Gourd Hashima

Gourd Hashima

by Love promise

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Difficulty

Easy

Time

30m

Serving

1

Snow clam, the scientific name Northeast forest frog, is referred to as forest frog. It is a kind of precious frog amphibians that grows in the forest area of northeast China. Hashima grows in the hinterland of Xiaoxing'an Mountains. It feeds on live insects. It can hibernate for up to five months in the cold winter, hence the name " Hashima. The magic of Hashima lies in its unique growth environment and tenacious vitality. The long, severe winter and cold natural environment in the northeast has long had the strong vitality of Hashima. Therefore, Hashima is known as the "Crown of Vitality" in nature. Every fall. The coming is when the snow clams store energy and prepare to hibernate. This is also the time when the vitality of the snow clams is strongest. In particular, the fallopian tubes of the female snow clams (hasma cream or forest frog oil) gather all the nutrients for the breeding offspring in the coming year. The nourishing function of Hashima at the time is unparalleled.

Snow clam is widely known as a beauty tonic. It has a salty taste, is not dry or hot, and contains a large amount of protein, amino acids, and various trace animal polypeptide substances. It is especially suitable as a daily tonic.

Snow clam oil is also called forest frog oil, which has been recorded in Materia Medica as early as. It has been listed as one of the four mountain treasures (bear's paw, forest frog, flying dragon, hericium) since the Ming Dynasty, and has been used as a tribute since the Qing Dynasty.

Snow clam has different names in different regions. Cantonese people call it snow clam, while in the northeast it calls it toad oil. After a long time, the ointment and oil words in snow clam paste and forest frog oil are removed, and only us today It is called the snow clam. Our edible and medicinal snow frogs are not whole wood frogs, but actually the fallopian tubes of female toads. The dry fallopian tubes in the female snow clam are commonly known as forest frog oil and snow clam oil. We have a history of taking them for thousands of years. They were listed as court tributes during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. They are known as "soft gold" and "animal ginseng" in medicine.

Common snow clams on the market include snow clam line oil, conjoined oil, and absolute (crushed oil). The main difference between these three types of snow clams is the processing method and the appearance when dried. They are essentially the fallopian tube tissue of the snow clams, and there is no composition and efficacy. the difference.

Ingredients

Gourd Hashima

1. Ingredients to be prepared: 1 gram of snow clams, jujube, yellow rock sugar, medlar, pumpkin

Gourd Hashima recipe

2. Take out the snow clams and put them in a container, add 100ml~200ml of water and soak them in the bubbles for 8~10 hours. This is what I soaked the night before. The soaked snow clams are crystal clear, transparent in color, and shaped like cotton balls

Gourd Hashima recipe

3. Wash the medlars and soak them in water for later use

Gourd Hashima recipe

4. Gourd cut at the top

Gourd Hashima recipe

5. Dig out the flesh inside

Gourd Hashima recipe

6. Put in big red dates (this date is too big, I cut it open)

Gourd Hashima recipe

7. Put in yellow rock candy

Gourd Hashima recipe

8. Put the soaked snow clams in and add some water

Gourd Hashima recipe

9. Cover the top of the gourd again

Gourd Hashima recipe

10. Steam for 20 minutes

Gourd Hashima recipe

11. Put the soaked goji berries into the steamed pumpkin cup

Gourd Hashima recipe

12. A nutritious, beautiful, sweet, soft and smooth gourd snow clam is ready, eat it while it’s hot

Gourd Hashima recipe

Tips:

1. Hashima is best soaked one night in advance
2. According to the size of the pumpkin, generally steam for 15-20 minutes
3. Yellow rock sugar can be replaced by rock sugar
4. Share some common knowledge about snow clam. Snow clam oil is divided into snow clam line oil, conjoined oil, and absolute oil (crushed oil).
a. Line oil: Line oil has a linear appearance. The advantage is that the oil is taken from the living body, no impurities, no additional cleaning, the highest quality, and the most expensive.
b. Conjoined oil: Conjoined oil has a butterfly-like appearance. It is the most traditional processing method of snow clam oil and requires self-cleaning of impurities. Because its appearance cannot be imitated, there are no fakes, the price is moderate, and the cleaning is convenient, it has been popular for a long time.
c. Net oil: Net oil is also called crushed oil, flake oil. It is snow clam crushed oil from which impurities have been removed. The dried product is very easy to imitate. 99% of the crushed oil circulating in the market is fake, but because of its affordable price, there are also loyal consumer groups.

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