How to deal with kelp:

Dry kelp bought back first soak, you have to put the dry kelp into the pressure cooker, add a little water. Press for 3 minutes. Then take the kelp out of the pressure cooker, put it in water and soak it for more than 3 hours, changing the water halfway. When the kelp is soaked, then wash the impurities on it and cut it into julienne or strips.

One, handling kelp notes:

First of all, when selecting kelp, choose thick texture, wide and long shape, dry body, color thick black brown or dark green, no crumbling or yellowing of the edges of the kelp.

Secondly, when dealing with kelp, it is important to open the kelp into a ball, put it on a cage drawer and steam it for about 30 minutes, and then soak it in water overnight. After this treatment, the kelp is crispy and tender, and can be used for stewing, stir-frying and cold mixing.

Then it should be noted that the kelp should not be soaked directly, otherwise no matter stewed and fried, the texture has a hard feeling. Soak the kelp in rice water, it will be easy to rise and easy to hair, easy to rot when cooking, and the flavor is delicious.

Finally, when cooking kelp, you can add a little alkali and baking soda, the cooking process can be pinched to try the kelp's hard and soft, and immediately cease fire after the cooking soft, so that you can save time, the kelp is also easy to become soft. Add a few drops of vinegar when cooking kelp, you can quickly cook the kelp soft and delicious, and is conducive to the body's absorption of iodine.

Two, kelp nutritional value:

1, kelp is high in nutrients, kelp is rich in carbohydrates, less protein and fat. Eating kelp often has the effect of lowering blood pressure, diuretic swelling.

2, kelp and spinach, compared with rape, in addition to vitamin C, its crude protein, sugar, calcium, iron content are several times higher to dozens of times.

3, we all know that kelp is a kind of seaweed with high iodine content. Cultured kelp generally contains 3% to 5% iodine, as much as 7% to 10%. Kelp contains a large number of polyunsaturated fatty acids EPA, can make the viscosity of the blood lower, reduce vascular sclerosis. Therefore, eating kelp regularly can prevent cardiovascular diseases.

Reference - Baidu Encyclopedia Kelp