What is pumpkin seed?
Pumpkin seeds, as the name implies, are the seeds of pumpkins. It's a pity that many people throw away the seeds when eating pumpkins. Because pumpkin seeds concentrate a lot of minerals, vitamins and antioxidants that are beneficial to the body.
Seeds of Cucurbitaceae vine pumpkin. Pumpkin is also called pumpkin and rice melon. It is cultivated all over China. Harvest ripe fruits in summer and autumn, cut melons, collect seeds, remove pulp film, and dry or dry them. When eating, remove the seed shell and call it pumpkin kernel. [Attribute] Sweet in taste and flat in nature. It can invigorate spleen and qi, secrete milk, moisten lung dryness and expel worms.
Pumpkin seeds are usually planted as vegetable crops, however, their seeds are also food and can be used to extract oil. In some major regions of Europe (Styria, Austria, Slovenia and Hungary), pumpkin seeds are planted as the main oil crops.
When the pumpkin is fully mature, its pumpkin seeds have the best quality. The nutritional value is the highest. Each pumpkin has about 500 pumpkin seeds. Pumpkin seeds are flat. In Central America, roasted pumpkin seeds with shells are very popular.
Crispy pumpkin seeds have high energy, and each100g pumpkin seeds contains about 559 calories. In addition, they are rich in cellulose, vitamins, minerals and a lot of healthy antioxidants.
Pumpkin seeds are mainly produced in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan and other places.
High calories mainly come from protein and fat. On the positive side, especially these nuts contain monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), such as octadecenoic acid in blood (18: 1), which is beneficial to reduce inferior LDL (low density lipoprotein cholesterol) and increase high quality HDL (high density lipoprotein cholesterol).
Investigation shows that the Mediterranean diet rich in monounsaturated fatty acids can prevent coronary heart disease and stroke caused by elevated blood lipids.
Effect of pumpkin seeds
Efficacy: Pumpkin seeds have a good killing effect on parasites (such as pinworm and hookworm) in human body. It also has a good killing effect on schistosome larvae and is a good diet for schistosomiasis. Eating about 50 grams of fried pumpkin seeds every day can effectively prevent and treat prostate diseases, because pumpkin seeds are rich in fatty acids and can maintain good prostate function. The active ingredients contained can eliminate early swelling of prostatitis and prevent prostate cancer. Rich in pantothenic acid, it can relieve static angina pectoris and lower blood pressure.
Suitable for people: most people can eat it. People living in areas with poor sanitation can often eat it to repel insects. Men are suitable for regular consumption.
Usage: about 50 grams each time.
Tips: Patients with stomach heat should eat less, otherwise they will feel bloating and stuffy. Many roasted seeds and nuts are rich in salt and calories. Using fried pumpkin seeds instead is good for your health and can lower your blood pressure, but you should also eat them in moderation. Don't eat too much at a time. It is reported that eating too many pumpkin seeds will make you dizzy.
Cooking skills: stir-fry pumpkin seeds, crispy, not too long.
Pumpkin seed recipe
Fried pumpkin seeds
working methods
1, collect pumpkin seeds, and don't throw the remaining seeds after eating them.
2, washing, washing pumpkin seeds.
3, air drying, 4, stir-frying and baking at low temperature.
knack for cooking
1, the seeds of the old pumpkin are full and suitable for frying;
2, whether it is pan frying or oven baking, use a small fire, otherwise it will be easy to paste;
3. The melon seeds can be washed or not, but the film on the surface of the melon seeds needs to be cleaned before they can be put into the pot;
4. If you like melons with other flavors, you can cook them with salt water in advance, then fry them or dry them in the sun;
5. The dried pumpkin seeds are collected in a sealed way and fried while eating. Even if it is sealed and preserved, it has no crispness.
The practice of wuren moon cake
material
Put walnut kernel, melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, black sesame seeds and white sesame seeds into the oven respectively, put the roasted melon seeds into a fresh-keeping bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
Put pumpkin seeds and walnut kernels on the chopping board, flatten them with the back of a knife and chop them up. Candied wax gourd is cut into small dices.
Put walnuts, melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, black sesame seeds, white sesame seeds and preserved wax gourd into a small pot.
Add sugar, corn oil, white wine, rose sugar and water, and then stir well.