The shape of bergamot is like the palm of your hand folded together, which means Buddhist blessing, so it is called "bergamot" and "longevity" and is deeply loved by people.
Fingered citron is crisp and juicy, delicious and has high nutritional value. It can be used for cooking and raw fruit.
Nutritional analysis of bergamot
Chaenomeles is full of nutrition in melons and vegetables, and eating it regularly is beneficial to enhance the body's ability to resist diseases.
Among them, the contents of protein and calcium are more than those of cucumber, and the contents of vitamins and minerals are also significantly higher than those of other melons. Moreover, it is a low-calorie food and a health-care vegetable for patients with heart disease and hypertension.
Eating bergamot regularly can induce diuresis and excrete sodium, which has the functions of dilating blood vessels and lowering blood pressure.
According to the National Nutrition Association, zinc has a great influence on children's intellectual development, and eating Buddha melons with more zinc often helps to improve their intelligence.
Edible related population of bergamot
Suitable for everyone, young and old.
1. is a healthy vegetable for patients with heart disease and hypertension; Patients with cardiovascular diseases and children can often eat bergamot. At the same time, it is also suitable for patients with dyspepsia, chest tightness, flatulence, vomiting, liver and stomach gas pain (including chronic gastritis and neurogastritis), infectious hepatitis, thick and greasy tongue coating and bronchitis, cough and excessive phlegm.
2. However, as Chaenomeles belongs to warm food, people with yin deficiency, body heat and weak constitution should eat less.
How to eat bergamot
Bergamot can be eaten raw as fruit, which is slightly sweet and refreshing like cucumber;
Can also be used as vegetables, flapping, frying, pickling, frying, boiling, making soup, all-powerful, common home cooking methods such as fried chicken diced by bergamot, fried bergamot meat roll, bergamot chicken soup soup and cold bergamot tenderloin, etc.
It can also be processed into sauce products and candied products;
Because no disease has been found at present, less pesticides are sprayed, so it is harmless to eat raw.
The dietotherapy function of bergamot
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Chaenomeles has the functions of regulating qi, regulating middle energizer, soothing liver and stopping vomiting.