Since young, my grandmother told me that the Arrow Head is very special and only available in the wet market around Chinese New Year. Of course it is a common and must-have-dish on the dinning table of my family during Chinese New Year. The taste of arrow head is quite plain and thus, it always cook together with chicken or duck meat. In the pas few years, some even sliced the arrow head and deep fried it, it's taste like potato chips and crispy. I do try to deep fried a few and found that it really required skills as it tend to over-fried very quickly and very often it will crumple together.
Most people knows arrow head can be served as a dish and can be eaten. However, I only knew it recently that arrow head could grow into a very nice and beautiful plant. Some families will grow the Arrow Head plants a few weeks before Chinese New Year.
Some will put it in a container filled with water and some will plant it in soil. Both methods also can grow a nice Arrow Head plants. During the initial stage, roots will grow from the arrow head. After a few days, there will be some shoots or leave is growing. The leave will continue to grow and in no time, you will see a very nice plant. When CNY is approaching, we can decorate the plant with some red color ribbon as red is auspicious color in Chinese society. You can also add in some colorful marbles to the pot to make the plant look attractive.
Some people believe that the taller the plant grow, and the more beautiful it is, it indicates the family will be more prosperous and have lots of good luck in the coming new year. Remember that the plant required water regularly and it is a type of indoor plant. Of course, we need to take care of the plant and need to bring it under the sun in order for the plant to grow stronger and nicer.
There is no harm to try in when you see there are arrow heads available in the market.
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