How to eat Dendrobium candidum flowers How to eat Dendrobium candidum flowers

Everyone must be familiar with Dendrobium candidum. They know that it is a traditional Chinese medicine with excellent effects. However, when people usually eat Dendrobium candidum, they usually use its stems, but they don’t know much about the flowers of this plant. Some people only know that its flowers are beautiful and can be appreciated, but they don’t know that it can also be eaten. The flowers of Dendrobium candidum are also a healthy food with extremely high nutritional value. It can nourish the body and beautify the skin, but how should it be eaten?

How to eat Dendrobium candidum flowers

1. Soak in water and drink

Dendrobium officinale flowers can be made into scented tea for people to drink. When using it to make tea, you can use fresh Dendrobium officinale flowers or dry them before brewing. After washing them, put them in a clean glass, pour in boiling water at about 95 degrees and brew for three minutes. You can drink it directly. Adding an appropriate amount of honey when brewing will make it taste better after soaking in water.

2. Cook and eat

The flowers of Dendrobium officinale can also be cooked and eaten. After harvesting the fresh flowers that have just opened, wash them, put them in a pot, add an appropriate amount of rock sugar, some longan meat, red dates and other ingredients, add enough water and boil them together, then cook for about half an hour. After taking them out, they taste especially good when eaten directly.

How to eat Dendrobium candidum flowers

1. Dendrobium flower and lean meat soup

Dendrobium officinale flowers can be used with lean meat to make soup. Before making soup, you should first cut the lean meat into pieces, then blanch it in boiling water for two minutes, and then put it into the soup pot. Wash the fresh Dendrobium flowers, put them in the soup pot with salt, add enough water, put in the green onion and ginger, heat to a boil, reduce the heat and cook for another two hours, and finally add salt to taste.

2. Scrambled eggs with dendrobium flowers

In addition to making soup with lean meat, Dendrobium officinale flowers can also be fried with eggs. When frying, be sure to choose fresh Dendrobium officinale flowers, wash and chop them, then put them in a bowl, then crack 3 to 4 eggs, add a small amount of water and table salt and mix well. After heating oil in a frying pan, add the egg liquid into the pan and stir-fry quickly until it becomes cubes and then serve.