Autumn is the season when pumpkins are ripe. Pumpkins are nutritious and suitable for people of all ages.
There are many ways to eat pumpkin, but the most non-destructive way is to steam it over water. So how long does it take to steam pumpkins in boiling water? How to steam pumpkin is delicious and simple?
How long does it take to steam the pumpkin?
The good steaming of pumpkin can have a sweet, soft and silky taste, and the time of steaming pumpkin depends on the treatment of pumpkin and the equipment for steaming pumpkin.
If you want to make pumpkin pie, you should peel and slice it and steam it. The steaming time is short, and it is also convenient to mash it into pumpkin puree. Pumpkins treated in this way usually only need to be steamed for about 20 minutes.
If you are making pumpkin cups, you need to peel and dig the pulp. Pay attention to the fact that the skin can't be too thick, which will destroy the taste of the south. The steaming time will take longer, usually about 35 minutes.
There are many options for steaming pumpkin. If you steam pumpkin in an ordinary steamer or iron pan, the pot will be airtight and the temperature will rise better. However, it is necessary to pay attention to the temperature, and turn it to a small fire first, and the time is generally about 20 minutes.
If steamed in an electric rice cooker, the temperature will rise slowly, which usually takes about 35 minutes. If steamed in a microwave oven, it will be cooked in about 10 minutes with high fire.
If you use a pressure cooker, the pressure is much higher than that of an ordinary steamer, and the steaming time can be greatly shortened, which only takes about 5 minutes.
How to cook steamed pumpkin?
① Peeling and steaming
Although keeping the pumpkin skin steamed can better lock the nutrients contained in the pumpkin, it is inevitable that the pumpkin skin surface bought in the supermarket will be unclean or have residual harmful substances, so peeling is safer, and peeling and steaming can shorten the cooking time.
② Steam with hot water.
Steaming with hot water takes longer and can better retain the nutrients in pumpkin.
③ Grasp the steaming time.
If the steaming time is too short, the immature pumpkin will feel raw. If the steaming time is too long. Pumpkins will collapse, taste bad, and nutrition will be lost. Therefore, the time for steaming pumpkins should be just right.