How to stir-fry taro leaves

In those days when living conditions were difficult, people had no way to satisfy their hunger and even ate tree bark in order to fill their stomachs. In fact, the roots, stems and leaves of many foods are edible. As long as they are used in the right way, they are harmless to people. Yam, also known as sweet potato, is a food that is not only edible in terms of its fruit, but also its leaves. Let’s learn how to stir-fry taro leaves to make them delicious.

1. How to cook sweet potato leaves

How to make delicious sweet potato leaves

Sweet potato leaves are a kind of vegetable. There are many ways to cook them. They can be stir-fried, used to make soup, or eaten cold. Now let’s learn how to cook sweet potato leaves.

1. Stir-fried sweet potato leaves with garlic

Stir-fried sweet potato leaves with garlic is a very common way to cook sweet potato leaves. Many vegetables can also be cooked in this way. We first take the fresh sweet potato leaves, wash them, tear off some of the rough skin on the sweet potato leaves, and then make garlic into garlic paste. At this time, boil the oil pan, pour the garlic paste into the pan and cook it. After it is fragrant, increase the heat, pour the prepared sweet potato leaves in and keep stir-frying until the sweet potato leaves are cooked. Add seasonings and you can eat it. It has a fragrant garlic flavor and is especially delicious.

2. Sweet potato leaves stewed with winter melon

Take 60 grams of fresh sweet potato leaves and 100 grams of winter melon, put them into the pot and stew them together. This can be used to treat diabetic patients with dryness in the lungs and stomach caused by thirst.

3. Sweet potato leaf soup

In summer, people like to boil vegetables and drink it. After arranging the fresh sweet potato leaves, pour the water into the boiling water and blanch them, then add seasonings.

4. Stir-fried sweet potato leaves with garlic and fermented bean curd

Ingredients: 250g sweet potato leaves, appropriate amount of auxiliary oil, appropriate amount of salt, appropriate amount of minced garlic, and 1 piece of fermented bean curd.

Method: Wash the sweet potato leaves, chop the garlic into garlic paste, prepare a piece of fermented bean curd and a tablespoon of fermented bean curd juice. Wash the sweet potato leaves and squeeze them with your hands to remove the water. Squeeze the sweet potato leaves to remove moisture and set aside. Add one teaspoon of sugar to the fermented bean curd. Stir well. Saute minced garlic in pan. Add sweet potato leaves and stir-fry evenly. Add half teaspoon sugar. Add a little light soy sauce and stir-fry evenly. Finally, pour in the fermented bean curd. Stir-fry evenly.

5. Stir-fried sweet potato leaves

Ingredients: 250g sweet potato leaves, appropriate amount of oil, salt, garlic, and dried chili.

Method: Pick the sweet potato leaves, wash them and drain them. Pour oil into the pan, and when the oil is 70% hot, add the dried chili segments and garlic slices and sauté until fragrant. Add sweet potato leaves. Stir-fry over high heat, add salt and chicken powder. Stir-fry evenly, then serve.

6. Sweet potato leaves with black bean sauce

Ingredients: 1000g sweet potato leaves, 500ml water, 50g fermented black beans, 50g garlic, appropriate amount of soy sauce, 10ml oil, 4 slices of ginger.

Method: Remove old sweet potato leaves or impurities. Wash and dry the sweet potato leaves. First boil a pot of water (add ginger slices). After the water boils, add the sweet potato leaves. Cook for about 5 minutes and drain. Crush the garlic and fermented black beans and mix well. Set aside. Add a little ginger and oil. When the oil is hot, add the garlic and fermented black beans and stir-fry. After stir-frying for 1 minute, pour in the previously cooked sweet potato leaves. Stir-fry for about 2 minutes. Make sure the sweet potato leaves are coated with garlic and fermented black beans and then serve.