[Henan] Liver-nourishing wormwood noodles

Overview

Artemisia arborescens is also called white wormwood, so named because of the white hairs growing on the backs of its leaves. Yinchen is the name of traditional Chinese medicine. Freshly dug artemisia seedlings taste bitter, slightly pungent, and slightly cold in nature; they return to the liver, gallbladder, and spleen meridians; they have a refreshing fragrance and promote diarrhea; they have the effects of clearing away heat and promoting dampness, promoting gallbladder, and reducing jaundice. Liver-nourishing wormwood is a rare ingredient in spring. However, due to its slightly cold nature, those with weak constitution should eat less. Due to differences in temperature in various places, the harvesting time of artemisia varies in different places. We have a saying here: In the first month, the wormwood grows in the second month, and in the third month, it becomes firewood. This means that only the white artemisia seedlings collected in the first month can be called wormwood and have medicinal effects. After the first month, it becomes mugwort and cannot be used as medicine. Don't wait until it's out of season. Take advantage of the season to dig some and eat them. It will also nourish your liver in spring. The cellulose content of wormwood is high, and the taste is not particularly good, so today's noodles are mainly made with wormwood juice, which takes advantage of the medicinal and food effects of wormwood and tastes delicious. The lamb liver wormwood noodles have a light taste, which is also very suitable for eating at this time after the Chinese New Year.

Tags

• staple food
• pasta
• noodles
• home cooking
• edible oil
• flour
• green vegetables
• onions
• yinchen
• pepper
• salt
• tomatoes

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 The wormwood we collected is very small now because the weather has not warmed up yet, but it will be much bigger in about 10 days.

   

2. 2 Put a little salt in boiling water, blanch the wormwood, boil for about 1 minute and take it out

   

3. 3 Blanched wormwood sprouts

   

4. 4 Add about 150 grams of water and blend into a paste with a food processor.

   

5. 5 Pour the flour and yinchen paste into the noodle machine,

   

6. 6 Pressed into thin noodles, the pressed noodles are light green

   

7. 7 Add oil to the pan and sauté the minced ginger and onion until fragrant, add the tomatoes, add salt and pepper and stir-fry for about a minute

   

8. 8 Add boiling water, then add noodles. When noodles are cooked, add vegetables and serve.