How to store fresh dandelions

Dandelion is an edible plant. There are many ways to eat dandelions, such as soaking them in water, stir-frying them, mixing them cold, or making them into soup. Fresh dandelions are better because their taste and nutritional value are superior to other dandelions. However, if you want to preserve fresh dandelions well, you need to master certain skills and methods.

1. How to store fresh dandelions

Air drying: After picking and washing the dandelions, they should not be placed in the sun to dry, nor should they be dried at high temperatures. It is best to dry naturally in dry and ventilated conditions.

Refrigerator: Rinse with clean water to remove impurities, wrap in plastic wrap or bag, and freeze in the refrigerator. Do not defrost the food during the process and wait until you are ready to eat.

2. Can dandelions be eaten raw?

Dandelion is also known as yellow flowered dandelion, dandelion, and Chinese flower dandelion. A perennial herb of the Asteraceae family. The inflorescence is capitulate, and the seeds have a ball of white pappus. After the flowers bloom, they are blown by the wind to new places to give birth to new life. There are many ways to eat fresh dandelions. They can be eaten raw, mixed with cold dishes, stir-fried, or made into soup.

If eaten raw, it is a little bitter, but it tastes delicious, fragrant and refreshing. It is also very simple to make a cold dish. Blanch the washed dandelions in boiling water for 1 minute, take them out, rinse them with cold water, and add some MSG, salt, sesame oil, vinegar, mashed garlic and other ingredients. In addition, it can also be made into a heat-clearing and detoxifying tea with green tea, licorice, honey and other ingredients.

3. Can dandelions be soaked in water and drunk for a long time?

It mainly depends on personal health and physical condition. Apart from that, anything, including the best natural and healthy food, will be bad for the body if consumed in excess or improperly.

Dandelion itself has the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying and anti-inflammatory, can treat many symptoms, and is a very useful aromatic herb. However, if you want to use dandelion for therapeutic purposes, or if you have allergies or other diseases, it is recommended that you do not use it without the guidance of a professional doctor.

If you are healthy and want to make dandelion tea and drink it every day for health reasons, you should also be careful not to drink too much, because dandelions are cool in nature. People with yang deficiency, external cold, and weak spleen and stomach should not use it, as excessive dosage may cause diarrhea.