Taro is divided into dry taro and water taro. Many areas in China have cultivated and bred some excellent varieties, such as Shanghai Honggan taro, Jiangsu Xianggan taro, Zhejiang Fenghua taro, Sichuan Lvgan taro, Fujian Purple taro and so on.
It's time to eat taro again The nutritional value of taro is very high, and the starch content in tuber reaches 70%. It can be used as both a dish and a dish. It is a tonic suitable for all ages and a treasure of autumn vegetarian food. Taro is also rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, carotene, nicotinic acid, vitamin C, vitamin B 1, vitamin B2, saponin and other ingredients. Chinese medicine believes that taro tastes sweet, pungent and flat, and enters the stomach. Has the effects of invigorating stomach, relaxing bowels, resolving hard mass, invigorating middle warmer, benefiting liver and kidney, and replenishing essence. It has certain curative effect on adjuvant treatment of diseases such as dry stool, goiter, lymph node tuberculosis, mastitis, insect bite bee sting, intestinal insect addiction and acute arthritis. However, it should be noted that it should not be rubbed or smeared on healthy skin, otherwise it will cause dermatitis. Once it happens, you can gently scrub it with ginger juice.
There are many ways to eat taro, such as boiling, steaming, stewing, roasting, roasting, frying and stewing. The most common way is to cook or steam taro and dip it in sugar. Bake taro or dice taro, and mix with corn to cook porridge. It should be noted that taro contains more starch and cannot be eaten at one time. Eating too much has the disadvantage of qi stagnation, and eating raw food is slightly toxic.
Specially recommended: 600g of red taro, 300g of sea cucumber in water, yellow fish maw and mushroom in water100g, 50g of cooked ham and cooked chicken breast, 20g of green beans, 20g of carrot10g, 8g of refined salt and 0g of cooking wine100g.
manufacturing process
1. Peel the clean taro, cut it into lotus petals, steam it in a cage until it is crisp, and then put it in a plate for setting;
2. Dice the water-soaked sea cucumber, water-soaked fish maw, water-soaked mushrooms, cooked ham, cooked chicken breast and carrots, add refined salt and cooking wine to the wok, and pour them in the center of taro petals.