Fresh corn can be cooked in 10 minutes. If it is fruit corn, it is usually enough to cook it for 10 to 15 minutes after the water boils, the more tender fresh corn is cooked for about 10 minutes, the slightly older ones can be cooked for a longer period of time, usually not more than 20 minutes, and if it is white glutinous corn, it is usually cooked for more than 20 minutes after the water boils.

Yellow corn is more difficult to cook, ordinary pot usually at least half an hour to cook, older yellow corn cooking time may be a little longer. If it's a pressure cooker, you'll still need to steam it for 15 minutes after it comes on steam as well.

Nutritional value of corn

Corn contains rich plant cellulose has stimulate gastrointestinal motility, accelerate fecal excretion characteristics, can prevent and control constipation, intestinal inflammation, intestinal cancer, etc., can be bound and impede the absorption of glucose in excess, and play an inhibitory role in the increase of blood glucose after meals; cellulose can also inhibit the absorption of fat, reduce blood lipid levels, prevent and improve the coronary artery disease. Blood lipid levels, prevent and improve the occurrence of coronary heart disease, obesity, gallstones.

Selenium and magnesium contained in corn have anti-cancer effects, selenium can accelerate the decomposition of peroxides in the body, so that malignant tumors do not get the supply of molecular oxygen and inhibited. Magnesium on the one hand can also inhibit the development of cancer cells, on the other hand, can promote the body's waste discharge, which is also important for cancer prevention.

Corn also contains a longevity factor - glutathione, which is involved in selenium, the generation of glutathione oxidase, with the restoration of youth, slow aging function, corn contains zeaxanthin, can prevent the generation of age-related macular degeneration.