Pumpkin flowers and tender pumpkin leaves are fresh vegetables and green vegetables with excellent taste, rare taste, sweet taste and rich nutrition.

The beneficial components in pumpkin are polysaccharides, amino acids, active proteins, carotenoids and various trace elements, which have the effects of clearing away damp-heat, reducing swelling, treating jaundice, dysentery, cough and carbuncle. Functions of various components:

1. polysaccharide: pumpkin polysaccharide is a non-specific immune enhancer, which can improve the immune function of the body, promote the production of cytokines, and play a variety of regulatory functions on the immune system by activating complement.

2. Carotenoids: Carotenoids rich in pumpkin can be transformed into vitamin A with important physiological functions in vivo, which has important physiological functions for the growth and differentiation of epithelial tissues, maintaining normal vision and promoting the development of bones.

3. Mineral elements: Pumpkin is high in calcium, potassium and sodium, which is especially suitable for middle-aged and elderly people and patients with hypertension, and is conducive to preventing osteoporosis and hypertension. In addition, it also contains phosphorus, magnesium, iron, copper, manganese, chromium, boron and other elements.

4. Amino acids and active proteins: Pumpkin contains many kinds of amino acids needed by human body, among which lysine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine and threonine are relatively high. In addition, the genotype of ascorbic acid oxidase in pumpkin is the same as that in tobacco, but its activity is obviously higher than that in tobacco, indicating that the content of immunocompetent protein in pumpkin is higher.

5. Lipid substances: It is found that the lipid substances in pumpkin seeds have good therapeutic and preventive effects on urinary system diseases and prostatic hyperplasia.

There are two kinds of pumpkin flowers: one is stamen flower, and there are many stamen flowers; One is a female flower with a melon under it, so this kind of female flower is much less. Whether it is empty flowers or real flowers, they are all open and graceful. For example, gifts from nature are always sincere and heartfelt. Needless to say, everyone knows the purpose of the female flower: it will bear a heavy pink pumpkin. Among them, except for a few female flowers, a large number of stamens only play the role of pollination and fertilization, and most of them will wither in one day. It would be a pity if they are not fully utilized.

So make good use of them to cook some delicious dishes!

-Stir-fry pumpkin seedlings (they are original without processing, you can add some garlic, and the seedlings are still tender, so you can't see anything wrong on a white porcelain plate).

-pumpkin flowers fried crisp (suitable for boiling, frying and soup).