This year's cold seems to have come earlier than usual, and since last week, many areas have come to the cold wave, heavy snow, and the baptism of cooling, and the low temperature climate is still continuing. In fact, it's not too early, the time has come, tomorrow is the winter solstice solar term, the number nine mode is on, and the most severe stage of winter is coming.
The winter solstice is a big day in the winter month, which is not only one of the solar terms of "four o'clock and eight standing", but also one of the ancient traditional festivals. In the eyes of the ancients, the winter solstice means that the sun movement opens a new cycle, meaning "new life", is an auspicious day worth celebrating, so on the day of the winter solstice, people have to rest, feast and enjoy, relatives and friends have to go back and forth to congratulate, the excitement is comparable to the New Year.
During the winter solstice, there are many traditional diets, among which the most widespread is "dumplings", which contains multiple meanings. The winter solstice is about reunion, and dumplings are the representative food that symbolizes reunion;On the day of the winter solstice, we should pray for a bumper harvest of grains, eat and drink without worry, and the bulging dumplings are just like the incarnation of ingots, implying the recruitment of wealth;The winter solstice begins to count nine, which is a good time to take supplements, and dumplings are both carbohydrates and nutritious, which can meet our energy and nutrient needs. The climate is cold on the winter solstice, and eating a big bowl of hot dumplings will satisfy your cravings and be warm. So no matter how busy you are, whether you are rich or poor, every household has to make dumplings to eat.
The winter solstice is an auspicious day, and eating dumplings is naturally different from usual, to be delicious, nutritious, and auspicious. Radish and cabbage are the vegetables that people often use to eat dumplings in winter, but these two vegetables have been stored for a long time, the taste and flavor will change, the texture of Chinese cabbage is softer, it is easy to get out of the water when adjusting the filling, and it is easy to be sweet when eating, and the radish itself is even more spicy and bitter, and if it is not handled well, there is a "smell", so these two dishes are not the best time to eat in the winter solstice solar term. So let's share 3 kinds, delicious and delicious, each vegetable is a nutrition champion in different fields, and its own meaning is also very auspicious, you might as well try the winter solstice dumplings. Pray for good fortune and good fortune for your family.
1. Cabbage - vitamin U champion
Cabbage is known as the "master of stomach nourishment", mainly because it is very rich in vitamin U, which helps to protect the gastric mucosa, which is relatively rare in many vegetables, such as today's cold and freezing, eat more cabbage our spleen and stomach are more comfortable. Cabbage stands for "Bao Cai", which means all-encompassing wealth, implying that you can prosper in the new year.
【Pork cabbage shrimp filling】
1. A piece of lean pork with more fat and less fat is taken out of the freezer in advance and completely dissolved, washed off the dirty things with warm water, broken into small pieces, and put in the meat grinder to grind. Then put it in a large bowl, add a little green onion and ginger water and stir well, then pour in light soy sauce and pepper to stir the meat filling to taste. In addition, add some cooked oil and mix well again to make the oil wrap around the meat filling and lock in moisture.
2. If you have shrimp at home, you can take out a few of them, and they can be used to adjust the filling, which can have a good effect on freshness. Peel the shrimp flesh, clean off the dirt and cut into granules.
3. Peel off the cabbage, throw away the two or three layers on the outside that are relatively old, wash the part that has been peeled to the young leaves, and then cut it into small pieces on the board.
4. Put the shrimp and cabbage into the meat filling, stir evenly with chopsticks, add a little salt and stir to taste.
2. Celery - the champion of iron supplementation
Celery is a classic vegetable with filling, with a unique aroma, appetizing and refreshing. It contains a large amount of iron, which helps to nourish qi and blood, warm up the body and ward off cold. Of course, celery itself also symbolizes "diligence, diligence", and eating dumplings on the winter solstice with celery filling, implying that the family is hardworking and capable, and lives a rich life.
【Beef and celery filling】
1. Some fresh beef tenderloin is changed into small pieces and ground in a meat grinder.
2. Put the meat filling into a large stainless steel basin, add ginger, light soy sauce, salt, and a little sugar in turn, and stir with chopsticks until absorbed.
3. In order to avoid the meat from getting firewood, we prepare some thick soup or broth and put it inside, add a small amount and add it many times, and stir the meat until it is gelatinous.
4. Peel and chop a green onion, put it in the meat filling, add a little black pepper at the same time, and then burn some hot oil and pour it on the surface of the green onion. Stir well with chopsticks.
5. Wash the fresh celery and chop it, put it in the meat filling, stir well, mix it with the beef, and you can make dumplings.
3. Spinach - Vitamin A champion
Spinach contains a very diverse variety of nutrients, especially vitamin A, which helps to protect eyesight, enhance physical fitness, etc. The overwintering spinach symbolizes tenacious vitality, and people give it the meaning of being healthy and energetic. Spinach is used to make dumplings on the winter solstice, which means that the family will be in good health in the coming year.
【Spinach egg filling】
1. Pick the spinach, cut off the roots, pick out the damaged leaves, and then rub while washing until each leaf is clean.
2. When the spinach is stuffed, be sure to blanch it first, and the leaves will be pinched out as soon as they become slightly soft.
3. After blanching, there is a lot of water in the spinach, we have to squeeze out most of it, and then chop it.
4. Eggs should be stirred in a bowl first, add more oil to the pot to heat, pour the eggs in, quickly fry into small pieces, then add a handful of chopped green onions, a little light soy sauce and stir-fry until fragrant, then turn off the heat.
5. After the eggs are cooled, put the spinach in, stir the spinach first, then mix well with the eggs, and add salt to taste.
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