Difference between sea cabbage and kelp
1. Appearance difference
Sea cabbage:
Sea cabbage algae body is turquoise, the leaf blade is ovoid, wavy edges, usually about 10 to 30CM high. base without pseudopetiole, with a disk-like fixation device.
Kelp:
The spores of kelp are very large, brown in color, formed in flat bands, about 2m to 5m long, up to 20M long. divided into blades, stalks, and fixers, fixers are pseudorhizome-like, tree-like branches, with mucus cavities, and the fresh product is very slippery.
2. Species difference
Sea cabbage:
Sea cabbage is an alga of the Green Algae family, belonging to the algal body of Ulva schreberi family Kongshi schreberi, also known as sea spinach, sea lettuce, sea strips, mossy greens and so on.
Kelp:
Kelp is a brown algae, kelp order, kelp suborder, kelp family, kelp genus of plants kelp, and sea cabbage is not a plant.
3. Nutritional composition of the difference
Sea cabbage :
The main component of sea cabbage is water, about half of the mass, followed by protein and a small amount of fat 0.1 grams, but also contains carbohydrates and fiber, which is richer in minerals and vitamins.
Kelp :
Kelp is rich in brown alginate gum, iodine, mannitol, protein, potassium, calcium, sodium, magnesium, cobalt, phosphorus and other minerals, unsaturated fatty acids, dietary fiber, taurine, B vitamins, and vitamin C and so on.
Sea cabbage and kelp which is good
Sea cabbage and kelp have their own benefits, but kelp in the taurine content is relatively high, but also rich in gelatin, such as mannitol and other components, and kelp is relatively cheaper, more recommended to eat kelp, but both are very good food, no matter eat that can be supplemented with nutrients.
Effects and functions of sea cabbage
1, sea cabbage contains a kind of fucoidan and selenium, can reduce the risk of breast cancer, coronary heart disease, heart disease.
2, sea cabbage is salty and cold in nature, has the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins, softening and dispersing knots, promoting water and lowering blood pressure, and is used for heatstroke, cervical lymph node swelling, sores, urinary incontinence, oedema, high blood pressure and so on. Pharmacological experiments show that sea cabbage has a certain cholesterol-lowering effect pharmacological experiments know sea cabbage has a cholesterol-lowering effect.
How to wash sea cabbage
1, wash a small amount of sea cabbage: first soak sea cabbage (about half an hour) into a covered container, cover the lid, keep the container tight up and down upside down for 4-5 minutes (seaweed friction in the container jig) wash twice can be.
2, cleaning a large number of sea cabbage: a wash of hundreds of pounds, there is only an old way: rubbing salt, pickled vegetables, such as kneading, and then rinsed clean with water.
3, the simplest way is to use rice soup the thicker the better to soak sea cabbage, first soak and then stir vigorously, with a funnel to fish out. The main thing is to remove the fishy flavor of sea cabbage put in water to soak overnight or soak the sea cabbage that is not salty and scalded with water, soak and then wash.