You've seen the kind of small pumpkin, longitudinal pattern on the rind, the head is not very large, flat round sex, this is the chestnut pumpkin, this pumpkin was first produced in the northernmost Altay region of Xinjiang, due to the difference between day and night temperatures in the Xinjiang region is particularly large, the light is also very sufficient, so this pumpkin taste is very good, eat up the texture of the chestnuts, so it is called the chestnut pumpkin, so the pumpkin should be how to cook it, how to cook it? How to cook it, how to do is delicious?

Chestnut pumpkin is a small melon type early ripe pumpkin new varieties, the fruit is oblate spherical, longitudinal pattern peel, thick meat, orange-yellow. This variety has a unique flavor, dense flesh, delicate texture, taste like chestnuts, suitable for stir-fry, deep-fried, steamed and other cooking methods.

The Xinjiang chestnut pumpkin is produced in the northernmost region of Xinjiang, Altay, where the average daytime temperature is 38 degrees, the average nighttime temperature is 12 degrees, and the light time is 16 hours. Long hours of light makes the pumpkin photosynthesis is strong, the low temperature at night reduces the respiration of the plant, unique climatic conditions make Xinjiang pumpkin accumulated rich nutrients. Due to the scarce precipitation, the production area is mainly irrigated with natural and non-polluted groundwater. The temperature difference between day and night and the long time of light make the pumpkin have few pests and diseases, and the use of pesticides is also very low.

Chestnut pumpkin is rich in nutrients, thick flesh, delicate texture, smooth texture, because the flavor of the chestnut and get this name.

Chestnut pumpkin function

1, detoxification: contains vitamins and pectin, can bind and eliminate bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body, can play a detoxification role;

2, reduce blood sugar: rich in cobalt, cobalt can promote hematopoietic function, and participate in the synthesis of vitamin B12 in the body, is the human pancreatic islet cells are necessary for the trace elements to combat Diabetes, lowering blood sugar has a special therapeutic effect;

3, eliminating carcinogens: pumpkin can eliminate the carcinogen nitrosamine mutation, cancer prevention, and can help the recovery of liver and kidney function, enhance the regenerative capacity of liver and kidney cells.

Chestnut pumpkin practice

Chestnut pumpkin in the food session is simply a magical existence, it can easily and wonderfully with a variety of food with different flavors. When it blends with desserts, happiness seems to jump on your tongue; when it meets with savory flavors, the sticky and mellow pumpkin aroma warms your heart.

One, pumpkin casserole

Ingredients: chestnut pumpkin, rice, barley, red beans, mung beans, lotus seeds, lily

Practice: 1. chestnut pumpkin cleaning skin, with a knife in a quarter of the whole cut down.

2. With a spoon to the pumpkin internal melon seeds to deal with clean, pumpkin and melon cover on the steamer to steam for about twenty minutes.

3. Job's tears, lotus seeds soaked 1-2 hours in advance, clean.

4. Put rice, barley, red beans, mung beans, lotus seeds, lily into the pressure cooker, scrub twice and add the right amount of water, large fire boil, small fire cook about twenty minutes.

5. Cooked grain porridge into the steamed pumpkin can be.

Note: 1. Steaming pumpkin retains the sweet original flavor, eating mixed grain porridge at the same time you can eat the pumpkin meat

2. Steaming pumpkin not only to avoid the dilution of the flavor of boiled pumpkin, but also so that the mixed grain porridge combined with the aroma of pumpkin.

3. Pumpkin is rich in pectin and trace element cobalt, which is suitable for