How to make the cold dish Andrographis paniculata

The preparation of the cold dish Andrographis paniculata is relatively simple. The nutritional value of Andrographis paniculata is good, and it has certain conditioning and health-care effects on the body. When cooking Andrographis paniculata, you can prepare appropriate amounts of seasonings, such as garlic, ginger, pepper, chili and other ingredients. Clean the Andrographis paniculata, remove the older stems and leaves, and then blanch it in boiling water. You can add a little oil while blanching, so that the color will look brighter.

practice

1. Wash and remove the old stems and leaves. Bring water to a boil in a pot, drop half a spoon of oil into the water, pour in half a spoon of salt, and add Andrographis paniculata (if you see the leaves turn dark green in the water, take them out immediately. Do not blanch green leafy vegetables in water for too long).

2. Drain the water in a colander. To make it taste better, refrigerate it for a while to cool down. If you don’t have a refrigerator, you can learn from me and use an electric fan to cool down quickly. This trick is also very effective.

3. Chop the garlic, ginger and dried pepper into fine pieces, the finer the better.

4. Gently squeeze out some water from the cooled Andrographis paniculata (to remove the bitterness), then put it into a bowl together with ginger, garlic and pepper. Pour in salt, sugar, sesame oil, cold vinegar and chicken essence, mix well and finally drizzle with sesame oil and serve.

Look carefully, this is how the cold-mixed Andrographis is made! !

Method 2

Materials

Ingredients: 100 grams of Andrographis paniculata

Seasoning: 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/3 teaspoon chicken stock, 1 handful of Sichuan peppercorns, 2 dried chilies, 1 teaspoon sesame oil, a little white sesame seeds, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, 1/3 teaspoon sugar

1. After the pan is heated, pour in an appropriate amount of vegetable oil, and when the oil temperature rises, add peppercorns and dried red peppers.

2. Fry until the pepper and dried red pepper become darker in color, turn off the heat, pick out the pepper and dried red pepper, leaving only the fried oil; soak the Andrographis paniculata in clean water for 10 minutes

3. Wash it again, drain the water, put it in a container, add appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence

4. Add a little sugar and mix well

5. Add sesame oil, add fried oil, mix well

6. Serve on a plate, garnish with fried dried red pepper and sprinkle with appropriate amount of cooked white sesame seeds

Material Introduction

Andrographis paniculata is suitable for growing in humid and hot areas. It is mainly produced in Fujian and Guangdong, and is cultivated in areas north and south of the Yangtze River. It grows wild in some tropical and subtropical areas. In this case, Jiangxi, located in the subtropical region, should have wild Andrographis paniculata. But I have never heard of this wild vegetable with such a stunning name in Jiangxi. How ignorant I am.

The so-called cold-mixed Andrographis paniculata is not the real Andrographis paniculata, but the plant "Andrographis paniculata" produced in South Africa. The general public does not have enough knowledge of botany, which leads to the spread of misinformation.