spring is a good season to eat shepherd's purse. In spring, many people like to dig shepherd's purse in the field with their families. The favorite food for many people is shepherd's purse dumplings. Besides making dumplings, what else can shepherd's purse eat? How to eat shepherd's purse?
Nutritional value of shepherd's purse
1. Shepherd's purse is rich in carotene, because carotene is vitamin A, so it is a good food for the treatment of dry eye disease and night blindness.
2. Shepherd's purse acid contained in hemostasis shepherd's purse is an effective hemostatic component, which can shorten the bleeding and coagulation time; it also contains fragrant Muxi, which can reduce the permeability of capillaries and play a role in the treatment of capillary hemorrhage.
3. Capsella bursa pastoris contains acetylcholine, sitosterol and quaternary amine compounds, which can not only reduce the content of cholesterol and triglyceride in blood and liver, but also reduce blood pressure.
4. Hesperidin contained in Capsella bursa pastoris has the function of anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial, enhancing the content of vitamin C in the body, anti-virus, preventing frostbite, inhibiting the aldehyde reductase in the lens, and has curative effect on diabetic cataract patients.
5. The dithiol thione in shepherd's purse has anticancer effect.
6. Capsella bursa pastoris is rich in vitamin C, which can prevent nitrate and nitrite from turning into carcinogen nitrosamine in digestive tract, and prevent gastric cancer and esophageal cancer.
7. Promote fecal excretion. Shepherd's purse contains a large amount of crude fiber. After eating, it can enhance the peristalsis of large intestine, promote fecal excretion, thus enhance metabolism, help to prevent and treat hyperlipidemia, hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity, diabetes, colorectal cancer and hemorrhoids.
Three ways to eat shepherd's purse
1. Have a bowl of shepherd's purse Soup for breakfast. Blanch shepherd's purse, squeeze dry water, cut into powder, tender tofu cut into small pieces, ginger cut into pieces. Mix a little starch with water, pour 800ml water into the pot, add ingredients such as diced tofu, Porphyra, Lentinus edodes, clams, etc., and drop the egg liquid into the pot with a colander after boiling. After boiling, add chopped shepherd's purse, pour in the starch, and add a little salt and sesame oil to taste after the soup is thick. It tastes delicious.
2. Fried eggs with fresh shepherd's purse. Blanch the fresh shepherd's purse and take it out. Squeeze out the water and cut it into powder. Beat two eggs into liquid, add a little salt inside. Beat the egg well, add chopped shepherd's purse, heat the oil and fry until done. When frying eggs, it is recommended to add some cold boiled water (about a quarter of the egg liquid), so that the eggs are more smooth and tender. Fried eggs with shepherd's purse can be eaten with noodles, rice or rolls.
3. Shepherd's purse and bamboo shoots are delicious. Shepherd's purse itself has a delicious taste, and stir fried with spring shoots, it can be said that it is fresh on top of fresh. Cut the bamboo shoots or dice them, blanch them too cold and set them aside. Blanch Capsella too cold and squeeze them dry. Stir fry the bamboo shoots with cold oil for two minutes. Add the shepherd's purse and stir fry for 1 minute. Add a little salt and drizzle with sesame oil. Xiao Bian reminds us that eating shepherd's purse is also particular. It is best to soak shepherd's purse in water for more than two hours, and then eat it after cleaning. In addition, shepherd's purse is cold in nature, and people with deficiency of spleen and stomach should not eat more. People with allergic history should also avoid eating shepherd's purse, so as not to get plant solar dermatitis.