How long it takes to steam the pumpkin depends on the size of the pumpkin pieces you cut. Generally, in order to cook quickly, you can cut it smaller. (Generally half the size of a steamed bread) You can use a big fire at first, then use a small fire after boiling, and 20 minutes is enough. You can also open the lid and stick it with chopsticks in 15 minutes, which is easy to puncture, indicating that it is cooked.
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Steamed pumpkin is a traditional dish with dietotherapy function. The raw materials are pumpkin, red dates, lilies and so on. No honey can be replaced by white sugar, that is, sprinkle white sugar before steaming. The production time is 10-30 minutes.
Pumpkin is rich in carotene and vitamin C, which can strengthen the spleen, prevent gastritis, prevent night blindness, protect the liver, make the skin tender and neutralize carcinogens. Yellow fruits and vegetables are also rich in two vitamins A and D; Vitamin A can protect gastrointestinal mucosa and prevent gastritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases.
Vitamin D can promote the absorption of calcium and phosphorus, thus strengthening bones and muscles, and has a certain preventive effect on common diseases such as rickets in children, myopia in adolescents and osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly people.
Pumpkin not only has high edible value, but also has a dietotherapy function that can not be ignored. According to "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica", pumpkin is warm, sweet and non-toxic. Into the spleen and stomach, it can moisten the lungs and replenish qi, eliminate phlegm and discharge pus, expel worms and detoxify, treat cough and asthma, treat lung abscess and constipation, and has diuretic and beauty effects.
The research experiments of medical experts and scholars at home and abroad show that eating pumpkin seeds can also relieve the symptoms of prostate hypertrophy, prevent prostate cancer, prevent arteriosclerosis and gastric ulcer, and dissolve stones.
References:
Steamed pumpkin _ Baidu Encyclopedia