Efficacy of pumpkin: Ingredients: contains starch, protein, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and other ingredients.
Sexual taste: warm and sweet.
Meridian tropism: spleen and stomach.
Efficacy: Pumpkin is sweet and warm, and enters the spleen and stomach meridian; Has the effects of invigorating middle energizer, invigorating qi, diminishing inflammation, relieving pain, detoxicating, killing insects, reducing blood sugar and quenching thirst; Indications are qi deficiency due to chronic illness, weakness of spleen and stomach, shortness of breath, burnout, loose stool's disease, diabetes, ascaris and other diseases.
The function of pumpkin:
1, detoxification:
It contains vitamins and pectin, which has good adsorption, can bind and eliminate bacterial toxins and other harmful substances in the body, such as lead, mercury and radioactive elements in heavy metals, and can play a detoxification role;
2. Protect gastric mucosa and help digestion;
Pectin contained in pumpkin can also protect gastric mucosa from the stimulation of coarse food and promote ulcer healing, which is suitable for patients with gastric diseases. The components contained in pumpkin can promote bile secretion, strengthen gastrointestinal peristalsis and help food digestion;
3, prevention and treatment of diabetes, lowering blood sugar:
Pumpkin is rich in cobalt, which can activate human metabolism, promote hematopoietic function, and participate in the synthesis of vitamin B 12 in human body. It is an essential trace element for human islet cells and has special curative effect on preventing and treating diabetes and lowering blood sugar.
4, eliminate carcinogens:
Pumpkin can eliminate the mutation of nitrosamine, which is a carcinogen, has anti-cancer effect, and can help the recovery of liver and kidney function and enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells.
5. Promote growth and development:
Pumpkin is rich in zinc, which participates in the synthesis of nucleic acid and protein in human body. It is an inherent component of adrenocortical hormone and an important substance for human growth and development.
6. Mannitol contained in pumpkin has the function of defecation, which can reduce the harm of toxins in feces to human body and prevent the occurrence of colon cancer.
Precautions for pumpkins: Suitable for people.
The general population can eat it.
1, especially suitable for obese people, diabetic patients and middle-aged and elderly people;
2, pumpkins are warm, those with excessive stomach heat, those with full qi stagnation, and those with damp heat and qi stagnation eat less; People who suffer from beriberi, jaundice and qi stagnation and dampness resistance should not eat.
Precautions for use
1, pumpkin is easy to deteriorate from the heart after being cut, so it is best to hollow out the inside with a spoon and wrap it with plastic wrap, so it can be stored in the refrigerator for 5 ~ 6 days.
2. The skin of pumpkin is rich in carotene and vitamins, so it is best to eat it together with the skin. If the skin is hard, even the knife cuts off the hard part before eating. When cooking, pumpkin heart contains 5 times as much carotene as pulp, so try to make full use of it.
Knowledge expansion of pumpkin: pumpkin pie
material
Pumpkin, glutinous rice noodles, condensed milk
method of work
1, pumpkin cut into pieces, steamed and mashed.
2, and then add some glutinous rice noodles (that is, the kind of noodles wrapped in glutinous rice balls)
3. After mixing evenly, you can wrap it in condensed milk and steam it in the pan, or you can fry it directly in the oil pan, and you can also shape it yourself!
Baked pumpkin with egg yolk
material
Ingredients: 500g pumpkin, 2 salted eggs (yolk).
Seasoning: salt 1.5 teaspoon, starch 1 00g, sugar1tablespoon.
method of work
1, clean the pumpkin, peel it, remove the gourd ladle in the center, and then cut it into sections with a width of 1 cm and a length of 4 cm.
2. Add 1 teaspoon salt into the cut pumpkin segments and mix well. Marinate for 20 minutes to let the pumpkin out of the water.
3. Take out the yolk of salted duck eggs and crush it with a small spoon.
4. The pickled pumpkin segments will come out of the water. After the water is controlled to dry, add dry starch and mix well to make each one stained with starch.
5. Put oil in the pot. When it is 50% hot, add pumpkin strips and fry them on slow fire until the color becomes light yellow, and drain the oil after hardening.
6, another pot, leave a little base oil in the pot, add crushed salted egg yolk, stir fry slowly on low heat.
7. When the salted egg yolk is foamed, add the fried pumpkin strips, add 1/2 teaspoons of salt and sugar, and push evenly to get out of the pot.
Pumpkin tomato detoxification soup
material
300g of tomato, pumpkin 1 piece, carrot 1 root, one Fuji apple, 800g of clean water, and honey 1 tablespoon.
method of work
1, pumpkin flesh removed, apple peeled, carrot cut into small pieces for later use.
2, pumpkin carrots add enough water, get angry and cook.
3. After boiling, turn to slow fire 10 minute.
4. Add apples to boil.
5. Add the small tomatoes, bring them to a boil, and finally simmer for 10 minutes. When the temperature of the soup drops to 80 degrees, just add a spoonful of honey. It's sweet and sour.
Coconut pumpkin purple potato glutinous rice paste
material
Purple potato, pumpkin, glutinous rice flour, salad oil, sugar, coconut.
method of work
1, steamed purple potato, peeled and ground into mud (if you like sweet, you can add some sugar)
2. Cut the pumpkin into pieces, steam it, peel it and grind it into mud.
3. Add glutinous rice flour to the pumpkin puree and knead it into a soft dough.
4. Take a small piece of dough, flatten it, then add the stuffing and form a ball.
5. Brush a thin layer of oil on the steamer drawer, put glutinous rice balls on it, and steam for ten minutes.
6. Take a plate, spread it with coconut milk, take out glutinous rice balls while it is hot, roll it in shredded coconut milk for a few times, so that the outside of glutinous rice balls is covered with coconut milk, and let it cool.