What is the nutritional value of grasshopper vegetable? How to make grasshopper vegetable steamed bun

Today, I will share with you a very famous fresh wild vegetable, which is a multifunctional wild healthy vegetable that can be eaten and used. Have you thought about it? Well, I won't keep you in suspense! It is grasshopper vegetable. If you don't know much about it, you can first take a look at the nutritional value of grasshopper vegetable. Then I will recommend you a staple food made from it, that is grasshopper vegetable steamed bun.

Contents of this article

1. What is the nutritional value of grasshopper vegetable?

2. How to make grasshopper steamed bun

3. What should not be eaten with grasshopper vegetables?

What is the nutritional value of grasshoppers?

Flora of China: "Perennial herb, 60-100 cm tall. The roots are thick, woody, light brown to gray, with several stems growing from the root neck, dichotomously or trichotomously branched, spreading, and old stems are often reddish purple. Also known as long-stamen stone flower, silk stone flower, mountain grasshopper, and grasshopper vegetable, it is a perennial herb of the Caryophyllaceae family. The roots are used for medicinal purposes, with the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and removing rot and growing muscles and bones. The water extract of the roots can prevent and control aphids, red spiders, cutworms, etc., and can also be used to wash wool and silk fabrics. The whole plant can be used as pig feed; it can also be cultivated for viewing." In the specimen library of Shandong Agricultural University, it is called "Xiacao". It is also called "hemp miscellaneous vegetables", "mountain grasshopper", and "grasshopper vegetable".

How to make grasshopper steamed bun

Grasshopper Vegetable Bun Method:

Ingredients: white flour, grasshopper vegetables, eggs, dried shrimps, salt, MSG, sesame oil and other seasonings.

step:

1. Pour appropriate amount of white flour into a basin, add appropriate amount of water and knead into dough, set aside.

2. Wash and drain the grasshoppers and chop them into small pieces.

3. Set up a pan with oil, beat two eggs in a bowl, pour into the hot pan, and stir over low heat.

4. After scrambling the eggs, turn off the heat, add the dried shrimps and stir evenly.

5. After the beaten eggs and dried shrimps have cooled down, add the chopped grasshoppers, and season with salt, MSG, sesame oil and other seasonings.

6. Divide the prepared dough evenly into small doughs and roll them into dough sheets.

7. Place appropriate amount of grasshopper filling on the rolled dough, then cover it with another piece of dough and press the edges of the pancake tightly.

8. After heating the frying pan, gently place the steamed bun into the pan. After one side is cooked, turn it over and bake the other side. It is ready to eat.

What can't be eaten with grasshoppers?

Grasshoppers cannot be eaten with turtle shells. Grasshoppers have the benefits of clearing away heat and dampness, dispersing blood and reducing swelling, and diuresis and relieving stranguria; they are mainly used to treat heat-toxic diarrhea, carbuncle, erysipelas, scrofula, eye opacity, metrorrhagia, blood in stool, hemorrhoidal blood, leucorrhea, hot stranguria, genital swelling, eczema, and white baldness. The Compendium of Materia Medica says that grasshoppers disperse blood and reduce swelling, promote bowel movement, detoxify and relieve stranguria, and treat postpartum sweating. Grasshoppers have an inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae, Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Grasshoppers have a strong inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and many other bacteria, and are known as "natural antibiotics".