The golden autumn season is the season when sweet potatoes are harvested one after another.
Sweet potatoes, also known as sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, red potatoes, etc., are native to South America. They were introduced to my country in the middle and late Ming Dynasty and were later widely planted.
The Qing Dynasty "Diet Diet Debate" records: "(sweet potato) seedlings and leaves are very good to cook, and steamed with minced rice is especially beautiful."
research shows that sweet potato leaves have high nutritional value, and are rich in protein , vitamins and minerals, which is beneficial to health.
The leaves of the autumn sweet potatoes are green and tender. Pick the tender leaves and stems. After cleaning, you can make many delicacies. Here are a few simple ways to eat sweet potato leaves. Interested friends may wish to give it a try.
Cold-fried tender leaves
First blanch the tender sweet potato leaves in boiling water, remove them and filter them dry and put them on a plate; then add peppercorns and dried peppers to a hot oil pan and fry them slightly, quickly turn off the heat, pour them onto the tender leaves, then drizzle with light soy sauce, ginger juice, rice vinegar, sesame oil, and mix well. This dish looks tender green and eye-catching, tempting to enjoy the appetite, and is smooth and fragrant.
Vegetarian fried potato leaves
Pour an appropriate amount of sesame oil into a hot pot. After the oil is heated, put the garlic slices into the pot and stir-fry; then turn on high heat, pour in and stir-fry the washed potato leaves until the potato leaves are soft and cooked, add salt and light soy sauce to season and then leave the pot. This dish is simple and fast. The pure potato leaves are wrapped in a faint garlic aroma, which is more refreshing and has the effect of detoxifying, beauty and slimming.
Steamed vegetable balls
Wash the sweet potato leaves and chop them up, add appropriate amount of salt and rub them, filter out the water and set aside. Add appropriate amount of yeast and water to stir and ferment, add filtered sweet potato leaves, stir and knead the ball for secondary fermentation. Then divide it into several small balls, put it in a steamer, and then steam it out and put it on the pan for 20 minutes. The sweet potato leafy vegetable ball has a smooth and glutinous texture, and the dish is rich in aroma, which makes it nourish the spleen and stomach, and is moist and comfortable.
Potato leaf porridge
After making millet into porridge, do not turn off the heat, tear the washed sweet potato leaves into the pot, add a little salt and stir well, boil and then serve. This porridge is smooth and fragrant. Eating it regularly can improve gastrointestinal function and relieve constipation.
Cultivate sweet potato leaves
Prepare a rectangular wooden frame, fill it with sand, buy some sweet potatoes, choose small pieces of germination, and insert them into the sand at intervals.
must be inserted vertically and the bud tip is facing upward. Sprinkle water regularly with a watering can, not too dense, once every two days. After the buds emerge, pay attention to ventilation and light transmission, and move them into the sunny heating room when the weather is cool.
After growing sweet potato leaves, pinch it with a small handful to make a meal with sweet potato leaves, which is a unique taste.
(Health China)
