The nutritional value of goubangchu

Many people may be unfamiliar with Gou Bangchui. In fact, Gou Bangchui is also a Chinese medicinal material that can be used as medicine. What’s more important is that the use value of goubangchui is quite high, so there are different ways of eating goubangchui in many regions. For example, making the various ingredients into juice or steaming the glutinous rice balls can make the glutinous rice balls taste very good. So what kind of nutritional value does the mallet have for the human body?

Sweet mallet, the fruit is rich in nutrients and can be eaten or used as medicine. The fruit contains nutrients such as sugars, fats, tannins, organic acids and vitamins. It is measured that every 100 grams of fresh juice contains more than 900 mg of vitamin C. The fruit is eaten fresh and tastes sweet. It can also be used to make sugar, wine, and processed into health drinks.

The mallee tree is a succulent plant of the genus Mallee in the Apocynaceae family, native to Namibia. It is a typical xerophytic plant. Its fleshy stem is 1.5-2 meters high and unbranched. Only after the growing point is destroyed will a few new branches sprout below the wound. The stems are densely covered with 2-5 cm long thorns; the thorns are very distinctive, although it has no areoles, but still three thorns grow together, two long thorns are separated in an eight-shape, with a short thorn in the middle, the thorns are gray-brown, and the leaves grow under the three thorns, which can be used to arrange specialized gardens in botanical gardens.

During the growing season, the top cluster of stems grows ovate to long lanceolate leaves, which are green, 8-12 cm long, 2-6 cm wide, with a distinct midrib, lighter in color, protruding on the back of the leaves, and flat or wavy leaf margins; the leaves fall off in the dry season. The flowers are borne in the axils of leaves, are yellow with reddish-brown hairs, and are fragrant. The ornamental value is very high.

Wolfberry spikes can be steamed and eaten. They are chewy and have a meaty texture. They are a very natural, green and environmentally friendly food. After a while, the spike will bloom and can no longer be eaten. So now many people pick wolfberry spikes to sell, and they can be seen everywhere in the vegetable market here. Of course, if you are interested and have time, you can also go to the suburbs and pick them yourself.

Ingredients: wolfberry spikes, flour, salt, garlic, sesame oil, salad oil, chicken essence.

Production process:

1. Wash the wolfberry spikes thoroughly, drain and dry them.

2. After the wolfberry spikes are dried, add a small amount of salad oil and mix well.

3. Add flour and mix well, so that each ear of flour is evenly coated with flour. Don’t add too little or too much. Too little will make it sticky, and too much will make it too dry.

4. Cover the steamer with gauze and bring the water to a boil. Put the mixed wolfberry spikes into the steamer and steam over high heat for 10 minutes.

5. Pour it into a bowl and let it cool for a while, then add salt, chicken essence, sesame oil and minced garlic and mix well.