The chef shows how to make the best dish from garlic shoots to help you stay healthy so you can go out early and late to celebrate the Great Festival, keeping you warm all July of the lunar calendar.

GĐXH - The 7th lunar month this year coincides with the 9th solar month, many places celebrate Independence Day. And delicious dishes made from garlic shoots are good for health, helping the body stay warm, healthy, and eliminate cold air when staying outdoors for a long time, or going out late and coming home early on this occasion.

What is garlic flower?

The heavy rain in early July made Ms. Thuy Mai (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi ) - a person who is sensitive to the weather - feel lethargic and depressed. Remembering her mother's advice, she called an agricultural agent to buy a bunch of garlic shoots to eat to relieve the cold - even though she knew that in early autumn there were only frozen garlic shoots, while garlic grown in the summer still had shoots, was harder to eat and had less essential oil.

Back home, she prepared the garlic shoots and quickly stir-fried them with a pinch of sesame oil and a little pink salt. Immediately, the aroma spread throughout the kitchen and the house became warm, her spirit was relieved. Just a few garlic shoots like a simple vegetable dish drove away the coldness and fatigue in her body, bringing back the warmth of spirit and the nourishment of heaven and earth.

The next afternoon, Ms. Thuy Mai stir-fried the remaining garlic shoots. So, after 2 meals of garlic shoots, she felt the fresh air again, the fatigue, sadness, coldness disappeared... So there, a simple dish that warms the body, purifies the living space, and increases the warm yang energy, enough to soothe people's hearts in the 7th lunar month.

Garlic shoots - a delicious and easy-to-make dish. Photo from the internet

Garlic shoots - easy to make, delicious dish

Garlic shoots are the lush green stalks that grow from the garlic bulb before it flowers. Garlic shoots are made into many simple, easy-to-eat, crispy, fragrant, and eye-catching dishes.

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Garlic stems are rich in vitamins C, B6, K, antioxidants, and minerals such as manganese and selenium, containing allicin, which helps fight bacteria, reduce inflammation, support the cardiovascular system, and strengthen the immune system. Garlic stems have a milder flavor than fresh garlic, are easier to eat, and are suitable for people who do not like spicy food but want to nourish their yang energy on cold days.

Below, chef Thanh Huong (Hanoi) guides you through simple and delicious ways to prepare garlic shoots.

Prepare garlic shoots

– Wash the garlic stalks, remove the old roots and flower stalks which may be a bit hard. Long stalks are usually soft and retain their crispness well.

Stir-fried eggs with garlic shoots

Fry onions until fragrant, add beaten eggs, add garlic stalks cut into 3-4 cm pieces. Stir-fry quickly, keeping the crispness and fresh green color.

Sprinkle some pepper before removing from heat for a delicious aroma.

Stir-fried garlic shoots with eggs is not spicy and easy to digest. A rustic dish but rich in vitamins and nutrients.

Garlic shoots can be stir-fried with beef or pork belly, which is fragrant and suits many people's taste.

Garlic shoots can be used to make many delicious dishes, but if you don't know if this dish is right for you, you need to try it a little bit, because some people shouldn't eat it. Photo from the internet

Grilled garlic shoots

Brush garlic stems with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and grill over charcoal, or pan-fry for 5–10 minutes.

When the garlic stalks are slightly burnt, put them on a plate.

This dish has a soft, slightly sweet garlic flavor, and goes well with grilled meat or salad.

Garlic Pesto

This dish is a modern variation, suitable for Western or vegetarian dishes.

Puree garlic stems with almonds, parmesan cheese, olive oil and lemon. Use this fragrant mixture to dip bread or mix with pasta, it's delicious.

Stir-fried garlic shoots with eggs. Photo from the internet

Best dish: Garlic sprouts with eggs and bacon

Ingredient

1 bunch of garlic stems (about 10–12 stalks)

2 eggs

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3 slices bacon.

A little cooking oil, salt, pepper, soy sauce (optional)

Making

Wash the stem, cut into 5 cm pieces.

Beat eggs lightly with a little salt and pepper.

Frying bacon will release a bit of fat with a very characteristic aroma, slightly crispy, helping to enhance the flavor of the garlic. If you don't have bacon, replace it with thinly sliced ​​fresh pork belly, lightly seasoned with salt and pepper and sliced ​​Chinese sausage (if you want more sweetness).

Add garlic shoots and stir quickly, then add eggs and mix well until cooked, eggs are soft and shoots are still crispy.

Add a little more soy sauce (if you like), turn off the heat, sprinkle with ground pepper.

This dish has a fatty, aromatic, slightly spicy taste, and a bright green color. Many people consider it a specialty vegetable dish during the changing seasons. Garlic shoots grow in abundance and are most delicious, rich in nutrients, and most nutritious in late spring - early summer (February - April) in the North. In autumn, garlic shoots are available in some areas where garlic is sown early, or planted in the summer, but are less abundant and harder. In winter, garlic bulbs are harvested - at this time the shoots are old, not delicious, but still contain essential oils and nutrients.

Garlic shoots are easy to process into delicious dishes, increasing yang energy. Photo from the internet

Who should not eat garlic shoots?

This year's seventh lunar month coincides with Independence Day, when many people go out, attend rehearsals, and parades in the sometimes rainy, sometimes sunny weather. Therefore, in addition to bringing roasted garlic and roasted ginger to prevent colds, you should eat dishes with spicy, warm, and strong garlic stems to increase the body's yang energy.

However, people with stomach pain, duodenal ulcers, low blood pressure, people taking anticoagulants, people with a hot body, prone to acne, diarrhea, pregnant women in the first 3 months, children under 1 year old... should not eat raw, uncooked garlic shoots. If you want to eat garlic shoots and dishes with garlic, you need to stir-fry, roast, or add to warm porridge, warm soup, eat after the main meal, do not eat when hungry and listen to your body while eating, if there is no problem, eat well.

Children in particular should not use garlic orally. Garlic oil can only be applied to the skin if needed to keep warm or reduce cough (be sure to test first to avoid allergies).

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