Main ingredients

One pound of new garlic

Accessories

Two liang of white sugar, rice vinegar

Sweet and sour garlic Steps of the simple method of making sweet and sour garlic

Illustration of the simple method of making sweet and sour garlic 11. Peel off the outer skin of the new garlic, leaving only one or two layers, and cut off the head and tail;

Illustration of the simple method of making sweet and sour garlic 22. Take a clean container, it is best to sterilize it with hot water and control it to dry;

Illustration of the simple method of making sweet and sour garlic 33. Put the peeled new garlic into a container, add 2 taels of white sugar for every kilogram of garlic, and add rice vinegar to cover the new garlic.

Tips

1. Rice vinegar can also be replaced with white vinegar. My family likes to eat rice vinegar; I use white sugar, but brown sugar can also be used;

2. New garlic is relatively clean, so just pay attention to keeping it clean when peeling the garlic. If you are worried, you can wash the peeled garlic, dry it completely and then pickle it; or soak it in light salt water for half a day to disinfect it;

3. You can also put the sugar into rice vinegar and heat it to melt, then let it cool completely before soaking the garlic. But that takes a long time, I usually don’t heat it, just shake it and it will melt. (When taking pictures, the sugar will sink to the bottom before you can shake it. It is best to stir or shake to melt before soaking the garlic.)

The many special effects of garlic make it one of the top ten most popular foods in Time Magazine. One of the best nutritious foods, the nutritional value is as follows:

1. Regulating insulin: In recent years, due to people's unreasonable dietary structure, the intake of selenium in the human body has been reduced, resulting in a decrease in insulin synthesis. Garlic contains more selenium, which regulates the decrease in insulin synthesis in the human body, so diabetic patients eat more garlic. Help alleviate the condition;

2. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer: Garlic can protect the liver, induce the activity of detoxification enzymes in liver cells, and block the synthesis of nitrosamine carcinogens, thereby preventing the occurrence of cancer. At the same time, elements such as germanium and selenium in garlic also have good cancer-inhibiting or anti-cancer effects;

3. Reduce blood lipids and prevent thrombosis: The active ingredients of garlic have obvious effects on lowering blood lipids and preventing coronary heart disease and arteriosclerosis, and can prevent the formation of thrombosis;

4. Delay aging and prevent lead poisoning: regular consumption of garlic can delay aging; its antioxidant properties are better than those of ginseng; people who are often exposed to lead or prone to lead poisoning can effectively prevent lead poisoning by eating garlic;

5. Prevent arthritis: Garlic can "remove rheumatism and break cold wind" and has an inhibitory effect on rheumatoid arthritis;

6. Prevent cancer: Allicin and its homologues can effectively inhibit the activity of cancer cells, preventing them from normal growth and metabolism, eventually leading to the death of cancer cells. Allicin can also activate the phagocytic ability of macrophages, enhance human immune function, and prevent cancer. The occurrence of cancer; allicin can prevent and treat cancer by blocking the synthesis of nitrite carcinogens;

7. Anti-inflammatory and sterilizing: Allicin contained in purple garlic volatile oil has obvious anti-inflammatory and sterilizing effects, especially for upper respiratory tract and digestive tract infections, fungal keratitis, and Cryptosporidium infections. Another study shows that garlic contains a capsaicin called "propylene sulfide", whose bactericidal ability can reach one-tenth that of penicillin. It has a good killing effect on pathogenic bacteria and parasites, and can prevent influenza, Wound infection, treatment of infectious diseases and deworming effect.