Ong choy stir fry is a crispy and delicious stir-fried dish that is easy to make. It is common in Chinese families and banquets.
What is ong choy?
Ong Choy is also called water spinach, river spinach, water morning glory, water convolvulus, or the other names Chinese spinach, Chinese Watercress, Chinese convolvulus, swamp cabbage or kangkong in Southeast Asia. It is commonly cultivated as a vegetable in the rural areas of southern China.
Benefit of ong choy
1. The content of crude fiber in ong choy is rich, and it can promote bowel movement and detoxification.
2. Water spinach is an alkaline food. After eating, it can reduce the acidity of the intestine, prevent the imbalance of the bacterial population in the intestine, and is beneficial to prevent cancer.
3. The chlorophyll in ong choy can clean teeth, prevent caries and eliminate bad breath, and build skin. It is a beauty product.
4.Ong choy juice has an inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus and can prevent infection.
Therefore, if eaten ong choy regularly in summer, you can prevent heatstroke, relieve heat, detoxify colds, and prevent dysentery.
How to grow ong choy
1. Soak the seeds in warm water at 30 ° C for 12-18 hours. (Low-temperature soak time is extended, high-temperature soak time is shortened.)
2. Cover the seeds with wet gauze and germinate at 28-30 ° C. Wait until half of the seeds show white buds before sowing.
3. Spread the seeds evenly on the finely divided culture soil, and then cover the culture soil with a depth of about 0.5-1 cm.
4. Harvest when ong choy grow to about 25-30 cm in height.
Note for grow ong choy
1. The planting container should be about 20 cm deep.
2. The water spinach has a strong heat resistance and is not resistant to frost. The suitable growth temperature is 25-30 ° C, it can withstand high temperatures of 35-40 ° C, and the growth stagnation is below 10 ° C.
3. The whole season of amaranth needs sufficient light.
4. The confined cabbage is not strict on the soil, so it can be loose and fertile.
5. If the convolvulus is cultivated in summer, due to the high temperature, the plant grows fast, and the demand for fertilizer and water is large, so more watering and more fertilizer can be applied.
How to prepare ong choy
1. Prepare a vegetable basket, wash it and set aside.
2. Pick up the ong choy and remove the dead leaves. Squeeze the stem by hand and tear it apart. Then put it in the vegetable basket.
3. Soak them in water for about two minutes, then rub it by hand and drain it.
Ong choy stir fry recipe
You’ll need:
300g Ong Choy
3 cloves garlic
Corn oil
Salt
Chicken essence
sugar
How to cook ong choy
1. Remove the roots of ong choy and clean it well. Chop the garlic.
2. Heat a wok with oil, and stir-fry garlic until fragrant. Add the ong choy and stir-fry well under high heat for a while.
3. Turn off the heat, season with sugar, salt and chicken essence. Transfer it on a plate and serve.
Ong Choy Stir Fry
Ingredients
- 300g Ong Choy
- 3 cloves garlic
- Corn oil
- Salt
- Chicken essence
- sugar
Instructions
- Remove the roots of ong choy and clean it well. Chop the garlic.
- Heat a wok with oil, and stir-fry garlic until fragrant. Add the ong choy and stir-fry well under high heat for a while.
- Turn off the heat, season with sugar, salt and chicken essence. Transfer it on a plate and serve.
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