Can you eat yam after pregnancy?
You can eat a little yam properly during pregnancy, which is not only edible, but also good for your baby's growth and development. However, there are still many precautions for eating yam during pregnancy. Pregnant mothers must pay attention before eating!
1, relieve constipation
Yam contains a lot of starch, vitamins, protein and amino acids. Although yam can make people feel full, it will not lack nutrition, so it has a certain slimming effect. Eating yam can also help digestion and absorption of the stomach, promote intestinal peristalsis, and prevent and relieve constipation.
2, spleen and stomach, help digestion
Amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances in yam are beneficial to digestion and absorption of spleen and stomach, and can be used to treat spleen and stomach weakness, anorexia, fatigue, diarrhea and other diseases. The material base of yam with strong viscosity is the compound of sugar and protein-a substance called mucin, which can prevent mucosal damage, protect stomach wall and prevent gastric ulcer and gastritis under the action of pepsin.
Step 3: benefit the lungs and relieve cough
Yam contains saponin and mucus, which has the functions of lubricating and moistening dryness, and can be used to treat lung deficiency, phlegm cough and chronic cough.
Step 4 lower blood sugar
Yam contains mucin, which can lower blood sugar. Can be used for treating diabetes, and is a good food for diabetic patients.
5. Prevention of obesity during pregnancy
Eating yam during pregnancy has a certain slimming effect, and yam also contains a lot of starch, vitamins, protein and amino acids. Although yam can make people feel full, it will not lack nutrition.
5, soothe the nerves and raise the fetus
Yam contains a lot of mucin, vitamins and trace elements, which can effectively prevent heart disease, soothe the nerves and repair tires.
A complete collection of yam practices
Fried yam
Main ingredient: yam, auxiliary material: green pepper, seasoning: salt, chicken essence, chicken soup, white sugar, white vinegar, onion and ginger.
The practice of frying yam
1. Peel yam, wash and cut into pieces or shred, and wash and shred green pepper, onion and ginger;
2. Put water in a pot. After the water is boiled, pour in yam and green pepper, shred, take out, air-cool, and control the moisture;
3. Put chicken soup, salt, chicken essence, sugar, white vinegar and shredded onion and ginger into a pot and beat into juice;
4. Put the oil in the pot, shred the yam and green pepper into the oil, pour in the prepared juice and stir fry evenly, and then put it in the pot to eat.
Features: white, red and green, bright colors, crisp and refreshing.
Chinese yam and wolfberry black chicken soup
Black-bone chicken 1, yam150g, medlar10g, onion and ginger, cooking wine.
Recipe exercise
Slaughter the black-bone chicken, remove its internal organs, head and feet, wash it, chop it into large pieces, blanch it in boiling water for 3 minutes, and pick it up and wash it.
2. Wash the epidermis of yam, peel it, and cut it into inclined knife blocks for later use (if it is not used temporarily, it can be soaked in salt water to prevent oxidation and blackening).
3. Put the black-bone chicken, scallion and ginger slices into a saucepan, add enough water, add cooking wine after the fire is boiled, and simmer for 45 minutes.
Step 4 add yam and medlar
5. Cook for 15 minutes, and season with salt before turning off the fire.
Yam ribs soup
Yam contains amylase, polyphenol oxidase and other substances, which is beneficial to the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach. Blindly nourishing the spleen and stomach is a dual-purpose product of medicine and food. Both spleen yang deficiency and stomach yin deficiency can be eaten. Clinically, it is often used with Weichang Decoction to treat spleen and stomach weakness, anorexia, fatigue, diarrhea and other symptoms. Yam contains a variety of nutrients, which has the functions of strengthening body, nourishing kidney and benefiting essence. Generally speaking, nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, leukorrhagia by women, frequent urination and other symptoms can be eaten.
Ingredients: main ingredients: ribs 500g, yam 400g, auxiliary materials: ginger 1 slice, salt, chopped green onion.
step
1. Peel and cut the yam, and soak it in salt water for later use.
2. Boil the water in the soup pot and put the ribs in the water for later use.
3. Add enough water to all the materials and turn over the pot. Bring them to a boil and simmer for 40 minutes.
Season with salt and sprinkle with chopped green onion before cooking.
How to peel yam?
Step 1, clean the yam and cut it into small pieces of about 10 cm;
Step 2, put it in a pot and add water for two minutes;
Step 3: Peel it with a scraper after taking it out.
How to choose Chinese yam well
1 First of all, you must weigh the yam of the same size, the heavier the better.
2. Second, look at the hair. The more hairs in the same variety of yam, the better. The more hairs yam has, the better its taste, and the more polysaccharides yam has, the better its nutrition.
3. finally look at the cross section. The meat quality of the cross section of yam should be white, which means it is fresh. If it is yellow like rust, don't buy it.
What kind of yam is the best?
Water yam
Origin: Beijing, Shandong and other places.
Morphological characteristics: This kind of yam variety, commonly known as "water yam", is relatively thick in yam, with a diameter of about 5cm. At the same time, its figure is "straight", like a small stick. This kind of yam has a lot of water, so it is crisp and tender. With a light touch, it may split in two.
How to eat: This crisp yam is very suitable for cooking. The popular healthy vegetarian dish "Fried Mushrooms with Yam" belongs to it. Both black and white ingredients are crispy and delicious, which can be said to complement each other. Of course, it can also be used to make yam syrup, because this yam contains a lot of mucus, and the boiled syrup is also sticky. Yam, which tastes crisp, seems to be covered with a layer of mucus, and it tastes very interesting. The yam used to rinse hot pot is also this kind of water yam.
Tiexian yam
Origin: Henan. Huaiyan Yam was named Hu Aishan because it was produced in Huaiqing Prefecture since ancient times (now in Qinyang and Jiaozuo areas of Henan Province). Iron stick yam is a kind of yam. The unique geographical location and climatic conditions have created the high-quality quality of iron stick yam, and also made iron stick yam famous. With people paying more and more attention to the health of diet, yam is also loved as a health food. As a high-quality variety of yam, the popularity of iron stick yam can be imagined, and even the practice of counterfeiting iron stick yam with other varieties of yam has appeared in the market, trying to gain more profits from it. Therefore, as the "die-hard fan" of iron stick yam, you should also cultivate a pair of "critical eyes".
Morphological characteristics:
Look at the "body shape": iron stick yam is a thinner kind of yam. Due to the strict quality requirements on iron yam in the market, the picked iron yam is straight and uniform in thickness, with little difference in head and tail thickness, and the diameter of each head and tail exceeds the diameter of a dime coin (as shown in the figure). Yam, which looks similar to it, can often be seen as thick at one end and thin at the other, with the same length.
Look at the color: the skin of iron stick yam is brown, slightly darker than Hebei yam, and looks slightly similar to it. Steaming the iron stick yam, you can see that the yam inside is very delicate and slightly yellow in color; The fake iron bar yam looks almost the same. The meat is white and the texture is slightly loose.
Compared with the meat quality, the meat quality of iron stick yam is delicate and firm, which is why it is called "iron stick" yam. Because of the compact structure, the taste will be dense, delicate and smooth after being made, which is also the reason why people like it. But what about the meat? Take a yam, gently hold the center of the yam with one hand and gently shake it up and down. There will also be slight shaking at both ends of yam, but it will not break into two pieces. This yam is the iron stick yam. Ordinary yam is brittle because of its high water content, and it will break when shaken gently.
Look at the tail end: besides paying attention to the diameter of both ends of yam, we should also look at the shape of the tail end of yam. The end of iron stick yam is round, while the end of other varieties of yam is pointed.
Comparative taste: Steamed iron stick yam tastes thick, dry and sweet. Other yams taste looser, feel a little "watery", with less noodles and slightly hemp taste.
How to eat: steamed food, soup, porridge, or various desserts are suitable. After steaming, pour in blueberry juice or sweet-scented osmanthus, both of which are delicious.
Xiaobaizui yam
Origin: Hebei.
Morphological characteristics: This kind of yam called "Xiaobaizui" looks most like iron stick yam, and it is very likely to be confused if it is not carefully identified. However, white-billed yam is also a kind of yam with good quality. Although the taste is slightly different from that of iron stick yam, it is also delicious and cheap, and it is a good choice with good quality and low price.
How to eat: similar to iron bar yam.
Beef leg yam
Origin: Shandong.
Morphological characteristics: Because of its stout appearance, this yam is called Niutui Yam.
How to eat: delicious, suitable for steaming, stewing or cooking porridge.