Dried daylily prices: how much per jin? A market overview

Dried daylily, also known as dried golden needle vegetable, has very high nutritional value and is regarded as a "treasure of the banquet table". It is cultivated throughout both northern and southern China. The edible part is its flower bud, which is slender and strip-shaped, yellow, and has a fragrant aroma. It is harvested in spring and autumn each year and has the edible benefits of clearing heat and promoting urination, and detoxifying and reducing swelling. Now let us take a look at how much dried daylilies cost!

How much do dried daylilies cost?

Dried daylilies cost about 20 yuan per kilogram. Dried daylily is not an ingredient that is difficult to harvest, so its price is also quite affordable. Generally speaking, the price of dried daylilies is about 20 yuan per kilogram. After soaking, dried daylilies still yield a lot, and one jin of dried daylilies can be used for several meals.

The nutritional value of dried daylilies

1. Brain-boosting effect: Daylily has a relatively good brain-boosting and anti-aging effect because it is rich in lecithin. This substance is a component of many cells in the body, especially brain cells, and plays an important role in enhancing and improving brain function. At the same time, it can clear deposits in the arteries and has a special therapeutic effect on symptoms such as poor concentration, memory decline, and cerebral artery blockage, so people call it the "brain-boosting vegetable".

2. Beautifying the skin: Eating daylily regularly can also moisturize the skin, enhance the skin's toughness and elasticity, and can make the skin delicate and full, smooth and soft, with fewer wrinkles and faded spots. Moreover, daylily also has antibacterial and immune functions, has mild to moderate anti-inflammatory and detoxifying effects, and plays a certain role in preventing infection.

3. Lowering blood pressure: Daylily can significantly reduce serum cholesterol levels, which is beneficial to the recovery of patients with high blood pressure, and it can be used as a health vegetable for patients with high blood pressure.

4. Cancer-preventing effect: Daylily also contains active ingredients that can inhibit the growth of cancer cells, and its rich crude fiber can promote bowel movement, so it can be used as a food for preventing and treating intestinal tumors.

How to cook dried daylilies

1. Scrambled eggs with daylily

[Ingredients] 3 eggs, an appropriate amount of daylily.

[Method] ① Soak the daylily in clean water, remove the head and tail roots. ② Crack the eggs into a bowl, add salt and stir evenly for later use. ③ Add an appropriate amount of oil to the pan. After the oil is hot, pour in the egg liquid and spread it out, heating over low heat for a few seconds. ④ Then add the daylily and stir-fry a few times, add a little water, then add an appropriate amount of salt, sugar, vinegar, and sesame oil, cover the lid and simmer for 1 minute. ⑤ Before removing from the pan, add a little chopped scallion, then turn off the heat and serve.

2. Daylily and crucian carp soup

[Ingredients] 1 crucian carp, a handful of dried daylily, an appropriate amount of ginger, an appropriate amount of celery, and an appropriate amount of oil, salt, and chicken essence.

[Method] ① Kill the crucian carp from the belly, remove the black membrane inside the crucian carp's belly, and cut several slashes on the fish body so it absorbs flavor easily. ② Slice the ginger, then mince it. Marinate the crucian carp briefly with ginger and salt; put a little ginger inside the fish belly too. ③ Soak the daylily in cold water for 40 minutes, in warm water for 20 minutes, or in hot water for 10 minutes, remove impurities, wash clean, squeeze out the water, and set aside. ④ Heat the pan, add cooking oil, add the crucian carp and fry until both sides turn yellow, pour in an appropriate amount of boiling water, and cook the crucian carp a bit longer. ⑤ Add the soaked daylily, cook over high heat for 5 minutes, and add salt. ⑥ Add chicken essence for seasoning, then add celery, cook for a few minutes, and the delicious daylily and crucian carp soup is ready.

3. Braised meat with daylily

[Ingredients] Daylily, pork belly, black fungus, chopped scallion, liquor, soy sauce, sugar, salt.

[Method] ① Wash the pork belly, cut it into pieces, first blanch it in a pot of boiling water, and strain off the blood and impurities. Put the dried daylily in water to soak and open, and remove the tough old ends. Soak the black fungus in water to open, remove the stems, and tear into small pieces. ② Heat the oil in the pan, first stir-fry the ginger slices and scallion whites until fragrant, then add the blanched pork and stir-fry over high heat until the meat fragrance comes out. Then pour the soaked and washed daylily and black fungus into the pan and stir-fry for a while. ③ Add liquor, soy sauce, sugar, salt, and clear boiling water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer slowly over low heat. ④ When the braised meat is tender and fragrant, and the daylily and black fungus are soft and moist, and the meat broth has reduced and thickened over low heat, sprinkle with chopped scallion and it can be served.