Shepherd's Purse Dumplings
1.
Wash the shepherd's purse and chop it
2.
The large ribs have a little fat meat, peeled and chopped, then add shepherd’s purse, add salt, soy sauce, and five-spice powder to mix well, because I actually chopped the meat beforehand and marinated it, just put the shepherd’s purse and mix it.
3.
Add flour to suitable water. You can mix it with chopsticks until it becomes snowflakes. Knead it, not too soft, otherwise the skin won’t be easy to roll. Roll the skin into a round shape and wrap it with stuffing.
4.
It can be kneaded into this shape or wrapped into something else, as long as the mouth does not fall apart, it is a successful dumpling.
5.
Wrap the dumplings and cook them in a pot of boiling water
6.
We eat dumplings and we are used to getting some soup in. You can also chop chili and dip it in soy sauce, just according to your own taste.
Tips:
Shepherd's purse is a very fresh and tender seasonal wild vegetable in spring and March. With the homonym of shepherd's purse and "jucai" and "jicai", it is very popular among the people. In the folks, there is a custom of eating shepherd's purse and boiled eggs in Sanhe Qingming in March, and eating it can not only pay fortune, but also prevent disease and fitness.
Eating shepherd's purse in spring helps to strengthen the body's immune function, lower blood pressure, strengthen the stomach and promote digestion. The roots of shepherd's purse are very nutritious. There is a saying: "Digging shepherd's purse without digging the root is worse than squatting at home." Shepherd's purse has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxification, cooling blood to stop bleeding, invigorating the spleen and improving eyesight. There is also a proverb saying "on March 3rd, shepherd's purse is a pill". That is to say, eating shepherd's purse on March 3 can strengthen the body and cure the disease. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" states that "shepherd's purse can clear the liver and improve eyesight, and spleen diuresis", lower blood pressure, invigorate the stomach and promote digestion.
Shepherd's purse is a treasure among wild vegetables. Its tender stems and leaves are used as vegetables. It has a delicate and delicious taste and contains a variety of amino acids. Among them, glutamic acid has the same function as MSG. The eating methods of shepherd's purse are also diverse. Stir-fry, boil soup, cold dressing, shepherd's purse dumplings, shepherd's purse wonton, shepherd's purse buns, spring cakes, shepherd's purse tofu soup, etc.