【Shanghai】Sweet and sour radish flowers
Overview
Shanghai sweet and sour radish flower Roselle flower has the effects of beautifying, slimming and lowering blood pressure! Roselle contains sour taste, vitamin C, elderberry triglycoside, citric acid and other nutrients, which are beneficial to balancing blood lipids, increasing calcium absorption, promoting digestion, detoxifying and diuretic, can relieve the body's tiredness, and have a soothing effect on people who drink too much. Radish is a common vegetable that can be eaten raw or cooked. Its taste is slightly spicy. Modern research believes that white radish contains mustard oil, amylase and crude fiber, which can promote digestion, enhance appetite, accelerate gastrointestinal peristalsis, relieve cough and reduce phlegm. The theory of traditional Chinese medicine also believes that it tastes pungent and sweet, has a cool nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridian. It is a good food therapy product and can treat or assist in the treatment of many diseases. The Compendium of Materia Medica calls it the most beneficial among vegetables. Today’s recipe uses these two ingredients to make a refreshing delicacy!
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Ingredients
Steps
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Peel the white radish and set aside
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Cut into thin slices and marinate with one-third teaspoon of salt
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Add 500ml water to roselle and cook for two minutes
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Remove the roselle flowers and cool them down for later use
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Put the pickled radish into the cool roselle water, add five teaspoons of sugar and one teaspoon of white vinegar and soak for about two hours
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Put on disposable gloves and take out six radish slices one after another and stack them together
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Roll it up one by one and cut it in the middle with a knife
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It becomes a beautiful flower when it stands up
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Finished product
