1 How long does it take to steam a whole chestnut pumpkin

1. If the pumpkin is not cut open, then steam it for 20-30 minutes after the water boils. Chestnut pumpkins are generally small, individual pumpkins weigh between 400-600 grams, but because they are not cut open and the flesh of chestnut pumpkins is firm, it is difficult for heat to penetrate, so they need to be steamed for a longer period of time, about 20-30 minutes to be able to steam.

2. If you cut the whole chestnut pumpkin into small pieces to steam, the heat is very easy to penetrate, then steam steam 15-20 minutes to steam.

2 Steaming chestnut pumpkin to peel or not

Mainly depends on personal preference.

1. Chestnut pumpkin skin compared to some common varieties of large pumpkin, after steaming the texture is actually relatively soft, as long as clean, do not remove the skin can also be eaten, and there is a certain promotion of digestion, prevention and treatment of constipation, detoxification, the role of calcium.

2. But there are people who have higher requirements for taste, feel that the taste of chestnut pumpkin skin rough, then you can peel after steaming. You can also not peel directly steamed, and then peeled when eating.

3 Steaming the whole chestnut pumpkin practice a, not cut steam

Ingredients: chestnut pumpkin a.

Practice:

1. Wash the chestnut pumpkin surface of the soil, dirt.

2. Put water in the pot, put the pumpkin on the steamer basket, turn on the heat to steam, steam steam 20-30 minutes.

3. Turn off the fire, remove the chestnut pumpkin, cut with a knife and eat.

Reminder: this made out of chestnut pumpkin although the original flavor, but many people feel too light, and inside the pumpkin seeds did not pull out, eat when then pull out is also more trouble.

Second, cut and steamed

Ingredients: chestnut pumpkin.

Practice:

1. The surface of the chestnut pumpkin soil, dirty wash clean.

2. Pumpkin peeled, seeded, cut into small pieces of 3-4 centimeters long side.

3. Put water in the pot, put the pumpkin pieces on a plate, turn on the heat to steam, steam after about 15 minutes.

4. Turn off the fire, remove the pumpkin, you can eat.

Third, chestnut pumpkin steamed eggs

Ingredients: chestnut pumpkin, 1-2 eggs, water, salt.

Practice:

1. Chestnut pumpkin surface soil, dirty wash clean.

2. Pumpkin top open a small mouth, hollow out the pumpkin seeds inside, the rest of the pumpkin as a bowl.

3. Beat the egg mixture in a bowl, add water and salt, stir well and pour into the pumpkin bowl.

3. Put water in the pot, put the pumpkin bowl with egg mixture on a plate, turn on high heat and steam, steam for about 15 minutes after the steam.

4. Turn off the fire, remove the pumpkin bowl, cut to serve.

Fourth, chestnut pumpkin glutinous rice

Ingredients: chestnut pumpkin, glutinous rice, wolfberries, jujubes, honey moderate.

Practice:

1. Chestnut pumpkin surface soil, dirty wash clean.

2. The top of the pumpkin to open a small mouth, hollow out the pumpkin seeds inside, the rest of the pumpkin to make a bowl.

3. In the pumpkin bowl on the glutinous rice, jujube, goji berries mix well, add a little water, leaving about 1/3 of the blank, on the pot steamed for about 40 minutes.

4. Turn off the fire, take out the pumpkin glutinous rice, mix with honey, dig in with a spoon and eat.

4 steamed pumpkin contraindications 1. not advisable to eat more

"Materia Medica" said pumpkin "more food hair foot, jaundice". That is to say, eat pumpkin in moderation, can not eat, in addition, pumpkin contains pectin, cellulose, carbohydrate components, eat more is also easy to bloating, hiccups.

2. Stomach fever blazing people eat less

Pumpkin temperature, eat more easily on fire, so stomach fever blazing people eat less.

3. Gas stagnation in the full of people eat carefully

pumpkin sex Yong stagnation, gas stagnation in the full, feet gas plagued, jaundice and full of people eat carefully.

4. Old diseases should not be eaten

Pumpkin belongs to the hair, eczema, wind mass, chafing acne, noma and other old diseases should not be eaten.

5. Pumpkin allergy fasting

Pumpkin leaves are one of the allergens, some people are allergic to pumpkin, you need to fasting pumpkin.

6. Taking traditional Chinese medicine, avoid eating

Pumpkin is a hairy substance, and traditional Chinese medicine is easy to eat together to affect the medicinal properties, so taking traditional Chinese medicine should not be eaten during the pumpkin.

7. should not eat too much food with easy flatulence

pumpkin fiber, pectin, starch and other ingredients, so eat more pumpkin easy to gas, so avoid and sweet potatoes, potatoes, soybeans, black beans and other easy flatulence food to eat too much, so as not to cause bloating, hiccups, stagnation and other discomforts.