Brilio.net - Water spinach is a vegetable that is often chosen to be processed into everyday food, because of its dense nutritional content. Water spinach contains vitamins A, C, B6, and magnesium. A number of these nutrients can support overall body health, you know.
But there is one thing to note, namely if you want to process water spinach, you must wash it thoroughly. Not without reason, water spinach usually contains quite a lot of dirt or dust. In addition, insects such as caterpillars can nest in the inside of the water spinach stem.
Then to overcome this, some people will wash the water spinach with a special technique. One of them is by soaking the water spinach in salt water. In addition, there are also those who cut it one by one to make sure the inside of the water spinach stem is really clean.
Although effective, this method tends to take a long time. In fact, there are other ways that are more effective and faster in cleaning kale. This trick was once shared by Instagram user @ummubalqishaura. Through one of the videos uploaded, she admitted to only using one kitchen ingredient.
As reported by BrilioFood from Instagram @ummubalqishaura on Monday (11/18), the kitchen ingredient in question is baking soda. So, later the kale will be soaked in water that has been given baking soda. But before that, there are other steps that need to be done.
photo: Instagram/@ummubalqishaura
First, remove the roots of the water spinach. After that, squeeze the water spinach stems until they are slightly wilted. This aims to remove small caterpillars or insects that may be hiding inside the water spinach stems.
photo: Instagram/@ummubalqishaura
Now, if it has been squeezed, cut the kale stems into small pieces. After that, prepare water in a bowl, then add a little baking soda. If so, put the kale pieces into a basin filled with water. Soak the kale for a few minutes to remove all dirt and insects.
photo: Instagram/@ummubalqishaura
Once done, drain the kale and rinse it under running water. Now, the kale that has been soaked in baking soda water is cleaner and fresher. Not only that, the color of the soaked kale will also remain bright green when cooked later.
Having been viewed more than 352 thousand times, this video about the trick of washing kale has immediately attracted attention. Many other Instagram users then gave direct responses through the comments column. Some netizens even gave other suggestions in
" Salt and baking soda...our method is the same, um ," replied Instagram @ibun_fira.
" Thank you, Umma, for the tips ," said Instagram @azzla_home06.
" When I want to cut water spinach, I take the leaves, then only take the top part, because sometimes if I cook a lot of stems, I always leave them behind when I eat them, " commented the Instagram account @dxh_.139.