If it is not yet soaked dry kelp, placed in a pressure cooker with water on the big steam end pot and then simmer for 15 minutes, kelp can bite or suitable for the texture is cooked.

If it is soaked in water after the seaweed, cook for 5 minutes can be eaten.

Kelp is rich in nutrients, but unfortunately it is not easy to cook soft, because its main ingredient, fucoidan, is not easily soluble in water, but fucoidan is soluble in alkali, and when there is alkali in the water, the fucoidan will absorb the water and swell up and become soft. According to this feature, the available rice water soaked kelp, both easy to hair, easy to wash, cooking is also easy to soft, some can be added to the cooking kelp with a little alkali or baking soda, but note that the alkali can not be too much, the cooking time can not be too long, cooking can be used to try to pinch the softness of the hand, once the cooking is soft, the cease-fire immediately.

Another method is dry steaming: open the dried seaweed into a ball and put it in a cage drawer and dry steam it in water [for about half an hour], then soak it in water overnight. The kelp treated in this way is not only crispy and tender, with which it is stewed, stir-fried and cold, all soft and delicious.?

Kelp is a vegetable with high nutritional value and some medicinal value. It is rich in iodine and other mineral elements. Kelp contains low calories, medium protein content, rich in minerals, research has found that kelp has a variety of biological functions such as lowering blood lipids, lowering blood sugar, regulating immunity, anti-coagulation, anti-tumor, lead detoxification and antioxidant.

While kelp can be eaten raw, it is still growing in the sea for a long time, there may be some parasites or bacteria hiding in the kelp, so it is best to eat it after high temperature sterilization, delicious and healthy.

Raw kelp is harder and less digestible, so people with bad stomach and digestion should not eat raw kelp, and people with bad teeth should not eat raw kelp, and it's best to cook the kelp before eating.