Vegetables known as "natural insulin" are delicious and better than eating meat.

This is a familiar vegetable that many people like to eat, but few people know that it has great medicinal value: water spinach.

Water spinach is a popular vegetable in all regions, grows best in the hot summer and has a delicious, unique flavor.

Nowadays, with the development of science, water spinach is grown in greenhouses so we can eat water spinach all four seasons.

Benefits of water spinach

In addition to its delicious taste, this vegetable also has many surprising nutritional values.

Water spinach is rich in vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin K, calcium, iron, potassium and other vitamins and minerals. The medicinal value of this vegetable cannot be underestimated, it is known as "natural insulin".

This vegetable has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying, diuretic and reducing jaundice, cooling blood and detoxifying, controlling blood sugar levels.

Therefore, water spinach has become an indispensable delicacy on the dining table of many people, especially for those who care about health.

Rustic delicacies from water spinach

This vegetable can also be processed into many delicious dishes such as stir-fried, soup, boiled, salad, cake... Below are 3 simple and delicious ways to process water spinach.

Morning glory salad

The cool, spicy and sour water spinach salad makes for a delicious dish. The unique flavor of water spinach blends with the sweet, sour, spicy and salty spices making it extremely memorable.

Ingredients: Water spinach, garlic, ginger, chili, soy sauce, salt, sesame oil, peanuts, fish sauce.

Making:

- Wash the water spinach, drain and cut into pieces. Boil water in a pot, add a little salt, blanch the water spinach then remove and put in cold water to keep the green color and crispness.

- Finely chop garlic, ginger and chili and put in a bowl, add vinegar and fish sauce to make the sauce.

- Roast peanuts until fragrant and crispy, remove shell, crush or leave whole as desired.

- Cool the water spinach, remove and drain, then pour in the sauce, sprinkle with roasted peanuts, mix well and enjoy.

Scallop and water spinach soup

This delicious and attractive spinach soup not only retains the soft flavor of this vegetable but also adds the fresh flavor of scallop meat. The soup is rich, suitable for the whole family to enjoy together.

Ingredients: Water spinach, scallops, eggs, salt, sesame oil.

Making:

- Wash the water spinach, drain, cut into pieces; Steam the clams until the shells open, remove the scallop meat and set aside; Crack 2 eggs into a bowl, add a little salt, stir the egg water and set aside.

- Boil water in a pot, add water spinach and cook until the spinach is soft and turns green, then add scallop meat and pour in egg water.

- Boil for half a minute, then add salt, stir well, pour into a bowl and enjoy.

Stir-fried morning glory with garlic

Ingredient:

- 1 bunch of water spinach (choose water spinach with seeds, white-green stems, large stalks, when picked it has a little liquid sap, stir-fried it will be greener and more beautiful).

- 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil; 1.5 tablespoons oyster sauce or replace with shrimp paste; 2 teaspoons fish sauce; 1/2 teaspoon vegetable seasoning; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; Garlic, peeled (should be divided into 2 parts: One part minced garlic to fry when stir-frying, one part whole garlic to fry and sprinkle on after stir-frying, very delicious).

Making:

- Remove the hard stems and yellow leaves from the water spinach if any. Depending on your preference, you can remove some of the leaves or remove all of them, leaving only the stems. Then, cut about 5-6 cm into bite-sized pieces.

- Soak vegetables with a little sea salt, then wash and drain.

Because when stir-frying water spinach, you need to stir-fry quickly over high heat, so you should prepare the sauce mixture in advance to avoid wasting time seasoning, which will make the vegetables mushy.

- Common sauce for all stir-fried vegetables, can be prepared in advance and stored in the refrigerator, used gradually for the whole month, very convenient: Mix oyster sauce, sugar, fish sauce, seasoning powder with a little water as above (for 1 use, if making for the whole month, increase the weight ratio) stir well until the mixture becomes thick. If you like spicy food, you can add chili sauce.

- For water spinach and sweet potato leaves, you can replace oyster sauce with shrimp paste. Mix well with other ingredients and set aside.

- Pour water into a pot and boil with a little salt and cooking oil (salt keeps the vegetables green, and cooking oil makes the surface of the leaves softer). When the water boils, quickly add the spinach (in small batches) and blanch for about 15-20 seconds.

- Immediately transfer to a bowl of ice water or cold water for a few minutes. Don't think this step takes time, but it helps keep the vegetables fresh, green, and crispy, making them extremely appealing.

- Add cooking oil to a hot pan, add minced garlic and saute until fragrant. Then, turn on high heat, add water spinach to the pan and stir quickly, add the prepared sauce above. Stir the vegetables evenly to absorb the spices, cook evenly for 1-2 minutes depending on the amount of vegetables, taste and adjust the seasoning if desired.

- Turn off the stove, take the stir-fried water spinach out onto a plate, sprinkle the fried garlic on top, add chili if you like it spicy. Some regions sprinkle in roasted and crushed peanuts and pork rinds to make the dish a little more fatty and crispy, very delicious.

Thus, this vegetable, whether stir-fried, cooked in soup, or made into salad... has a diverse, delicious flavor and brings many benefits to the body.

This is a delicious and nutritious vegetable that deserves to be enjoyed more on the dining table. It can not only satisfy your taste buds but also can clear heat, moisten, supplement calcium to improve health.

Therefore, you should regularly eat this vegetable instead of eating too much meat to improve your health and that of your loved ones.

(According to Sohu)

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