Can plantain be eaten as a vegetable?

The leaves of plantain are made into vegetables and have very good food and medicine effects. Next, I will teach you how to use plantain to make a delicious plantain soup that is good for the spleen and stomach, as well as another delicious plantain dish.

1. Plantain and pig tripe soup (clears away heat and dampness, strengthens the spleen and stomach, clears eyes and resolves phlegm)

Raw materials: dried plantain, pig tripe, coix seed, Poria cocos, and ginger. Method: 1. After the coix seeds are cooked, soak them with Poria cocos for half an hour. Cut the ginger into slices and wash the plantain. 2. Add appropriate amount of salt to the pig's stomach, and wash it repeatedly with custard powder, then blanch it in boiling water to remove the blood. 3. Put the pig tripe, coix seeds, Poria cocos, plantain and ginger slices into a clay pot and fill it with water. 4. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for 2 hours. 5. Add appropriate amount of salt, mix well, turn off the heat and serve in a bowl. 2. Plantain Omelette

Ingredients: tender plantain leaves, eggs. Method: 1. Clean the plantain leaves, drain the water, and chop them into small pieces.

2. Crack the eggs into a bowl, add appropriate amount of salt and sprinkle, then pour in the chopped plantain and mix. 3. Pour oil into the frying pan and shake the pan to spread the oil. After the oil is heated, pour in the stirred raw eggs and plantain and fry over low heat. Fry one side first and then the other side. Fry both sides until golden brown.

4. Remove from heat and serve. The delicious and dehumidifying plantain pork tripe soup and the delicious plantain fried egg are ready

Plantain, also known as wheelbarrow and toad grass, is an aromatic and dehumidifying Chinese medicinal material with the effects of resolving phlegm, relieving cough and relieving asthma. The young stems, leaves or seedlings of plantain can be eaten. It is a delicious wild fruit with no toxic side effects.

The whole plantain is a treasure. Its Poria cocos has the effect of promoting body fluid and moistening without toxicity, clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting urination, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, clearing away heat and reducing fire. "Compendium of Materia Medica" believes that long-term use is beneficial to the body and can delay aging. Plantain has the effects of lowering blood pressure, treating acute hepatitis and acute and chronic bronchitis. According to pharmacological experiments, plantain contains plantago asiatica, ursolic acid, vitamin C and vitamin B2. When paired with jujube and wolfberry, they can not only complement each other, but also influence each other. They can have the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, facilitating urination, protecting the liver, nourishing yin and benefiting the kidneys.

There are many ways to eat plantain. Slightly blanch the tender stems, leaves or seedlings in boiling water, soak them in cold water for several hours, pick them up and chop them, stir-fry them, mix them with cold dishes, make soups, or knead them into noodles and steam them. Eating tender plantain in a cold dish has the effect of lowering blood pressure. Fried tender caraway seeds with eggs can cure enteritis and dysentery. Boiling plantain leaves together with millet, onion roots, etc. into porridge can clear away heat and dampness, resolve phlegm, facilitate urination, and clear the eyes. Wolfberry, jujube and plantain soup is a very good soup for clearing away heat, removing fire, protecting the liver and nourishing yin.