Alfalfa, everyone in the world calls it alfalfa.
It’s the beginning of spring again, and it’s time to go out and eat fresh vegetables from the fields.
There is a way to eat alfalfa called "alfalfa tender steamed buns", which is a way of eating alfalfa noodles steamed and dipped in red oil and garlic paste.
The method is very simple and everyone can do it. I am just expressing it in words here.
1. Use alfalfa tips to remove the hard joints of the stems, wash them clean, and remove 500 grams of alfalfa. Drain the water and set aside. 500 grams of flour, add salt, peppercorns, 13 fragrant chicken essence, pour some sesame oil, mix well and set aside.
2. Mix the two evenly. The requirement is that the flour and alfalfa are fully mixed. You cannot see the alfalfa not coated with it, nor can you see the pure flour.
3. Steam in a steamer until the steam comes out and steam for 10 minutes. Plate and serve. Prepare another plate of red oil mashed garlic and dip some chopsticks into it.
4. It can also be made into alfalfa dumplings, alfalfa noodles, alfalfa pancakes, etc.
I happen to be from Tianshui, so let me tell you.
The one in your picture is alfalfa. In Tianshui City, Gansu Province, there are many, both wild and cultivated.
Alfalfa is mainly used for pasture. But in urban areas, people use it for food. Its nutritional value is very high. It has the effect of clearing the spleen and stomach, relieving large and small intestines, and reducing bladder stones. Alfalfa is the richest source of vitamin K, with a higher content than any other vegetable. Others such as vitamins C and B are also quite rich.
Of course, the best way to eat alfalfa is fresh, and it also tastes delicious, because fresh alfalfa is available in all seasons. It is also produced even in the cold season. However, due to the relationship between climate and land , sometimes the product is very tender, sometimes very old, patients may wish to use this with their meals to prevent bleeding. Salted "pickled golden cauliflower" has the same effect.
In the spring, my family and I went to plant alfalfa, which was delicious cold.
In Tianshui, you can go picking before and after Qingming Festival.
Although I am not from Tianshui, I recognized it immediately because I often ate it when I was young. This dish is by no means exclusive to Tianshui. I don’t know if there are any in the south, but you should be able to see them in most areas due north. It tastes very delicious. It is mixed with flour, steamed, and then poured with rapeseed oil that is almost smoky, and spicy vinegar and garlic water. It is very delicious. Or, when eating noodles, grab a handful of washed alfalfa vegetables and fry them in the pot. After cooking, take them out with the noodles. It is also very delicious. The green vegetables, white noodles and red spicy seeds will increase your appetite.
This question brought back memories of my childhood. When I was young, after school, I would carry a basket, invite my friends, and go to the fields to pick alfalfa in groups. While pinching and playing, he often loses track of time and doesn't go home until very late, which makes his family take advantage of him. Therefore, it is common for him to be reprimanded or even beaten by adults. Because he is playful, he often corrects his mistakes. Now when I go back to my hometown, I run into my childhood friend, and I still mention it from time to time, often laughing about it. When I was in school at that time, all my homework was done at school. It seemed that there was no homework left. Look at today's children, which one of them starts doing homework as soon as they put down the bowl, and they have to finish it very late. Weighing their schoolbags again, they were all heavy, even bigger than a small person. It was really heartbreaking to see this situation.
It’s spring, and alfalfa will soon be available at the morning market, and you’ll be able to feast on it again.
This is alfalfa.
I am from Hebei. People are rare nowadays but it is my memory from my childhood.
Alfalfa is a good feed for livestock. When there was no machinery, especially when there were production teams, there were only one or two animals in each team, which could be said to be more valuable than people. The animals not only bear the farm work of the entire team, but also pull carts and grind mills when they are free, so the team has alfalfa fields to provide feed for the animals, and even winter food must be prepared.
Alfalfa is also a good soil-dense plant. Dad said that alfalfa will turn into fertile land in a few years without crops.
After the household responsibility system, each family was assigned an alfalfa field to feed their livestock. Alfalfa can be harvested four seasons a year. I like to cut alfalfa the most. The purple flowers have butterflies flying around, just like a big garden.
The buds of alfalfa are rich in nutrients. People say that "the eyes will brighten after eating the alfalfa during the Qingming Festival". When I was a child, I would "steal" the alfalfa from my forehead before and after the Qingming Festival. The buds were still very small at that time. Pinch your fingernails off.
My favorite thing to eat is the alfalfa dip burrito, even better with some green onions, leaving the fragrance of spring on your lips and teeth. When the alfalfa grows up, mother will soak the soybeans, chop them and make dumplings, steamed buns or vegetable dumplings with the alfalfa.
These are the most beautiful memories of childhood.
This, this, I can’t stand it anymore. It’s not just for people in Tianshui, it’s all over the northwest. I’m in Shandong now, and it’s not grown at all. My favorite is cold alfalfa. .
Every spring, when the alfalfa has just sprouted, my grandma always takes me to the alfalfa fields on the mountain with a small basket on her hips to pick alfalfa. It is a very beautiful childhood memory~
In fact, alfalfa It is a kind of pasture, a perennial herbaceous plant. We all plant it to feed cattle and sheep. The newly grown buds can be eaten. It blooms small purple flowers in clusters, which are beautiful. When the flowers fall, they will produce alfalfa seeds. We usually collect them and sell them, and the price is quite expensive at 8-10 yuan per pound. Some people say that alfalfa seeds are very nutritious and edible, but we have never eaten them.
Alfalfa sprouts must be picked with leaves that have not completely spread out, just like picking tea leaves. Three leaves are required, no more. Any larger leaves will be old and taste scummy. Grandma’s Basket The alfalfa in it is clean and neat, and each one is the same length. In my basket, it is either uprooted or loose leaves, mixed with firewood and grass. Grandma said that I just go to make trouble, yes, This is a patient work, I just go to play, chase ants, catch bugs, lie in the ground and listen to grandma’s stories...
When grandma’s basket is full, it’s time to go home Let’s cook and eat~
When I was almost home, I took grandma’s basket and boasted in front of my mother that I had picked it. My mother kept praising me for being able to do it. In fact, my mother didn’t know that my grandma had picked it. Ah, it’s so interesting to think about it now~
Alfalfa can be fried or mixed, depending on personal taste, but the classic way to eat it there is to eat it cold, which can taste more delicious~
Wash the alfalfa and blanch it in boiling water, just like blanch spinach for cold salad. It doesn’t take too long, and then soak it in cold water to remove the grassy smell. It will be ready for cold salad in about half an hour. ~
When it is served cold, add chopped green onion, ginger, garlic, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, and chili according to personal taste, and you can eat it. It is delicious without adding too much seasoning. It's delicious, fresh and tender, whether it's steamed buns or noodles, it will whet your appetite, one plate is not enough~
When I saw someone drying the mustard greens, my mouth was already watering with greed, and I was filled with memories. It’s in my heart, dear friends who can eat it, please take a bite for me~
The alfalfa field has childhood memories, and the alfalfa vegetables have the taste of childhood~
Provided by the subject of the question The picture only has leaves, so it can be determined that it is a plant of the alfalfa genus, but it cannot be determined what kind of alfalfa it is.
Tianshui is located in the Longdong region, where azure alfalfa, purple alfalfa, small alfalfa, wild alfalfa, etc. are all possible.
(Corresponding to the three possible alfalfa species in the title picture, from left to right are Medicago lupulina, Medicago sativa, and Medicago minima)
Everyone We know that the entire alfalfa genus can be used as good feed. In addition to feed, alfalfa also plays a great role. Alfalfa has powerful medicinal properties. In traditional Chinese medicine, the whole plant of alfalfa is used as medicine. It has a bitter and cool nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and promoting diuresis. It can be used to treat coughs with excessive phlegm, hemorrhoids, bloody stools, rheumatism and bone pain, and poisonous snake and insect bites.
Alfalfa: also known as alfalfa (photographic study of plant names), alfalfa, and clover. Cerulean alfalfa: Also known as sky blue (Suzhou Prefecture Chronicle), black pod alfalfa (Zhejiang), and hybrid alfalfa (China Higher Plants Illustrated Encyclopedia).
Explanation of the Latin scientific name: Medicago:
Alfalfa can be mixed with food, boiled, pickled, stir-fried, fried, stewed, made into soup, porridge, etc. And you can season it as you like.
I am from Tianshui, and ours is called mu clover. When it is tender, it is pinched back and cooked cold. It is delicious. When sauerkraut is cooked, the slurry is white and the taste is sour. You can also make steamed buns. The dried alfalfa sprouts are great for making sauerkraut in winter. They are sour and delicious
Alfalfa sprouts.
I went to school in Tianshui twenty years ago. Every year before Qingming Festival, people from the suburbs of Tianshui pinched alfalfa sprouts and sold them in the market. People in Tianshui City would buy them back and use them to blanch them. Eat it cold, or use it to make hot pot noodles, or soak it in water. At that time, there were many people selling steamed rice and fish noodles in the snack street in Jianchang next to the city center square. They were used to cook noodles in the spring. Vegetables with pulp are alfalfa sprouts, and chicory is used in summer and autumn. People in Tianshui like sauerkraut the most. You can eat it from the time when the sprouts are sprouting. At this time, you can eat it cold or stir-fry, and it will be eaten until autumn. Buy some and store them in the refrigerator. You can also make some when you want to eat them in winter. In short, Tianshui people like to eat alfalfa, chicory, celery, and cabbage sauerkraut. This preference has not changed until now...