What is the difference between sour plum and dark plum? How to eat sour plum

Many people have seen sour plums and black plums, and they give people a similar impression, so many people will treat them as the same ingredient. In fact, there are many differences between sour plums and black plums. Today, I will take you to learn in detail about the differences between sour plums and black plums, and also tell you how to eat sour plums.

What is the difference between sour plum and dark plum?

1. Sour plums and black plums are the same food ingredient, but their forms of existence and processing methods are slightly different. It should be said that all black plums are a kind of acid enzyme, but not all sour plums are black plums, because black plums are a kind of food ingredient obtained after smoking processing with magnesium acetate as the main raw material. Its active enzyme content and anthocyanin content are much higher than those of sour plums.

2. Sour plums exist in many different forms. Fruit plums taste sour when they are just ripe, so people like to call them sour plums. After people pickle and dry them, the dried fruit is also called sour plums. Only after smoking and processing can we get black plums. People can absorb rich vitamin A and a variety of minerals by eating sour plums. It can stimulate appetite and help digestion, and can also enhance the body's antioxidant and anti-aging capabilities.

How to eat sour plum

Sour plum sauce

1. Sour plums can be used to make jam. When making it, you need to prepare 500 grams of fresh sour plums, 200 grams of rock sugar, half a lemon and an appropriate amount of white vinegar. Wash the prepared fresh sour plums with clean water, drain the moisture on the surface, crush the rock sugar into rock sugar powder, put the processed sour plums and rock sugar powder together and mix well, then add appropriate amount of white vinegar and put them in an electric pressure cooker and heat for 20 minutes.

2. After the sour plums are cooked, take out and mash them, remove the cores, put the puree in a clean casserole, squeeze the lemon juice from half a lemon into the pot, and simmer over low heat. When it becomes a thick sauce, turn off the heat and serve. After it cools down, put it directly in a sealable glass bottle and store it in the refrigerator.

Sour plum soup

Making sour plum soup is a common way to eat sour plums. When needed, you need to prepare 1 kg of water, 3 to 4 sour plums, some appropriate amounts of dried tangerine peel, roselle, licorice and dried hawthorn, and also some rock sugar. Wash all the prepared ingredients with clean water, soak them in clean water for half an hour, put them directly into a clean stainless steel pot, add clean water and the prepared rock sugar and boil them together. After boiling, boil for about half an hour, turn off the heat, cool down, take out and filter to get the sweet and sour refreshing sour plum soup.