How to eat plantain for the best health

Plantain has a relatively high medicinal value, but how to eat plantain to achieve its effect requires certain methods and techniques. You can make plantain herbal tea, or cold plantain salad, or stir-fry plantain with pork slices, which are all relatively correct ways to eat it.

1. Plantain Herbal Tea

Ingredients: 300g plantain, appropriate amount of rock sugar.

practice:

1. Remove the roots of plantain, pick off the bad leaves and wash them clean;

2. Put the cleaned plantain into the pot and add water;

3. Cover the pot and cook over high heat for 30 minutes;

4. Add appropriate amount of rock sugar and continue cooking. Turn off the heat when the sugar melts.

2. Cold plantain salad

Ingredients: 180g plantain, 1 tablespoon chili oil, salt to taste, 2 tablespoons bonito soy sauce, 1 tablespoon umami sauce, sesame oil to taste, 1 tablespoon vinegar.

Method: 1. Peel off the old skin of the plantain root and keep a small part of the tender part;

2. Put it in boiling water;

3. Add all the seasonings into a large bowl and mix well;

4. Place the plantain on a plate, pour the sauce on it, and mix well when eating.

3. Stir-fried pork with plantain

Ingredients: 100g lean pork, 50g soaked black fungus, 50g plantain, appropriate amounts of oil, salt, onion, ginger, garlic, light soy sauce, cooking wine, starch, and red pepper.

Method: 1. Wash the young leaves of plantain;

2. Cut the red pepper into strips, pick the fungus into small pieces, and chop the onion, ginger and garlic into fine pieces;

3. Marinate the lean meat slices with soy sauce, starch and cooking wine for more than 20 minutes;

4. Heat oil in a pan, add the meat slices and fry until the color turns white;

5. Add chopped green onion, ginger and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant; add fungus and red pepper and stir-fry for one minute;

6. Add plantain and stir-fry until soft. Add appropriate amount of salt before serving.