When it comes to April and may, the Sophora flowers on both sides of the sidewalk open, and can smell a fragrance far away. In fact, Sophora flowers not only smell fragrant, but also taste delicious. What delicious food can Sophora flowers make? Let's take a look at the content of this article.
When does Sophora blossom
Generally, it blooms from April to May every year, and the flowering period is about 10-15 days.
Sophora flower has a good ornamental value. When the flowering season comes in summer, a string of white Sophora flowers are decorated with branches, and the air is filled with light and elegant fragrance, refreshing. Sophora japonica (Robinia pseudoacacia) is a multiple flower, raceme, butterfly shaped corolla, in full bloom in clusters, overlapping and hanging. The small flowers are mostly crinkled and curled, the petals are mostly scattered, the calyx is bell shaped, yellow green and the apex is 5-lobed; petals 5 are mostly yellow or yellow white, and there are other colors such as purplish red, usually 1 piece is large, nearly round, the apex is slightly concave, and the other 4 pieces are long and round; stamens 10, 9 of which are united at the base, with long and thin filaments; pistils are cylindrical and curved.
It is often planted on the side of houses and roadsides. It is widely cultivated in all parts of China, mainly in the north, mainly in the Loess Plateau and the North China Plain.
How to make sophora flower delicious
Rice with sophora flower
1. Wash the sophora flower and sprinkle the flour several times (the best is to mix the flour and corn flour in the proportion of 2:1).
2. Stir well, so that each locust flower can be stained with flour.
3. Steam over high heat for 20 minutes.
4. Mix the mashed garlic, oil with hot pepper, a little water and sesame oil, and then pour them into the sophora flower while it is hot.
5. Open to eat.
Baozi with sophora flower
1. Sophora blanching too cold, squeeze dry water.
2. Mix diced meat with ginger powder, bean paste, cooking wine and sesame oil, marinate for 30 minutes.
3. Mix sophora flower, Diced Pork, shallot and sea rice with salt, and mix them into stuffing.
4. Cut, roll and pack the fermented dough.
5. Cover the wrapped bun with a damp cloth, and make a second haircut at room temperature.
6. Steam in high heat, steam for 12 minutes, turn off the heat, steam for 3 minutes, then start the pot.
Stir fried sophora flower
Sophora cake is one of the most common ways to eat delicious. First of all, scald the sophora flower with boiling water, and take it out to control dryness. Beat the eggs into a bowl and put a little flour or no flour according to your preference. Mix well. Then put the dried sophora flower into the bowl and mix well. Heat the oil in the pan, pour in the mixture of egg and sophora flower, and spread until golden.
Huaihua dumpling
Blanch the Sophora in boiling water and remove to control dryness. Take the dumpling skin, make dumplings, boil them in the pot, then beat with cold water three times to chop the pork, onion and ginger. Put the locust flower into the minced meat and mix well, then add the seasoning according to your taste. Take the dumpling skin, make dumplings, boil them in the pot and beat them with cold water three times.
Therapeutic value of Sophora japonica
Sophora flower is bitter, mild and nontoxic. It has the functions of clearing heat, cooling blood, hemostasis and reducing blood pressure. It has significant curative effect on emesis, uremia, hemorrhoids, wind heat, red eyes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cervical lymph tuberculosis, vascular sclerosis, blood in stool, diabetes, retinitis, psoriasis, etc.; it can also be used to drive away insects and treat pharyngitis. Sophora japonica can enhance the resistance of capillaries, reduce the permeability of blood vessels, restore the elastic function of fragile blood vessels, so as to reduce blood lipids and prevent hardening of blood vessels. In the consumption of Sophora, because of its cool nature, it is not suitable for people with deficiency of spleen and stomach.