How to make delicious wormwood

In addition to being used as a traditional Chinese medicine, mugwort can also be made into mugwort cake. Artemisia cake has a fresh taste and its color makes people feel comfortable, so it has become a favorite food of many people. However, when many people make Artemisia Baba, they find that the bitterness of Artemisia Baba is quite strong, so how to make Artemisia Baba to make it taste better?

How to remove the bitterness of mugwort cake

Try to pick the tender tips of wormwood, and be sure to blanch it in water first to remove its bitterness.

Because Artemisia contains alkali, the bitterness can be removed by blanching the Artemisia salad in hot water for 10 seconds.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Fill a large soup pot with half water, place it on the stove and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the chrysanthemum and blanch for 10 seconds.

2. Remove from water and drain, then cut into sections.

3. Place a non-stick pan on the stove over medium-low heat, add olive oil, and sauté chopped green onion, red pepper, ginger, and minced garlic.

4. Add the remaining ingredients (1/2 teaspoon salt, 2.5 teaspoons sugar, 1/4 teaspoon chicken powder, 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, 2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar, and 2 teaspoons sesame oil) in turn and mix well. Pour the sauce over the blanched and chopped Chinese spinach and mix well.

How to make delicious mugwort cake

Artemisia Baba recipe 1

1. Soak the wormwood in cold water for 5 to 10 minutes and then rinse

2. Boil water in a pot and add 1-3 grams of oil and salt to the water. Pour the wormwood into boiling water and cook for 3 to 5 minutes

3. Take out the mugwort and chop it into small pieces

4. Add 5 grams of salt to the chopped wormwood and squeeze out the water

5. Add slaked lime to a small bowl of water and stir until the water becomes clear.

6. Add the squeezed wormwood to alkaline water and rub it for a while and then squeeze out the water

7. Add clear lime water, equal amount of flour, black sesame, appropriate amount of sugar and mix well.

How to make mugwort cake: wrap the dough with leaves

9. Put it in the steamer for 1-2 hours (remember to use a steamer)

10. Tear the leaves apart and it will look like this~

Tips

If you don't have these two kinds of leaves, you can use lotus leaves or thin paper. When squeezing out the bitter water, be sure to squeeze it out as much as possible. This way, the baba will not be very bitter and will have the fragrance of wormwood. This is just one way of doing it. There are many different ways. I personally like this method the best. Friends who like it can fry it in oil. This way, you will get a wormwood baba that is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. While eating, you may as well pair it with some refreshing drinks. Because it is made of glutinous rice, it is inevitable that you will feel a little greasy during the eating process. With a drink, you can enjoy the food happily.