin, which can strengthen the spleen and appetite, increase appetite.

Treatment of ascariasis

The volatile odor of toon can penetrate the epidermis of roundworms, so that roundworms can not be attached to the intestinal wall and be discharged, which can be used to treat ascariasis.

But

Toon is rich in nutrients and has many benefits

But it is not suitable for all people to eat

Eating has a contraindication

Toon is a dish with rich flavor and freshness, and the texture is crispy and juicy. Rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium, B vitamin content in the vegetables is also among the best, become a natural green health food.

However, the nitrate and nitrite contained in toon is higher than the general vegetables, so how to eat is to pay attention to.

1, blanching: whether cold, stir-fried, pickled or fried toon fish, before cooking should be blanched. Blanching for about 1 minute can remove more than 2/3 of the nitrite and nitrate. And the aroma of the toon comes mainly from the essential oil, which is a water-insoluble component, so blanching will not affect the flavor of the dish.

2, fresh: the more tender the toon the lower the nitrate content, so be careful to pick the texture of the tender, to buy and eat, or blanching after freezing or pickling.

3, Yin deficiency patients are not suitable to eat: Chinese medicine believes that the toon more go to the liver meridian, can help Yang, so the general Yang deficiency people eat toon is good. But relatively, after eating the toon is easy to aggravate the liver fire, especially like diabetic patients so belong to the yin deficiency, hot and dry patients, eat the recovery of the disease is not good.

Speaking of the efficacy of said taboo

then how to eat the toon?

Recipes

The head of the toon is extremely rich in nutrients. According to analysis, every 100 grams of toon head, containing 9.8 grams of protein, containing calcium 143 mg, containing vitamin C 115 mg, are listed in the top of the vegetable. In addition, it also contains 135 milligrams of phosphorus, carotene 1.36 milligrams, and iron and B vitamins and other nutrients.

Can be used to make toon scrambled eggs, toon bamboo shoots, toon mixed with tofu, scribble toon, fried toon cake, toon seedling mixed with three shredded, salt and pepper toon fish, toon chicken breast, toon tofu meatloaf, toon skin and egg tofu, toon mixed with peanuts, cold toon, pickled toon, cold toon head.

Scrambled eggs with tofu

Materials: tofu, eggs, green onion, ginger;

Practice:

1. blanch the tofu in boiling water, fish out and dip it in cold water;

2. take the right amount of fish out and chopped (can't be chopped too much);

3. put it into the egg mixture, add a small amount of salt and chicken essence, green onion and mix it well;

4. frying pan into the onion, ginger burst incense;

5. egg and toon minced poured into the hot pot of hot oil, wait until it solidifies and then stir fry until cooked.

Tofu sprouts mixed with tofu

Materials: tofu, tofu;

Practice:

1. Boil half a pot of water, water boils and put a little salt, put the tofu blanch for a while;

2. Scalded tofu cooled with water, cut into the end of the tofu;

3. Tofu put in a bowl, add sesame oil and salt, a little light soy sauce and vinegar (do not like to put the two can be left out). like can not put these two kinds of) mix well;

4. Inner fat tofu box, remove from the box and put on the plate;

5. Sprinkle with seasoned toon mince can be.