How to make milk-flavored pumpkin steamed buns:

1. Peel the pumpkin and cut it into pieces, then steam it in a steamer.

2. Mash the steamed pumpkin into pumpkin puree, add melted yeast and mix well.

3. Add flour to the pumpkin puree, knead it into a dough and let it rest for about an hour.

4. Let the dough rise until it doubles in size.

5. Knead the dough again to release air bubbles.

Nutritional value

1. Pumpkin contains protein, among which the content of immunoactive protein is relatively high, because the genotype of ascorbic acid oxidase in pumpkin is the same as that of tobacco, but its activity is not. Higher than tobacco, so the content of immunoactive proteins in pumpkin is relatively high.

2. Pumpkin contains a variety of amino acids needed by the human body, among which threonine, leucine, lysine, phenylalanine and isoleucine are relatively high.

3. Pumpkin is rich in polysaccharides. Pumpkin polysaccharides can improve the body's immunity because pumpkin polysaccharides are non-specific immune enhancers that can promote the production of cytokines and therefore can regulate the immune system.

4. Pumpkin is rich in carotene, and carotene can be converted into vitamin A in the human body. Vitamin A is a very important vitamin for the human body, which can protect vision and promote epithelial tissue. growth and differentiation, promoting bone development.

5. Pumpkin contains vitamin C, which has a strong oxidizing effect, can scavenge free radicals in the human body, and can prevent nitrate from converting into nitrite in the human body, and nitrite Salt is a carcinogen.

6. Pumpkin is also rich in pectin. After pectin enters the stomach, it can regulate the absorption rate of food in the stomach and reduce the absorption of sugar. Pumpkin is also rich in dietary fiber. , dietary fiber will not be digested and absorbed by the human body, and stays in the stomach for a long time, delaying the emptying of food in the stomach, and can control the rise in blood sugar.

7. The pectin in pumpkin will combine with excess cholesterol in the human body, thereby reducing the body's absorption of cholesterol, thus reducing the cholesterol content in the blood, that is, lowering blood lipids.

8. Pumpkin is rich in trace elements, especially cobalt, which has the highest cobalt content among all vegetables. Cobalt can promote the metabolism of the human body and is a mineral needed by pancreatic islet cells. Promote hematopoietic function and promote the synthesis of vitamin B12.