Homemade toon sauce
Overview
Toon, also known as toon head and toon bud, is the bud of the toon tree. The tree vegetables that are available in early spring are called tree vegetables. In early spring, the toon tree spits out tender red buds and leaves - toon buds, which are known as seasonal famous wild vegetables, commonly known as toon heads. As the folk saying goes: before the rain, the toon buds are as tender as silk, and after the rain, the toon buds are woody. This means that toon is best picked before the Grain Rain solar term. Folk proverb: Eat toon buds on March 8th. Every year on March 3rd of the lunar calendar, it is the perfect season for toona buds to be on the market. Its bright red leaves and shiny stems are tempting to the appetite and make people salivate. Toona sinensis has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, strengthening the stomach and regulating qi, moisturizing and improving eyesight, killing insects, astringing blood, stopping dysentery, and stopping collapse; it is mainly used to treat sores, hair loss, red eyes, cough due to lung heat; it can also be used to treat chronic diarrhea and dysentery, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, sores, tinea, scabies and other diseases.
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Steps
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Wash fresh Chinese toon and set aside.
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Boil water in a pot and blanch the toon.
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Chop the Chinese toon, put it into a food processor, add 300g of cold boiled water, turn on the instantaneous setting for 10 seconds, add salt, and repeat three to four times.
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Beat into a fine sauce.
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Put into clean glass bottles.
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Boil the peanut oil, let it cool and then pour it into a glass bottle. The top layer of toon sauce is for seasoning and preservation.
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Cover, place in the refrigerator, and eat as you go. It can be used for mixing vegetables, noodles, dipping steamed buns, etc.