Today is the winter solstice. The winter solstice is the day with the shortest day and the longest night in the year. After the winter solstice, the days will lengthen day by day, and the temperature will gradually drop. It will enter the coldest number nine winter of the year. At this time, extreme weather such as snowfall will occur, and everything on the earth will be affected. Covered in white snow, the growth rate of many vegetables has begun to slow down, and some have been frozen and withered out of season. However, at this time, there are many small wild vegetables such as dandelions, Malantou , shepherd's purse growing tenaciously along the ditches, in the fields, in the vegetable gardens, and even on the roadsides in the countryside! During this season, shepherd’s purse is undoubtedly the most popular one!
There are many varieties of shepherd's purse, including wide leaves, pointed leaves, green, and brown. Among them, the pointed and green shepherd's purse is the tenderest and most fragrant. It is a wild vegetable with high nutritional value and a natural gift from nature. It is a pure natural green food, rich in vitamin C, carotene, a large amount of crude fiber, and a variety of trace elements, which can promote metabolism, prevent high blood pressure, and coronary heart disease , obesity, diabetes , intestinal cancer and hemorrhoids and other effects. Its rich carotene will be converted into provitamin A after entering the body, so it is still a good food for the treatment of dry eye disease and night blindness. Eating shepherd's purse regularly has the benefits of regulating blood pressure, diluting water and improving eyesight, stopping bleeding and cooling blood.
Shepherd's purse can be used to make soup or scrambled eggs. Some people will use shepherd's purse flowers to boil eggs and eat it on March 3. There is also a saying that on March 3, shepherd's purse is a panacea. My favorite is to use shepherd's purse with pork to make stuffing. Whether it is used to make glutinous rice balls, dumplings or wontons, it is very delicious, especially fragrant and delicious. In addition, shepherd's purse also has a very good meaning, because shepherd's purse is homophoned with "accumulation of wealth", so it is like "accumulation of wealth". Symbolizing good luck and good luck, eating shepherd's purse on the winter solstice has the beautiful meaning of abundant wealth. Next, let's take a look at how to prepare the stuffing of shepherd's purse. After the stuffing is prepared, it will be delicious no matter how you make glutinous rice balls and dumplings.
Name of dish: [Shepherd's purse and pork stuffing]
Main ingredients : 1 basket of shepherd's purse, and 20 yuan of pork.
seasoning : 3 tablespoons of cooking oil, 1 tablespoon of salt, 1 large handful of chives, a piece of old ginger, 3 tablespoons of cooking wine, 3 tablespoons of light soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of dark soy sauce, a little pepper, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, and a little sugar.
operation time : about 15 minutes.
operating steps :
The first step is to pick and wash the shepherd's purse . There are a lot of wild shepherd's purses in my small vegetable garden. Within half an hour of going out, I dug a basket, put it in a larger pool, soaked and rinsed it, washed it several times until the water was clear, and then fished it out to dry out the water. After the old ginger is flattened, add boiling water to squeeze out the ginger juice and soak it for a while.
The second step is to mix the pork stuffing. Clean the pork you bought at home, cut it into small pieces, put it into a food processor and beat it into minced meat, then pour it into a larger container, add 1 spoon of salt, 3 spoons of cooking wine, 3 spoons of light soy sauce, 2 spoons of dark soy sauce, a little pepper, 1 spoon of oyster sauce, a little sugar, and ginger water. Pour it into a bowl in 3 batches and stir in one direction. Stir until the meat filling is thickened.
The third step is to blanch the shepherd’s purse. Boil water in a pot. After the water boils, add the washed shepherd's purse, stir well, bring to a boil over high heat, then remove and place in cold water to cool.
The fourth step is to chop the shepherd’s purse . Then, squeeze out the water from the blanched shepherd's purse, cut it into fine pieces, cut a large amount of chives into chopped green onions, add them to the meat filling, heat the oil in a pot, and pour the hot oil over the chopped green onions.
The fifth step, the finished product picture . Then, stir the shepherd's purse and pork thoroughly and evenly. You can also add some ginger water while stirring. If you are making glutinous rice balls, add a little more. If you are eating dumplings, add less. My family is eating dumplings today, so I will add less.
The sixth step is to make dumplings.As the saying goes: "If you don't serve dumpling bowls during the winter solstice, your ears will freeze off and no one will care." Today is the winter solstice. Remember to eat dumplings filled with these fillings. They are delicious and have a beautiful meaning!
------"Warm Tips"------
1, shepherd's purse is a wild plant. When cleaning, you must wash it several times and soak it for a while, so that the sediment and insect eggs inside can be washed away, and then blanch it before making it.
2, some people eat shepherd's purse without blanching it. Rubbing it repeatedly with salt can also soften the shepherd's purse. They say that this way the shepherd's purse is more fragrant. I have tried it and it still tastes better after blanching.
3, if you have a constitution of Yin deficiency and excessive fire , or are suffering from diarrhea or wind, heat and cold , you should not eat shepherd's purse at this time.
Regarding the winter solstice solar term, what kind of dumplings are delicious and have good meanings, I will share it here. Friends, do your family like to eat dumplings stuffed with shepherd’s purse? Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comment area and share it with Aixi. My cooking skills are limited, so please give me your advice.
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