How to eat round-leaved wild lentils and how to use round-leaved wild lentils

The round-leaved wild lentil is often considered to be a type of lentil family. In fact, it is a wild herb. Although it belongs to the legume family, it is different from ordinary lentils and there are obvious differences in the way it is eaten. So how should this round-leaved wild lentil be eaten?

Eating tips

1. Cold salad

The leaves of round-leaved wild lentils are edible. People can collect its fresh leaves, cut them into strips, blanch them in boiling water, cool them in cold water, take them out, add garlic paste, soy sauce, salt and other seasonings, mix them well and eat them directly. Round-leaved wild lentils contain some toxic ingredients, which will lose their activity when exposed to high temperatures, so they must be blanched in boiling water before being mixed with cold dishes.

2. Stir-fry

The fresh and tender pods of round-leaved wild beans can be eaten after being fried like other lentil ingredients, but before frying, it is best to blanch it in boiling water to remove the toxic ingredients in it, and it must be fried thoroughly when frying, otherwise its toxic substances will harm the human body and people are prone to food poisoning after eating it.

3. Cook porridge

Cooking porridge is also one of the common ways to eat round-leaved wild beans. Usually, its seeds are collected and dried, and can be put together with other porridge ingredients, washed and put into the pot, add water to cook, and cook for about half an hour after boiling. When the seeds of round-leaved wild beans are soft and glutinous and the porridge is sticky, you can turn off the heat and take it out for consumption.

How to use

The round-leaved wild bean is not only edible for humans, it is also a traditional Chinese medicinal material with excellent effects. The whole plant can be used as medicine. After being used as medicine, it has a sweet and light taste and is cold in nature. It can clear away heat and detoxify, and can also stop bleeding and regenerate tissue. It can be used to treat many common diseases in humans, such as hepatitis, lung heat, and damp-heat in the large intestine. During treatment, fresh round-leaved wild bean can be crushed and ground into a paste for external application, or the dried round-leaved wild bean can be boiled in water to clean the affected area.