1: soak in salt water, before cooking kelp, add some salt in the water, soak the dry kelp for a period of time, you can quickly soak the dry kelp, cook it easier to rot.

2: add starch, soak in water with starch to soak dry kelp, can also make dry kelp fast soak, cook faster cook rotten.

3: soak with rice water, use rice water when soaking kelp, kelp is easy to soak, clean, and easy to crisp when boiling.

4: scald with boiling water, used to make soup kelp knots, can be put into boiling water before cooking, easier to cook, and more flavorful.

5: add white vinegar cooking, kelp soaking soft, cooking, add an appropriate amount of white vinegar, not only can remove the characteristic fishy taste of kelp, but also promote kelp is easier to cook soft, the color is also good to look at, like a softer taste can be appropriately extend the cooking time.

6: add spinach cooking, cooking kelp with some spinach can be quickly cooked, because spinach contains a substance called oxalic acid, can make the kelp quickly become soft.

7: add cooking soda cooking, kelp in the cooking time with a little cooking soda or baking soda will become soft and delicious, more delicious.

8: first steamed and then soaked, the dry kelp in a cage drawer in the water dry steam for about half an hour, and then soaked in water for two or three hours, kelp is very easy to cook.

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Nutritional value of kelp.

Kelp contains kelin, which can reduce the absorption of fat, and is beneficial to the prevention of coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and high blood fat. The iodine content of kelp is very high, on the prevention and treatment of goiter due to lack of iodine, there is a significant improvement in the effect. Kelp detoxification effect is very strong. Because the brown algae gum in the kelp in the human intestinal tract to form a gel-like substance, can help excretion, and can promote lead, copper and other heavy metals excretion, so eat kelp both to prevent constipation, but also to prevent cancer.

Kelp contains 60% of fucoidan, which is an excellent food fiber that can delay gastric emptying and prolong the passage of food through the small intestine, so that even in the case of low insulin secretion, the blood sugar will not rise too fast, which helps to treat diabetes. Kelp is rich in calcium, which assists the body in controlling blood sugar. When blood sugar rises, calcium will start the insulin secretion function, if the body contains enough calcium, it will help stabilize blood sugar.

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