Pumpkin is a good food. My family are all pumpkin addicts, and they all love to eat pumpkin. This pumpkin is also very nutritious and rich in vitamins and pectin. This pectin has good adsorption, which can bind and eliminate bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body and play a role in detoxification. It can also protect gastric mucosa and help digestion, which is very suitable for patients with gastric diseases; Eating more pumpkin can also prevent cancer, which can eliminate the mutation of nitrosamine, help the recovery of liver and kidney function and enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells.

Pumpkin rice cup

Raw materials: Beibei pumpkin 1 piece, 40g of rice, and appropriate amount of clear water;

Production process:

1, prepare raw materials, the raw materials are very simple, just a pumpkin and some rice. Determine the amount of rice according to the size of the selected beibei pumpkin;

2. Wash the rice first and then soak it in clear water 1 hour or so; Because the steaming time is short, the rice should be soaked in advance, otherwise it will be raw.

3, cut the pumpkin into a top cover, and then hollow out the inner pulp, you can dig out some pumpkins in a proper amount;

4. Cut the dug pumpkin into small pieces and mix well with the soaked rice;

5. Put the mixed rice and pumpkin back into the hollowed pumpkin belly; You can't fill it, just have a six-point full, and you have to put water!

6. Inject fresh water into the pumpkin belly and steam it in a steamer for 30 minutes;

7. The pumpkin is steamed. At this time, the shape of Beibei pumpkin is very complete, and the rice and pumpkin inside are ripe, emitting a sweet taste of pumpkin;

Rice is steamed very soft, and Beibei pumpkin itself is soft and sweet, so you can eat it together when you dig it out. The skin of Beibei pumpkin can also be eaten, and finally this pumpkin rice cup can be completely destroyed. After steaming, it was served to the dining table. When the children saw it, they all clapped their hands and said that this pumpkin rice was very well cooked. That's what children do. In fact, pumpkins and rice can also be dug up and steamed in a rice cooker, and the taste is also great. But this time, when pumpkins are used as containers to steam this rice, the children will feel very strange and more delicious!

About pumpkins

1, 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 rich in pumpkin can be converted into vitamin A with important physiological functions in the body, which has important physiological functions for the growth and differentiation of epithelial tissues, maintaining normal vision and promoting the development of bones;

3. Pectin in pumpkin can adjust the absorption rate of food in the stomach, slow down the absorption of sugar, and soluble cellulose can delay the emptying of food in the stomach and control the rise of blood sugar after meals. Pectin can also combine with excess cholesterol in the body to reduce cholesterol absorption and blood cholesterol concentration;