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Mustard greens salted and then sun-dried, sold in dark brown bundles. It comes sweet or salty; the sweet kind is what goes under a steamed fish or steamed pork. It must be soaked and washed first or it is both salty and gritty.
Nature · neutral Flavour · sweet、salty Meridians · spleen、stomach
The tradition holds that it opens the appetite and cuts richness, which is why it sits under fatty meat.
Soak for at least half an hour, rub and rinse repeatedly until no grit is left, then chop.
Huizhou and Meizhou in Guangdong are the old producing districts. Bagged at Australian Asian grocers; check whether it is the sweet or the salty kind
Common at Asian grocers
Lo Fo Tong is cultural food-heritage reference, not medical advice. If you are pregnant, unwell or on medication, talk to your doctor or registered practitioner before changing what is in the pot.