Can the egg steamer steam sweet potatoes? Let’s find out together.
The egg steamer can be used to steam sweet potatoes. Multi-functional egg steamers are generally two-layered and have a larger space. The egg steamer can be used to steam egg custard, dumplings, prawns, and steamed buns in about 25 minutes. After removing the middle partition, the space is larger. You can also steam corn, sweet potatoes, yams, edamame, peanuts, and wild vegetables, which takes about 30 minutes.
Expansion: How to steam sweet potatoes with an egg steamer
1. Wash the sweet potatoes, remove the heads and tails, and cut the rest into small pieces evenly.
2. Place the cut sweet potato segments in the egg steamer. If one layer cannot fit, you can also stack it on top. Then add water according to the instructions of the egg steamer. The water consumption is about 20 to 30% more than the same volume of eggs.
3. Cook for 20 to 30 minutes, wait for the egg steamer to burn out the water and automatically trip. Put it on a plate and eat! If you want to eat it hot, eat it hot, or simply let it cool and have it as a snack. It's also good to eat a short portion.
4. During the cooking process of sweet potatoes, a small amount of sugar liquid will flow out and drip onto the heated area under the egg steamer. As a result, after cooking, you will find black things underneath. This is normal, but it should be cleaned as soon as possible. Lose.
Expand: The functions and functions of sweet potatoes
1. Nutrient and Qi replenishing
Sweet potato tubers contain a large amount of sugar, protein, fat and various vitamins and minerals , can be effectively absorbed by the human body, prevent and treat malnutrition, and can replenish the middle and replenish qi, which is beneficial to the deficiency of the spleen and stomach in the middle burner and malnutrition in children.
2. Strengthen muscles and bones
The minerals contained in it play a very important role in maintaining and regulating human body functions, among which calcium and magnesium can prevent osteoporosis.
3. Lubricate and reduce inflammation
Sweet potatoes contain a large amount of mucus substances (collagen and mucus polysaccharides, which are a mixture of polysaccharide proteins, a mucin with special functions ), can protect the mucosal tissue of the human respiratory tract, digestive tract and bone joints, and play a role in lubrication and anti-inflammatory; it can also maintain the elasticity of the human cardiovascular wall and prevent the occurrence of atherosclerosis; it can reduce subcutaneous fat and prevent liver disease. , atrophy of the connective tissue in the kidney, improve the body's immunity, and prevent the occurrence of collagen disease.
4. Loose intestines and relieve constipation
After cooking, part of the starch in sweet potatoes changes. Compared with raw food, it can increase dietary fiber by about 40%, which can effectively stimulate intestinal peristalsis. Promote fecal excretion and prevent constipation; when cutting sweet potatoes, the white liquid exuded from the skin has a slowing effect and can treat habitual constipation.
5. Beautify the skin and purify the blood
The chlorogenic acid in sweet potatoes can inhibit the formation of melanin and prevent the appearance of freckles and age spots. The linoleic acid and fiber in sweet potatoes help reduce and eliminate cholesterol in the blood.
6. Prevent and treat cancer
Sweet potatoes contain epiandrosterone-DHEA, which can prevent and treat colon cancer and breast cancer. Sweet potatoes can eliminate reactive oxygen species (one of the causes of cancer), and their effect on inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells is very obvious.
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