This vegetable is not only a healthy spice but also a way to 'bring luck' on the first day of the new year.

GĐXH – This is a familiar spice in Vietnamese cuisine. In addition to being used to prepare delicious dishes like the one below, this spice is also used as a way to 'bring luck' on the first day of the new year.

Both a spice and a lucky charm for the new year.

In Vietnamese cuisine, coriander is a familiar herb. In addition to being eaten raw with other raw vegetables, coriander is also used to make sandwiches or added to dishes to enhance the flavor of the dish.

According to Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Lam - former Deputy Director of the National Institute of Nutrition, coriander has many health benefits. Coriander contains many vitamins, minerals, fats... which are good for health. In particular, the vitamin C content in coriander is higher than that of common vegetables.

A normal person eating about 7-10 grams of coriander can meet the body's daily vitamin C needs. Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant that can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. In addition, coriander also has carotene content 10 times higher than cucumbers and tomatoes.

Coriander is used in many dishes and old coriander is used as a way to 'bring luck' at the beginning of the year.

In traditional medicine, coriander has a fragrant smell, warm properties, and stimulates the digestive system. Eating coriander helps improve digestion, helps relieve headaches, flu, and is good for people with high blood pressure.

Not only is it a spice in many dishes, coriander is also considered a 'lucky' herb. On the first days of the year, many people have the habit of using old coriander to bathe or boil water to wash their face for good luck.

Since ancient times, people have believed that using the smell of old incense can wash away and dispel bad luck from the past year and enter a new year with newness and luck.

Delicious and unique dish with coriander

Coriander salad mixed with wood ear and onion

Ingredient

+ Half an onion

+ 20gr coriander

+ 10ml vinegar,

+ 10 gr wood ear

+ 1 chili

+ Soy sauce, salt, mustard, sugar, a little bit of each.

Making:

Step 1: Soak the wood ear mushrooms until soft, then wash and cut into small pieces. Add a little water to boil, then add the wood ear mushrooms and boil for about 3 minutes. Clean the coriander and cut into small pieces.

Step 2: Finely chop the chili and put it in a bowl, then add vinegar, soy sauce, chili oil, a little mustard, and sugar and mix well. If you can't eat spicy food, you can reduce the sugar or mustard. Next, cut the onion into thin strips, soak it in ice water for about 5 minutes to reduce the pungent smell, remove it and drain. Cut the onion into thin strips and put it in a bowl of cold water and soak for about 5 minutes to remove the pungent smell.

When ready, add the boiled onions, coriander and wood ear mushrooms into the bowl with the sauce, mix well and enjoy.

The coriander mixed with wood ear and onion is an easy-to-eat salad. When eaten, it has a crunchy, sour, spicy, salty and sweet taste that stimulates the taste buds and is unique.

Coriander in soy sauce

This is the way Koreans often make it to eat with rice or roll with grilled meat. Many Vietnamese people also like this dish.

You need to prepare a mixture of vinegar, soy sauce, chili powder, salt, sugar, roasted sesame and bring them to a boil. Then, you add the cleaned coriander, soak it in this mixture for about 2 days to absorb the spices and then use it. In cold weather, this dish is extremely delicious with rice.

Although pickled coriander is not difficult to make, it takes a lot of time.

How to keep coriander fresh for a long time

Many people often store coriander for use. However, if you do not know how to preserve it, coriander can easily spoil. With the simple method below, you can keep coriander fresh for a long time without worrying about wasting time going to the market every day.

Accordingly, when you buy coriander, you need to pick off all the damaged leaves, keeping the roots so that the vegetable will not spoil for a long time. Wash off the mud at the base of the vegetable, then put the vegetable in a ventilated place to drain. Next, you use newspaper to wrap the coriander.

After wrapping, put it in a clean bag and put it in the refrigerator. If you don’t use newspaper, you can use kitchen paper towels. This way, coriander can stay fresh for 7-10 days while still retaining its color, flavor and nutrients.

Source: https://giadinh.suckhoedoisong.vn/loai-rau-khong-chi-la-gia-vi-tot-cho-suc-khoe-ma-con-la-cach-de-lay-may-ngay-dau-nam-moi-172250204191726942.htm