KOMPAS.com – Often feel the water spinach stored in the refrigerator quickly withered, even to rot? Actually there are a number of ways to keep the spinach fresh when stored.
Quoted from Delicious dishFriday (1/24/2025), here’s how to store water spinach so as not to wither that you can practice at home.
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1. Use kitchen tissue
Water spinach illustration. Benefits of water spinach and side effects if eaten every day.Do not immediately store water spinach into the refrigerator with an ordinary plastic bag.
After buying water spinach, wrap it first with a kitchen tissue. This tissue serves to absorb moisture that can make water spinach or wet.
After being wrapped in a tissue, put it in a plastic bag or a closed container before putting it in the refrigerator.
This method helps maintain the right level of humidity so that the water spinach remains fresh.
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2. Store spinach stems in the water
Illustration of water spinach is planted with a hydroponic method.
Another way you can try is to soak the water spinach in water. The original habitat of water spinach that grows in water makes this method effective to maintain its freshness.
The trick, prepare a bottle or container filled with water to half full, then put the spinach stem into it. Make sure the leaves are not submerged.
In this way, water spinach can stay fresh for several days.
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3. Don’t wash kale
Illustration of stir -fried shrimp paste water spinach for practical side dishes.Washing water spinach before storing can actually speed up the decay process.
The rest of the water attached to the leaves will trigger excess humidity, which makes water spinach wither quickly.
Therefore, make sure to wash it only when it will be cooked.
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