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What's the advantage of catkins? Catkins can clear away heat and poison in spring!

What will happen to catkins? Catkins, commonly known as willow ears, are born together with willow leaves in the north every year in March and April of the lunar calendar. When catkins are tender, they are green and mulberry shaped. When the flowers are old, they are white cotton, falling with the wind like snow. Tender catkins can not only be used as cooking materials, but also have certain medicinal value. They can be used to clear away heat and toxin, dispel fire and improve eyesight. Eating tender catkins in spring is good for health.

A few days ago, at dawn, I picked some tender catkins from several willow trees near my home with a convenience bag. The young catkins should be picked mainly in the slightly part, and the best is to produce the buds no more than 3 days.

Tender catkins taste bitter when they are raw. In order to make them taste moderate, I first prepare a basin of cold water, put in some large grains of salt, wash the tender catkins and soak them for 24 hours. In this way, the bitterness is removed and the fresh and tender catkins are kept. Then mix in minced garlic, rice vinegar, sugar, chili oil, sesame oil and so on. After mixing well, you can eat it. It is a rare delicacy at the turn of spring and summer.

What's the advantage of catkins? Catkins are commonly known as willow ears, which grow when willows grow leaves in March every year. When the catkins are tender, they are blue-green and mulberry shaped. When the flowers are old, they produce white cotton and fall with the wind like snow. Tender catkins, not only can be used as cooking materials, but also have certain medicinal value, its taste is bitter, cold, into the liver, heart, large intestine. It has the effect of clearing away heat and toxin, dispelling fire and improving eyesight

Catkins recipe

[raw materials]: catkins, pork, green onion, ginger, dried pepper

[seasoning]: refined salt, cooking wine, chicken powder, lard, soy sauce

[production process]: wash catkins, dice pork, slice green onion and ginger; heat oil in the pot, add green onion, ginger, dried pepper and minced meat, stir fry until fragrant, then add catkins, add seasoning, stir fry until fragrant, and then out of the pot. Features: dry and delicious, fresh and salty.

Fish flavored catkins

[raw materials]: catkins, onion, ginger, garlic, beef stuffing, flour

[seasoning]: refined salt, cooking wine, sugar, vinegar, powder euryale, garlic chili sauce, salad oil

Production process

1. Wash and mince catkins, mix well with beef stuffing, onion, ginger, flour and sauce to make stuffing;

2. Heat the oil in the pot, squeeze the stuffing into balls, fry and take out;

3. Heat up the oil in the pot, stir fry the onion, ginger and garlic until fragrant, add the seasoning, bring to a boil, thicken them, add the fried balls, and turn them over.

Features: crisp outside and soft inside, sweet and sour, slightly spicy.