Purple Dragon Sheds Its Robe is a nutritious and delicious home-cooked dish. It is a traditional Han cuisine from Hunan Province, China, belonging to the Hunan cuisine. In the process of making this dish, the eel needs to be skinned, deboned, decapitated, and its skin removed. The process of removing the eel's skin resembles a ancient warrior shedding his robe, hence the name "Purple Dragon Sheds Its Robe". It is believed to have the effect of nourishing the liver and protecting the eyes.
[Recipe Name]
Purple Dragon Sheds Its Robe
[Ingredients]
Ingredients
500g of eel, appropriate amount of shredded winter bamboo shoots, red chili, and shiitake mushrooms, a small amount of shredded spring onion, ginger, and coriander, 2 eggs (egg whites only).
Seasoning
A small amount of salt, monosodium glutamate, water starch, cooking wine, pepper, and sesame oil.
[Preparation Steps]
1. Wash and slice the eel, coat it with egg whites and water starch.
2. Heat oil in a wok, stir-fry the eel until it becomes tender, then remove and drain the excess oil. Stir-fry the shredded winter bamboo shoots, red chili, and shiitake mushrooms.
3. Leave some oil in the wok, sauté the shredded spring onion and ginger, add the eel, winter bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, red chili, salt, monosodium glutamate, and cooking wine. Stir-fry evenly, sprinkle with pepper, drizzle with sesame oil, and garnish with coriander.
[Nutritional Value of Yellow Eel]
Yellow eel is not only a delicacy but also has medicinal value in its meat, blood, head, and skin. According to the "Compendium of Materia Medica", yellow eel has the functions of replenishing blood, replenishing qi, reducing inflammation, disinfection, and relieving rheumatism.
The meat of yellow eel is sweet and warm, and it has the functions of tonifying the middle and replenishing blood, which can be used to treat symptoms such as cough, itching, hemorrhoids, ear deafness caused by deficiency and fatigue. The ash of yellow eel's head, taken on an empty stomach with warm wine, can treat breast lumps in women. Its bones can also be used as medicine to treat carbuncle, with remarkable effects.
Its blood can be dropped into the ear to treat chronic suppurative otitis media; dropping it into the nose can treat nosebleeds; especially when used externally, it can treat facial paralysis and facial nerve paralysis.
Some people say "eel is good for the eyes". People who used to have eye problems know that eating eel is beneficial. Regular consumption of eel has strong tonic effects, especially for those who are physically weak, recovering from illness, and postpartum. Its blood can also treat facial paralysis. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the functions of replenishing qi and blood, warming yang and invigorating the spleen, nourishing the liver and kidneys, and dispelling wind and activating collaterals for medical care.
[Other Eye-Protecting Foods]
Animal offal, fish, and shrimp are rich in protein, which is the main component of cells and is necessary for tissue repair and renewal. Foods rich in vitamin A are also very beneficial to the eyes. When there is a lack of vitamin A, the adaptability of the eyes to dark environments is reduced. The best sources of vitamin A are animal livers and fish liver oil.
Plant-based foods such as spinach are rich in carotene.
Foods rich in vitamin C are also beneficial to the eyes, such as various fresh vegetables and fruits, especially corn, tomatoes, goji berries, and sesame seeds which have the highest content.
