Can wild cucumbers be eaten? How to eat wild cucumbers

Wild cucumber is a traditional Chinese medicinal material that many people have heard of, but many people don’t know much about it. They don’t know whether wild cucumber can be eaten, let alone how to eat it. In fact, wild cucumber can not only be used as medicine, its fruit can also be eaten by humans, and there are many ways to eat it. The editor will give you a detailed introduction below.

Can wild cucumbers be eaten?

Wild cucumber can be eaten. Its whole plant can be used as medicine. After being used as medicine, it can be boiled and taken. It can strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness, clear away heat and improve eyesight. It can treat indigestion and reduce the occurrence of adverse symptoms such as wind-fire red eyes. The fruit of wild cucumber can be eaten as a vegetable. It is similar to cucumber, but smaller in size. It can be fried or served cold.

How to eat wild cucumbers

Spicy and Sour Wild Cucumber

1. Wild cucumbers can be made into hot and sour pickles for people to eat. Usually, you can wash the collected wild cucumbers with clean water, add salt and marinate for two to three days, remove the water from the marinade, put them in the sun for a day, add salt, sugar and light soy sauce, and add appropriate amount of small red peppers, seal and marinate for three to five days, and the hot and sour cucumbers will be pickled. After taking them out, they are especially delicious with rice.

2. Wild cucumber salad

Wild cucumbers can also be eaten cold. When making it, choose fresh, crisp and tender cucumbers, wash them, remove moisture, cut into strips, peel the garlic and make garlic paste, put it in the wild cucumbers, then add vinegar, light soy sauce, sesame oil and chicken essence, mix well and serve on a plate. This is a light and refreshing cold wild cucumber.

3. Scrambled eggs with wild cucumber

Scrambled eggs with wild cucumber is also a common way to eat it. When you want to eat it, you can cut the wild cucumber into slices, crack the eggs into a bowl, add salt and mix well, then heat oil in a pan and fry the eggs. After frying into cubes, take them out and put them aside, put oil in the pan again, heat it, add chopped green onions and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the wild cucumber into the pan and fry until cooked, add salt to taste, and finally put the eggs in and fry evenly.