Want to wash the okra skin fluffy can take some surface dry and waterless okra in the basin, add the right amount of salt, the use of salt roughness, one by one will be the surface of the okra fluffy rubbed off, and then use water to repeat several times to wash, you can remove the surface of the fluffy and stains.
Many of the cleaning of okra for the beauty of the dishes will be washed off the okra mucus, and in fact the mucus is the essence of the nutrients of okra, can maintain the lubrication of the human digestive tract and the respiratory tract, to promote cholesterol excretion, to reduce the lipid substances in the arterial wall of the arteries, to maintain the elasticity of arterial vessels, to prevent atrophy of connective tissues in the liver and kidneys, and the occurrence of collagen disease. Therefore, when cleaning okra, it is best to clean the whole root.
When dealing with okra to remove the okra peripheral corners, in the corners contain more lignin, if not removed seriously affect the taste, therefore, after cleaning off the surface layer of the fluff also need to use a knife or peeling utensils will be in the corners of the lignin removed.
Expanded Information:
Okra is rich in nutrients, and the young fruits contain a large amount of viscous slippery sap, with a special flavor. Its juice is mixed with pectin, buttermilk polysaccharide and ala-polysaccharide. Its pectin for soluble fiber, in the new concept of modern health care is extremely important. Where regular consumption of it has a healthy stomach and intestines, nourishing the effect of yin and yang. It is determined that each hundred grams of young fruit containing protein 2.5 grams, 0.1 grams of fat, sugar 2.7 grams, cellulose A660 international units. Vitamin B1, 0.2 mg, vitamin B20.06 mg, vitamin 44 mg, calcium 81 mg, phosphorus 63 mg, iron 0.8 mg, is an ideal high-grade green nutritional health care vegetables of the new century.
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