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The cancer-fighting veggie that everyone throws away but can be cooked to perfection

When preparing this dish, most people tend to discard the leaves without knowing that they are throwing away a valuable source of nutrition, comparable to pricey ginseng.

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24 December, 2023

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Celery is one of the most nutritious foods and is very good for health. Many studies have shown that mature celery leaves contain a high concentration of carotenoids 88 times higher than the stalk and 13 times more vitamin C. Moreover, the leaves of this vegetable also have an inhibitory effect on cancer with a rate of up to 73%.

In addition, celery leaves also have many health benefits such as lowering blood pressure, soothing the liver… and beneficial for women entering menopause. Furthermore, the fragrance of celery leaves increases appetite, making it suitable for people with poor appetite. For the elderly, this type of leaf stimulates bowel movement, supports bowel movements and prevents blood clots.

From this ingredients, you can prepare many delicious and nutritious dishes such as stir-fried celery with beef, stir-fried squid with celery, fresh shrimp and celery salad… When buying celery for stir-frying, most people throw away the leaves because they believe they are bitter and cooking them with the stalks will not taste good. Let’s learn how to cook dishes from celery leaves, simple but attractive according to the following recipe.

Spicy Celery Leaf Salad

1. Ingredients for Spicy Celery Leaf Salad

– Celery leaves

– Garlic

– Seasonings: Salt, Sesame oil, Soy sauce, Chili oil (or chili paste)

2. Steps to make Spicy Celery Leaf Salad

Step 1: Prepare the ingredients

– After picking off the damaged leaves, yellowed leaves of celery, wash the vegetable and drain.

– Peel the garlic, wash and chop finely.

Step 2: Blanch the celery leaves

– Place a pot on the stove, then add water and a pinch of salt and bring to a boil.

– When the water is boiling, add the washed celery leaves into the pot and blanch them.

– Gently stir with a chopstick until the celery leaves turn dark green.

Step 3: Mix the celery leaves with the spicy sauce

– Put the blanched celery leaves in a large bowl.

– Then, add chopped garlic, chili oil, soy sauce, sesame oil and mix well with chopsticks so that the ingredients absorb the seasonings.

– Arrange the spicy celery leaf salad on a plate and enjoy it slowly.

After being processed, the finished spicy celery leaf dish will have a very eye-catching color. When eating, you will feel the fresh taste of celery combined with the spicy taste of garlic and the rich taste of sesame oil. The spicy celery leaf dish can be used as an appetizer or eaten with hot rice, noodles.

3. Notes when making spicy celery leaf dish

– Choosing celery stalks with short, plump and sturdy stems is recommended. Fresh celery stalks also have straight and cool-looking leaves.

– After cooking, you should enjoy the dish right away because if you leave it for too long, the celery leaves will become soft and lose their original delicious taste.