What's the difference between loofah and cucumber?
Luffa is a summer vegetable, which contains many nutrients in melon food. Saponins, bitter substances, mucus, wood glue, citrulline, xylan and interferon have certain special functions. When it matures, the reticular fiber inside is called loofah, which can be used instead of sponge to wash cooktops and furniture. Can not be eaten raw, but can also be used as medicine, which has the effects of cooling, diuresis, blood circulation, menstruation, detoxification, antiallergic and beauty.
Cucumber should be a variety with low temperature tolerance, low light tolerance, vigorous plant growth, few branches, low node position of female melon, good melon saving performance, moderate melon strip size, good appearance and flavor, high yield and strong disease resistance. Cucumber is sweet, sweet, cool, bitter and non-toxic, and enters the spleen, stomach and large intestine; Has the effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, and clearing away heat and toxic materials, and is mainly used for treating polydipsia, sore throat, burning eyes and burns. And lose weight.
Matters needing attention in eating loofah
Matching ingredients suitable for loofah
1. Chicken, duck and pork: The combination of towel gourd and chicken, duck and pork can play the role of clearing away heat and benefiting intestines, and help promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and relieve constipation.
2. Eggs: The combination of loofah and eggs can play the roles of clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing yin and moistening dryness, nourishing blood and promoting lactation. Fried eggs with loofah, egg soup with loofah and other dishes are very suitable for lying-in women and nursing mothers.
3. Silver carp: The combination of loofah and silver carp can play the role of strengthening the spleen, tonifying the middle energizer and promoting lactation. Mothers eat more loofah and silver carp soup, which can regulate their bodies and promote milk secretion.
4. Shrimp: The combination of loofah and shrimp can moisten the lungs, tonify the kidney and nourish the skin.
5. edamame: The combination of loofah and edamame can play the role of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and relaxing bowels. Nursing mothers who get angry can eat more loofah and edamame, which can effectively relieve constipation and other symptoms.
6. Chrysanthemum: The combination of loofah and chrysanthemum can clear away heat, nourish skin and moisturize skin, which is helpful for postpartum freckle and skin care.
Use loofah with ingredients
1. Spinach and aloe: Loofah combined with spinach and aloe may cause diarrhea.
2. White radish: Eating loofah and white radish together will lead to human weakness, leading to male impotence, premature ejaculation and even diabetes.
Can loofah and cucumber be eaten together
Luffa and cucumber can be eaten together. Rubbing the skin with cucumber juice has the effect of moistening skin and stretching wrinkles.
Scrambled eggs with loofah
Preparation of ingredients:
2 eggs, 2 loofahs, 2 cucumbers, monosodium glutamate, salt, vegetable oil, onion, garlic, ginger, etc.
Production steps:
1, beat eggs into a bowl, add refined salt and monosodium glutamate and mix well. Wash cucumber and loofah and cut into diamond-shaped pieces.
2. Heat the oil in the frying spoon to 60% heat, pour in the prepared egg liquid and fry it into egg blossoms.
3. Put a little oil in the pot, heat it, then add the minced onion and ginger and stir-fry, stir-fry the melon slices a few times, stir-fry with refined salt and monosodium glutamate until it is close, then pour in the egg liquid, stir-fry evenly, and take out the spoon.
Scrambled eggs with cucumber
Preparation of ingredients:
Ingredients: 200g cucumber, 200g towel gourd and 200g egg.
Seasoning: 5g salt, 3g monosodium glutamate, cooking wine 10g, 5g starch (corn), 5g onion and 50g lard (refined).
Production steps:
1. Wash cucumber and towel gourd, remove pedicle, cut in half, and cut into pieces with oblique knife.
2. Beat the eggs into the bowl and break them up.
3. Set the wok on fire, add 20g of lard, and after heating, pour the egg liquid into the wok.
4. Push it to the pot, add lard and chopped green onion.
5, put the towel gourd cucumber slices, mix well with the eggs, cook the wine, and add a little water.
6. Finally, add salt, monosodium glutamate, thicken and serve.
What are the benefits of eating loofah?
1. anti-scurvy
The content of vitamin C in towel gourd is high, which can be used to fight scurvy and prevent all kinds of vitamin C deficiency.
2. Brain-strengthening beauty
Because of the high content of vitamin B in towel gourd, it is beneficial to the brain development of children and the brain health of middle-aged and elderly people. The juice of towel gourd stem has the special function of maintaining skin elasticity, which can beautify and wrinkle;
3. Anti-virus and anti-allergy
Luffa extract has obvious preventive effect on Japanese encephalitis virus, and an antiallergic substance, diarrhea alkyd, is also extracted from Luffa tissue culture solution, which has strong antiallergic effect.