Pumpkins can be as high as 8- 10 meters. When mature, the color is yellow or orange, rectangular, inverted oval, pear-shaped or nearly spherical. Its fruit is about 10-30 cm or longer, and its pulp is soft, juicy and sweet. Like a hot and humid tropical climate, it is not cold-resistant, and it will wither when it encounters frost. Because of its shallow roots, it is not allowed to avoid strong winds and stagnant water, and it is distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Papaya itself has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting digestion, supplementing nutrition, killing insects, and relieving constipation and joint pain. Moreover, papaya is rich in carotene and vitamins, and it also has a strong antioxidant effect. Eating more papaya in daily life can effectively remove toxic substances from the body, enhance human immunity and help the body resist some viruses.
Papaya can be eaten directly as fruit, or it can be made delicious with other foods. Especially in hot summer, make a papaya coconut milk jelly with papaya, which is delicious and relieves summer heat. It's really amazing. Today, I will introduce some delicious papaya dishes to you!
The first papaya coconut milk jelly
Ingredients: papaya 1, coconut milk150g, milk 200g, Geely powder15g, and sugar 25g. The first step is to pour milk, coconut milk, sugar and gelatin powder into a pot and boil it with low heat. Stir constantly with a small spoon to completely melt the gelatine powder, turn off the heat and let it cool. The second step is to remove the head of papaya and hollow out the seeds inside. Then put the bottom of the papaya into a bowl to keep the papaya balanced. Step three, pour the warm coconut juice into the papaya. Cover or wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for more than four hours. The last step is to take it out and cut it into pieces to eat.
Second paragraph? Papaya sparerib soup
Ingredients: 200g of papaya, 500g of ribs, onion, ginger, cooking wine, vinegar and salt. Practice: put onion, ginger and cooking wine in the pot, add ribs after the water boils, skim the floating foam when the water boils again, take out the ribs, and flush the blood with hot water. When the water in the casserole is about to boil, add ribs, onion, ginger, cooking wine and vinegar, boil over high fire and continue to cook for 2 hours. Cut papaya into pieces, put it in a casserole, cook for 30-40 minutes, and season with a little salt. Efficacy: Pork ribs and papaya soup is suitable for women with postpartum anorexia and insufficient milk.
Third paragraph? Papaya and mushroom soup
Ingredients: 200 grams of papaya, 20 grams of tremella, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Practice: soak tremella in warm water, wash and tear it into small flowers, and peel papaya to remove seeds and cut it into small pieces; Put tremella, papaya and crystal sugar together in a pot, add appropriate amount of water to boil, and then simmer for 30 minutes to 1 hour, and serve. Efficacy: Papaya tremella soup has the effect of moistening skin and beautifying face.
The fourth paragraph? Papaya fish head soup
Ingredients: 750g of papaya, 600g of fish head, salt 1 teaspoon, 3 slices of ginger, oil 1 tablespoon. Practice: remove the core, peel and cut into pieces of papaya. Fry the fish head with ginger slices. Put papaya into the pot, boil it with 8 bowls of water, then scoop up 2 bowls of boiling water and pour it into the pot, cook it with the fried fish head for a while, then pour the fish head and soup back into the pot, simmer for 1 hour, and add salt to taste. Efficacy: Papaya soup has the effects of nourishing qi, promoting lactation and strengthening stomach.
I hope these papaya practices can help everyone!