Can Gardenia be eaten?

Can I eat it?

Gardenia is edible, so do you know how to cook gardenia? Let’s learn it!

How to make cold gardenia

Ingredients: 20 gardenias, 50 grams of broccoli, 2 eggs, salt, sugar, chicken powder, pepper, onions, garlic

Method: 1. Take the gardenia petals and wash them with clean water; 2. Put the gardenia petals in boiling water and blanch them; 3. Spread the eggs into an omelet and cut into shreds; 4. Cut the broccoli into thick shreds, wash them, and blanch them in boiling water; 5. Wash and chop the green onions and garlic, use a large bowl, put the broccoli, gardenias, green onions and garlic, and pour 2 spoons of hot oil on them; 6. Add the egg shreds, add some salt, sugar, chicken essence, pepper, stir well, and serve.

Gardenia Egg Drop Soup Recipe

Ingredients: Main ingredients: 6 gardenias, 1 egg. Ingredients: some oil, some salt, some green onion, some ginger

Method: 1. Crack the eggs into a bowl and stir evenly. Remove impurities from the gardenia flowers, soak them in light salt water for 20 minutes, and rinse them. 2. Take a small pot, add appropriate amount of water, add ginger slices and bring to a boil. 3. Pour in egg liquid and bring to a boil. 4. Put the gardenia flowers in and bring to boil. 5. Add some salt, chopped green onions and drizzle some olive oil. A pot of delicious gardenia egg drop soup is ready!

Of course, gardenia can not only be eaten cold or cooked into soup, but also stir-fried, and there are many ways to cook it.

Can I drink water?

Gardenia can be used to make tea.

The specific method is: pick the gardenia buds or newly opened flowers, remove the calyx and pedicel, spread the corolla downward into a thin layer, and dry it over low heat or in an oven. After drying, gardenia tea can be brewed and drunk directly.

Is it poisonous?

In fact, gardenia is not only non-toxic, but eating it or drinking it as tea has many benefits to the body. Drinking it directly in water can have the effect of clearing heat and calming the nerves.

Can pregnant women eat gardenia?

Although the fragrance of gardenia is strong, it is not irritating. If you do not have pollen allergies, it will not harm the human body. There is no problem for pregnant women to smell it. However, gardenia flowers are very popular with insects, so it is best not to get close to smell the fragrance to prevent those nasty little insects from affecting pregnant women. Insects in the summer carry many germs, so it is better to be careful and avoid them.