Spring and summer are the seasons for various wild vegetables in the mountains, and stir-fried water chestnut stems are loved by many people. Water chestnut stems, known in Chinese medicine, have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and are used to treat gastric ulcers.
Picture of water chestnut stems
【Name】
Stir-fried water chestnut stems
【Ingredients】
Water chestnut stems, scallion, ginger, chili pepper, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence
【Preparation】
1. After picking fresh water chestnut stems, wash them and blanch them in boiling water to remove the astringent taste.
2. Then heat the wok, add oil, and add ingredients such as scallions and ginger. If you like spicy flavor, add chili pepper. Stir-fry the blanched water chestnut stems together.
3. Add monosodium glutamate and chicken essence before removing from the heat. That's it.
【Original Form of Water Chestnut Stems】
Water chestnut stems are annual aquatic herbs. The roots are of two types, in addition to absorbing roots, there are assimilation roots; assimilation roots contain chlorophyll, which grows from the stem nodes and is feathery and finely divided. The stems are slender and vary in length depending on the depth of the water.
Leaves are arranged in a lotus-like shape at the top of the stem, triangular in the shape of a water chestnut, 2.5-4cm long, 2-4.5cm wide, with coarse serrations on the upper half of the edge, and entire margins near the base. They are green, hairless on the upper side, and have fine hairs on the lower side when young, which gradually fall off. There are hairs along the veins.
The leaf stalk is 2.5-5cm long, with or without hairs, and has a large spongy air chamber near the top. The flowers are bisexual, solitary in the leaf axils; calyx tube short, hairy, with 4 lobes; 4 petals; 4 stamens; ovary semi-inferior, 2 rooms, with 1 ovule in each room; style fusiform, stigma head-like, flower disc comb-shaped.
The fruit is a flattened inverted triangle with thorns at both ends. The distance between the two thorns is 3-4cm, and the calyx lobes on the ventral and dorsal sides fall off. There is one seed. The flowering period is from June to July, and the fruiting period is from September to October.
