Also known as: lamb's-horn pepper, yellow sunflower, kidney vegetable, lamb's-horn beans, foreign peppers, coffee yellow sunflower, etc.

Tender fruit (pods) meat tender, lubricated, unique flavor, high nutritional value, comparable to ginseng (in Japan and South Korea that is known as the green ginseng) but more than the ginseng is more suitable for daily dietary supplements. It can be fried, boiled, cold, canned, made into soup and frozen. The young fruits also contain a mucilaginous substance, which helps digestion, treats gastritis and gastric ulcers, protects the liver and enhances the body's endurance. The young leaves are also edible. The flowers, seeds and roots are effective in treating malignant sores and carbuncles, and have some anti-cancer effects. Seeds contain more potassium, calcium, iron, zinc, manganese and other minerals, can extract oil, okra, also known as okra, okra, hairy eggplant, native to Africa, introduced into our country at the beginning of the 20th century, generally planted in the southern region, known as the "plant gold", there are a lot of nutritional characteristics that we do not know.

Okra

Also known as okra, okra, hairy eggplant, yellow chrysanthemum kui.

First of all, okra is rich in vitamins and minerals, every 100 grams of okra's young fruits contain about 4 milligrams of vitamin C, 1.03 milligrams of vitamin E, and 310 micrograms of carotenoids. Okra is rich in trace elements such as zinc and selenium, which are helpful in enhancing the body's ability to prevent and fight cancer. Secondly, there is a sticky liquid substance in the young fruits of okra, and this mucus contains polysaccharides such as pectin and mucopolysaccharides. Mucopolysaccharides have the effect of enhancing the resistance of the body, maintaining the smooth effect of joint membrane and plasma membrane in the joint cavity of the human body, cutting down the accumulation of lipids in the arterial wall, and avoiding the atrophy of connective tissues in the liver and kidneys. Finally, okra high water content, very little fat, every 100 grams of okra young fruit contains only 0.1 grams of fat, very suitable for women who want to lose weight and slimming, and it is rich in vitamin C and dietary fiber, but also can make the skin whitening, tender.

Okra can be cold, stir-fried, fried, stewed food, do salad, soup dishes, etc., need to pay attention to is that the okra in cold and fried food must be blanched in boiling water before blanching three or five minutes to remove astringent.

The effect of okra: okra nutritional health value is very high, we all know that vitamin A can effectively protect the retina, to ensure good eyesight, to prevent the production of cataracts; vitamin C and soluble fibers can promote digestion and beauty, but also, the combination of these two role of the skin has a certain mild protective effect, can replace some of the chemical skincare products; soluble fibers can promote The body's organic matter excretion, reduce the accumulation of toxins in the body, reduce cholesterol levels.

In addition, okra low-fat, low-sugar, can be used as a diet food; because of its zinc and selenium and other trace elements, can enhance the body's ability to prevent and fight against cancer; as for the special mucus of okra, its viscous glycoprotein is a polysaccharide by collagen and mucopolysaccharides, protein mixtures, with the body's resistance to enhance the protection of the joint cavity of the joint membranes and the plasma membrane of the human body lubrication, can also maintain the digestive tract and respiratory tract. Can also maintain the human digestive tract and respiratory lubrication, promote the excretion of cholesterol substances, reduce lipid substances in the arterial wall of the deposition of arterial blood vessels to maintain the elasticity of the arterial blood vessels, to prevent the liver and kidneys in the connective tissue atrophy and the occurrence of collagenosis and other efficacy, and this mucus can also be used for the preparation of a similar to the natural hormonal substances Lepidimoide, so the okra have "Plant Viagra". In addition, this mucus is used in medicine as an emollient, sedative and antiphlogistic agent. Meanwhile, okra mucilage can be used in the food industry to increase the stability of frozen dairy desserts and the stability and acceptability of all products, and can be used as a fat substitute.

Main Uses of Okra

The young fruits (pods) of okra have high nutritional value, which is comparable to ginseng, which is known as green ginseng in Japan and South Korea, but is more suitable for daily dietary supplements than ginseng. It can be used as a daily vegetable, fried, boiled, cold, canned, made soup and frozen. The mucilaginous substance in the young fruits can help digestion, treat gastritis and gastric ulcers, protect the liver and enhance the body's endurance. The flowers, seeds and roots are effective in treating malignant sores and carbuncles, and have some anti-cancer properties. The seeds can be used to extract oil, protein or as a substitute for coffee