Nutritional value and eating methods of hair vegetable

Nostoc is a type of algae, but it is very nutritious. Let’s learn more about it.

Nostoc

It is an algae of the algae family Nostoccom Tnune var. fkagekkiforme (Berk. ex Curtks) Born. ex Fkah.. It is found under desert plants. Because of its messy hair shape and black color, it is named "facai" and is also called "earth hair". It is a very precious food. Because of the homophony of "facai" and "get rich", compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao, and the United States and overseas Chinese like it very much, and they are willing to spend a lot of money to buy it as gifts for relatives and friends or to make delicacies.

Every 100 grams of dried hair algae contains 20.3 grams of protein, 56 grams of carbohydrates, 2560 milligrams of calcium, and 20 milligrams of iron, all of which are higher than pork, beef, mutton, and eggs. Its outstanding feature is that it contains very little fat.

Fat moss is sweet and cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and stagnation, softening and resolving phlegm, regulating the intestines and removing dirt. Fat moss also has multiple functions such as lowering blood pressure and regulating nerves. It is an ideal food for patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease, and hyperlipidemia.

Mushroom and Hair Algae

1. Raw materials:

1. Main ingredients: 10 soaked shiitake mushrooms, 100 grams of soaked black moss, and 50 grams of green vegetable heart.

2. Seasoning: refined salt; rock sugar, cooking wine, MSG, pepper, ginger slices, dry starch, sesame oil, peanut oil, and clear soup.

2. Preparation method:

1. Squeeze the soaked mushrooms dry, put them in a soup bowl, add peanut oil, ginger slices, cooking wine, rock sugar, salt, and clear soup, cover the bowl, steam in a steamer for 10 minutes, and remove. Wash and cut the green vegetable hearts into sections, sprinkle them on the mushrooms, and keep the original soup for steaming the mushrooms.

2. Soak the hair moss in warm water for 1-2 hours. When it is fully soaked, remove it, add a few drops of cooking oil, and gently rub it with your hands to soften it. Rinse it with clean water and divide it into several portions. Then roll each portion into a round ball the size of a lychee, put it in a soup bowl, add clear soup and refined salt, and steam it in a steamer for 5 minutes. Place the mushrooms in the center of the large soup bowl and place the hair moss balls around it.

3. Place the wok on the fire, pour in the original soup of steamed mushrooms and steamed seaweed balls, then add clear soup and salt. When the soup boils, skim off the foam, sprinkle in MSG and pepper, slowly pour the soup into the soup bowl containing mushrooms and steamed seaweed balls, and then drizzle with sesame oil.

Note: Shiitake mushrooms contain high levels of protein, carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins, and have the effects of invigorating qi and stimulating appetite. They are used to treat various deficiency syndromes, poor appetite, hypertension, coronary heart disease, gastric and duodenal ulcers, and other diseases. Shiitake mushrooms can improve the body's immune function, fight cancer, and prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases. Hair moss contains very rich protein, calcium, and iron, which are higher than pork, beef, mutton, and eggs. It has the effects of regulating the intestines, removing scale, detoxifying, nourishing, and facilitating urination. Shiitake mushrooms and hair moss can provide the human body with rich nutrients, and have certain therapeutic effects on hypertension, coronary heart disease, anemia, chronic tracheitis, cancerous tumors, and goiters.

Shredded Radish with Hair Vegetables

1. Raw materials:

1. Main ingredients: 500 grams of carrots, 50 grams of soaked seaweed, and 250 grams of shredded chili peppers.

2. Seasoning: salt, vinegar, soy sauce, pepper powder, pepper, sesame oil, and chopped turnip.

2. Preparation method:

1. Wash and cut the carrots into thin strips, add salt and marinate for 10 minutes, then squeeze out the water. Marinate the chili strips with a little salt and set aside.

2. Remove impurities from the soaked hair algae, wash and drain, and set aside. Put the shredded carrots and chili peppers in a plate, put the hair algae on top, add the above seasonings, sprinkle with chopped coriander and mix well.

Note: Radish has the effects of strengthening the spleen and promoting digestion, clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm, and relieving qi and relieving fullness. The Compendium of Materia Medica states that it "can help to swallow acid, resolve stagnation, detoxify, and disperse blood stasis". Chili peppers warm the middle and dispel cold, and stimulate the appetite and help digestion. Radishes and chili peppers are rich in vitamin C. In addition to preventing scurvy, they have recently been found to have a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and cerebral hemorrhage, and have a certain effect on the prevention of cancer. This dish, which is made up of hair moss, radish, and chili peppers, has the effects of strengthening the spleen and stimulating appetite, softening hard masses and resolving phlegm, and can be used as an auxiliary food therapy dish for patients with abdominal distension, cough and phlegm, coronary heart disease, arteriosclerosis, cancer, etc.

Fat moss Sichuan moon cicada

1. Raw materials:

1. Main ingredients: 150 grams of fresh shrimp meat, 30 grams of soaked hair algae, 6 duck eggs, 75 grams of pork fat, and 10 grams of ham.

2. Seasoning: MSG, salt, chicken broth.

2. Preparation method:

1. Chop the shrimp meat and pork fat into a paste, add MSG and salt, mix well, and shape into 24 shrimp dumplings for serving.

2. Squeeze the rinsed and dried hair algae, blanch it in boiling water, remove it, squeeze it out, and place it in a bowl. Cut the ham into shreds.

3. Take out the egg whites and beat them in a bowl. Heat the pot over medium heat, rub the iron spoon with pork fat, then scoop 1 spoon of egg white, put it into the iron spoon and spread it into a round and thin egg skin, wrap the stuffing, fold the egg white skin into the shape of a "cicada", insert two ham shreds into the cicada head, and place it in the bowl with the hair moss. After all the egg whites and stuffings are prepared in the same way, arrange the "cicada" into a flower shape. Pour the chicken soup into the pot, add refined salt and MSG, boil it, and slowly pour it on the "cicada".

Note: Every 100g of shrimp meat contains 20g of protein, 0.7g of fat, 35mg of calcium, 150mg of phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, B1, B2 and other ingredients, which have the effects of nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, nourishing yin and strengthening the stomach. Duck eggs contain 13% protein, 14.7% fat, and 1380 international units of vitamin A per 100g. It has the effects of nourishing yin and clearing the lungs. This dish, combined with hair moss, can provide the human body with rich nutrients, and has the effects of nourishing yin and clearing the lungs, strengthening the stomach and tonifying the kidneys. It can be used as a therapeutic dish for patients with hypertension, tinnitus and dizziness, chronic tracheitis, weak sperm and meridians, yang spasm and low back pain.

Fat Vegetable Rolls

1. Raw materials:

1. Main ingredients: 100 grams of soaked hair algae, 200 grams of chicken breast, 2 egg whites, and 20 grams of fat meat.

2. Seasoning: cooking wine, salt, MSG, chopped green onion, and minced ginger.

2. Preparation method:

1. Remove the fascia from the chicken breast, clean the fat, chop them into fine paste, put them into a bowl, add seasoning and mix well for later use.

2. Spread a piece of clean gauze on the chopping board, add the water-fried vegetable and spread it evenly, then spread the chicken paste evenly, roll it up from one end, roll it into a roll with a diameter of 2 cm, roll it 2 times in total and place it on a plate. Steam it in a steamer for 1 minute, take it out and let it cool after it is cooked, then slice it and serve it on a plate.

Note: Chicken can replenish deficiency, benefit the five internal organs and strengthen the muscles and bones. Egg white moistens the lungs and relieves throat, clears away heat and detoxifies. This dish made with hair moss can provide the human body with rich nutrients, clear away heat and stagnation, detoxify and nourish. It can be used as a supplementary diet for patients with anemia, weakness, frequent urination, chronic bronchitis, etc. Healthy people often eat it to replenish marrow and essence and strengthen the body.

Vegetable Balls

1. Raw materials:

1. Main ingredients: 50 grams of hair algae, 250 grams of spare ribs, 200 grams of shrimp, 200 grams of pork, and 100 grams of water chestnuts.

2. Seasoning: refined salt, MSG, scallion segments, ginger slices, wet starch, chicken oil, and chicken broth.

2. Preparation method:

1. Rinse the hair algae, pick it up and squeeze out the water. Chop the ribs into pieces, blanch them in boiling water, pick them out and wash them. Remove the impurities from the shrimps, wash the pork, peel and wash the water chestnuts. Chop all three into minced meat, make balls and put them in a soup bowl.

2. Put the moss in a soup bowl, cover the pork ribs on top of the moss, add scallions and ginger, steam for half an hour, remove the moss and squeeze dry. Stick the moss on the shrimp balls and steam them in a bowl.

3. Pour chicken soup into the pot, add salt and MSG and bring to a boil, thicken with wet starch, pour in chicken oil, add steamed shrimps, mix well and serve.

Note: Every 100 grams of hair algae contains 20.3 grams of protein, 56.4 grams of carbohydrates, 2560 milligrams of calcium, 200 milligrams of iron, etc. "Jin'e Shanfang Yaolu" says "hair algae beautifies the face, benefits women, brightens the mind, resolves phlegm and reduces weight, and calms the liver and extinguishes wind." Spare ribs, shrimps, and pork are rich in protein and fat, and calcium and phosphorus are nutrients needed by the brain. Water chestnuts clear heat, resolve phlegm, and eliminate accumulation. "Beiyan Food Rules" records that "water chestnut powder: clears the heart and opens the eyes." This dish composed of several ingredients is rich in nutrients. Protein and magnesium are the main components of the brain and nerve cells, and calcium has a calming effect on the nerves. Iron deficiency can make children mentally retarded, unable to concentrate, and affect learning. Hair algae balls have a good effect on improving intelligence and strengthening the brain. It also has a good tonic effect.

Vegetarian meatballs with hair algae

1. Raw materials:

1. Main ingredients: 50 grams of soaked hair algae, 250 grams of soft tofu, 15 grams each of chopped shiitake mushrooms, chopped mushrooms, chopped roasted bran, and chopped bamboo shoots.

2. Seasoning: cooking wine, sugar, salt, minced ginger, MSG, starch, vegetarian soup, sesame oil, and vegetable oil.

2. Preparation method:

1. Remove the skin of tofu, put shiitake mushrooms, mushrooms, roasted gluten, and bamboo shoots into a large bowl, add ginger, cooking wine, salt, MSG, and dry starch, and stir into tofu paste. Wash the hair algae.

2. When the oil in the pan is 60% hot, use your hands to shape the tofu paste into walnut-sized balls. When they are deep-fried until golden brown, use a colander to scoop out the balls and drain the oil.

3. Leave a little oil in the pot, put in the hair moss and meatballs, add vegetarian soup and fine salt, thicken the soup, add MSG and mix well, then take out the meatballs and put them on a plate, surround them with the hair moss, thicken the soup in the pot with wet starch, drizzle with sesame oil, and pour it on the meatballs.

Note: Nostoc contains rich nutrients such as protein, calcium, and iron, and is fat-free. It is known as the "lean food" of mountain delicacies. It has the effects of clearing away heat and stagnation, softening and reducing phlegm. Tofu can invigorate the qi and harmonize the middle, promote the production of body fluids and moisten dryness, and clear away heat and detoxify. Shiitake mushrooms, mushrooms, roasted bran, and bamboo shoots are rich in nutrients and have the effects of benefiting the stomach and intestines, reducing phlegm, and regulating qi. This dish, which is composed of several ingredients, can provide the human body with rich nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, calcium, and iron. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, softening and reducing phlegm, and benefiting the stomach and intestines. It has certain effects on hypertension, arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, anemia, chronic tracheitis, and cough and gas reversal. Healthy people who often eat this dish can beautify their faces and open their minds.

Braised Oysters with Fat Lam

1. Raw materials:

1. Main ingredients: 250 grams of large dried oysters, 10 grams of dried hair algae, 300 grams of pork belly, and 25 grams of soaked shiitake mushrooms.

2. Seasoning: oyster sauce, soy sauce, MSG, salt, sugar, cooking wine, wet starch, minced garlic, ginger, onion, tangerine peel, pepper, chicken fat, and lard.

2. Preparation method:

1. Soak the hair moss and wash it. Wash the oyster drum with warm water first, then soak it in boiling water for about 2 hours and take it out (the water used to soak the oyster drum is filtered with clean gauze and set aside). Then wash the sand contained in the oyster drum with warm water, then put the clean water filtered by gauze into the pot, add the oyster drum, pork belly, and hair moss, boil for half an hour, then take it out and keep it for later use. Then peel the pork belly and cut it into 12 to 14 pieces.

2. Heat the pan, add lard, minced garlic, ginger, and onion, stir-fry thoroughly, then add cooking wine, tangerine peel, original soup, snake drum, pork belly, hair algae, snake oil, soy sauce, sugar, mushrooms, MSG, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for half an hour, remove from the pan. Slightly cut the hair algae and put it in the center of the bottom of the bowl. Then put the dried oysters and pork belly into the bowl separately. Finally, pour the original soup into the bowl, steam it in a steamer for about 1 hour (until it is crispy), take it out, drain the original soup, cover the bowl in a basin, pour the original soup into the pot, thicken it with wet starch, drizzle with chicken oil and mix well, remove the bowl, and pour the sauce on the noodles.

Note: Oysters are dried oyster meat, rich in protein, fat, glycogen, taurine, vitamins A, B, C, D, E, phosphorus, calcium, zinc and other nutrients. Oysters are particularly rich in zinc and have the effect of nourishing and strengthening Yang. Pork has the effect of nourishing Yin and moistening dryness, replenishing the middle and replenishing Qi. Shiitake mushrooms have the effects of nourishing the stomach and replenishing Qi, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood lipids, and anti-cancer. This dish is paired with hair moss, which has the effects of nourishing Yin and strengthening Yang, and replenishing the stomach and replenishing Qi. It can provide rich nutrients for the human body and is suitable for patients with physical weakness, yin deficiency dry cough, sore waist and knees, anemia and other diseases. Healthy people often eat it. Strengthen the body and reduce diseases.

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