Peanut, carrot, celery, salt, star anise, cinnamon, onion and fragrant leaves.

Exercise:

Wash peanuts, soak them in warm water for two hours, wash carrots and celery and dice them; Put enough water, salt, star anise, cinnamon, onion ginger and fragrant leaves in the pot. After the fire boils, turn to low heat, pour in soaked peanuts, cook until soft and rotten, add a little oil, add diced carrots and diced celery in turn, cook for a few minutes, and season according to personal taste.

Efficacy:

Peanut is rich in lipids, protein, vitamins, etc. It has the effect of moistening lung and relieving cough. Celery is rich in nutrition and has the effect of nourishing blood and tonifying deficiency. Stir-frying peanuts, celery and carrots together is simple and easy to do, with bright colors, which can also increase appetite and play the role of invigorating spleen and appetizing.

Peanut has been called "longevity fruit" since ancient times. Chinese medicine believes that peanuts are sweet in taste and flat in nature, and have the effects of strengthening the spleen and appetizing, moistening the lungs and promoting diuresis, and nourishing and regulating qi. Modern medical research shows that peanut contains many nutrients such as protein, lecithin, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus, zinc, fat and trace elements, and its calorie is not lower than that of ordinary meat.

There are many ways to cook peanuts, such as frying, boiling, stewing and frying peanuts, which can be used as leisure snacks or cooking, among which fried peanuts are the most popular. Fried peanuts are good in color and smell, but their disadvantage is that they will destroy vitamins, vitamin E and other nutrients in peanuts after high-temperature frying, so the nutritional value of peanuts is greatly reduced.

In addition, peanut oil is not easily digested and absorbed by the spleen and stomach after high temperature. If eaten with other foods, it will hinder the absorption of other foods. Peanuts are high in fat. After frying, the properties of peanuts will become hot and dry. If you eat too much, or your constitution is weak and vigorous, you will have symptoms such as hot air. The spleen and stomach of the elderly are inherently weak, and eating fried peanuts is more likely to affect the motor function of the spleen and stomach. Therefore, the elderly and those with strong internal fire should eat less fried peanuts, otherwise it will seriously affect the function of the spleen and stomach.

So, how to eat peanuts is healthier? As far as health is concerned, boiling peanuts is the best cooking method. Boiled peanuts are less destructive than fried peanuts. Boiled peanuts retain the original plant active compounds in peanuts, such as phytosterols, saponins, resveratrol, antioxidants and so on. It plays an important role in preventing malnutrition, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and obesity. It is tepid, easy to eat and digest, and can be said to be suitable for all ages. If you add some vinegar when cooking spiced peanuts, it will also play a role in sobering up, harmonizing the spleen and appetizing.