Shepherd's Purse Dumplings

Overview

Shepherd's purse is called weed in my hometown. When I was a kid, I often went to dig in the wheat fields with my sister. My grandma would make us shepherd’s purse egg dumplings, steamed buns, minced garlic mixed with shepherd’s purse, stir-fry the dumplings or roll them into vegetable rolls. In short, we never got tired of eating them. March in spring is a good time to pick shepherd’s purse. Wild shepherd's purse can be seen everywhere in fields, roadsides, and courtyards. Although shepherd's purse is a wild vegetable, it is rich in nutrients. Its protein content is 42.4 grams per kilogram, one of the best among leafy vegetables and melons and fruits; its carotene content is comparable to that of carrots; and its vitamin C content is much higher than that of citrus. And it is also rich in various inorganic salts, so shepherd's purse is becoming more and more popular among people. In ancient times, shepherd's purse was called a health-protecting grass. Folk proverbs say: On March 3rd, shepherd's purse is regarded as a panacea. Modern pharmacological experiments have also confirmed that shepherd's purse has a variety of medical functions. It has good blood pressure lowering and hemostatic effects, and has a good preventive effect on measles. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that shepherd's purse has a sweet and mild taste, and has the effects of clearing the liver, regulating the spleen, and regulating blood and diuresis. Shepherd's purse is delicious, but pregnant women should not eat it.

Tags

• staple food
• home cooking
• dumplings
• spring recipes
• cooking wine
• five spice powder
• flour
• ginger powder
• peanut oil
• pork
• shepherd's purse
• salt
• soy sauce
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Slowly add 85g water to 150g flour and knead into a soft dough. Cover with a damp cloth and knead the dough twice while making the filling. Do not add water all at once. You can leave a little water to adjust the softness of the dough.

   

2. 2 Choose clean shepherd's purse and wash and control water.

   

3. 3 Quickly blanch the shepherd's purse in a pot of boiling water. It can be said that it is fished out when it is put into the water. After it is fished out, it is rinsed with cold water. After it is cool, squeeze out the water and set aside. Shepherd's purse is relatively seasonal, you can also squeeze out the water, put it in a fresh-keeping bag and freeze it in the refrigerator.

   

4. 4 Shepherd's purse chopped

   

5. 5 Pour a little oil into the pot and stir-fry the pork cubes. Fatty meat first, then lean meat. Add a little soy sauce and cooking wine to taste in the middle.

   

6. 6 Stir the minced shepherd's purse and pork cubes evenly, add a spoonful of cold oil to the hot pan, and fry 3 peppercorns until fragrant. Pour the hot oil into the vegetable filling and add a little five-spice powder, ginger powder and salt to taste.

   

7. 7 Roll the dough into long strips, cut into small pieces, and roll into thin discs with the middle slightly thicker than the edges.

   

8. 8 Open the package, fold the two pieces in half, pinch them tightly, rub your thumb and index finger together, and squeeze out the lace from left to right.

   

9. 9 I like to make vegetarian dumplings like this.

   

10. 10 Put the dumplings in the pot, then lift the lid and cook. Because the fillings are all cooked, as long as the dumpling skin is cooked, as the old saying goes: cover the pot to cook the heart, open the pot to cook the skin. Mash the garlic with salt and simmer it with hot oil. You can also add chili oil directly, and then add balsamic vinegar to make a dipping sauce.

    

11. 11 The skin is thin and green, and the bite is refreshing and fragrant.