How to eat Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers? How to eat Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers

The plant Elaeagnus angustifolia is very common in Xinjiang, China. Its fruit is the favorite fruit of local residents. In addition to the fruit that can be eaten by humans, its flower buds are also a food ingredient with extremely high nutritional value and have obvious health benefits for the human body. However, many people do not know how to eat Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers and do not know how to eat them best for the human body. Today, the editor will introduce this knowledge to everyone, so that everyone can learn more about how to eat Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers.

How to eat Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers

1. There are many different ways to eat saxaul flowers in daily life. The simplest and most common way is to use the dried saxaul flowers directly to make tea. When making tea with them, be sure to pay attention to the temperature of the water. It is best to control the water temperature at around 90 degrees. If the water temperature is too high, the nutrients in the saxaul flowers will be lost, and people will not be able to achieve the desired effect when using them.

2. Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers can also be used to make wine. When people use Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers to make wine, they need to prepare 100 grams of dried Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers and 2 kilograms of pure grain liquor. Put the prepared dried Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers directly in a clean glass bottle, add the prepared pure grain liquor, and then put in an appropriate amount of rock sugar. After shaking well, seal and soak for about 30 days. The medicinal wine inside will be ready. After taking it out, you can take it directly orally or apply it to the skin.

How to eat Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers

1. Cook porridge

Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers can be used to make porridge. When making it, you need to wash the flowers in advance, put an appropriate amount of water in the porridge pot, add the washed Elaeagnus angustifolia flowers, boil them together and cook for about 10 minutes, then put the washed rice or millet and other porridge ingredients directly into the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, and then continue to simmer over low heat. After the porridge in the pot is soft, sticky and thick, add a small amount of white sugar for seasoning, and after mixing well, it can be served.

2. Make soup

Making soup is a common way to eat saxaul flowers. It is especially suitable for making sweet soup. When people make soup with ingredients such as snow pear and white fungus, they can first prepare the ingredients and put them into the pot, then add the washed saxaul flowers, then put in rock sugar and water, bring to a boil and simmer over low heat. The rock sugar and white fungus soup made in this way will have a faint floral fragrance and higher nutritional value, which will make them more effective in nourishing yin and moistening dryness, and resolving phlegm and relieving cough.