What is Chinese toon?

What is Chinese toon?

Toona sinensis is a vegetable with edible buds and leaves, belonging to the Meliaceae family. In daily life, toona sinensis is often called toona sinensis bells, fragrant bells, toona sinensis buds, etc. It is a spring vegetable and is generally available in mid-April. Common producing areas include the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, Shandong region, and Northeast China.

What does Chinese toon look like?

Toona sinensis is a deciduous tree that usually grows dark purple buds in the spring. These are the edible parts. The new leaves are purple-red and light brown, with some green occasionally mixed in.

Toona sinensis recipe

1. Stir-fry

When stir-frying Chinese toon, you need to add some minced garlic. You can heat the pan, add cold oil, put in the minced garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. Then pour the cut and washed Chinese toon sprouts in and stir-fry. Add a little salt and it's done.

2. Scrambled eggs

Toona sinensis scrambled eggs is a spring delicacy often eaten in the northern region. You can chop the toona sinensis into pieces and put it into the egg liquid. Then pour a lot of oil into the pan and pour the mixed egg liquid into the pan and fry it.

The efficacy and function of Chinese toon

Toona sinensis is rich in trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus and potassium. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it has a very good effect on benefiting kidney yang and regulating the middle qi. It also has the effects of anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and regulating pain in the waist and knees.