Nutritional value of ugly ear
Ugly ears are rich in nutrients, including protein, fat, various amino acids, minerals and liver sugar. Tremella protein contains 17 kinds of amino acids, and tremella can provide 3/4 of the essential amino acids for human body. Tremella also contains a variety of minerals, such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, sodium, magnesium, sulfur, etc. Among them, the content of calcium and iron is very high, with 643 mg of calcium and 30.4 mg of iron per 100 grams of tremella. In addition, Tremella fuciformis also contains liver sugar such as trehalose, pentosan and mannitol, which has high nutritional value, has the function of strengthening the body resistance and is an advanced nourishing tonic.
The efficacy of ugly ears
1, ugly ears can protect the liver.
Ugly ears can protect human liver and improve its detoxification ability. Eating them at ordinary times can prevent the occurrence of various liver diseases. In addition, ugly ears can also eliminate inflammation and improve heart function. It has a good preventive effect on chronic tracheitis and heart disease in middle-aged and elderly people.
2. Ugly ears can improve bone health.
Ugly ear is a kind of fungus food with high nutritional value. It contains not only a lot of calcium but also some vitamin D. It can supplement calcium for human body, reduce the loss of calcium, effectively improve bone density, prevent osteoporosis and reduce the occurrence of some common bone and joint diseases.
3, ugly ears can be beautiful
Beauty is also one of the important functions of ugly ears. It contains a lot of natural gum, and it can nourish yin and moisten dryness. It can nourish and tender the skin when eaten at ordinary times, and at the same time, it can avoid the deposition of pigments on the surface of the skin, which can make people's facial spots fade. Regular consumption can play a good whitening role.
How do ugly ears soak their hair?
1. Take one ugly ear first. An ugly ear is enough for 3-4 people.
2. The ugly ear is soaked in cold water for about 1 hour. Either hot or cold water will do. The temperature is high in summer, and it can be soaked for about 0.5 hours.
3. Wash the hair after soaking, and cut off the root lumps (dark yellow parts) with a knife.
4. After removing the root lumps, wash them with clear water for several times.
5. Tear the ugly ear into small flowers, and the more broken it is, the easier it is to get glue. On the contrary, those who like the crispy taste can be bigger.
6. Add water into a saucepan, boil over high fire, and simmer for about 1-2 hours. The amount of water is added at will according to the number of ugly ears and personal preference. If you want to drink something thick, add less water, and if you want to drink something thin, add more water.
Tips:
1. Boil sweet soup with ugly ear, and stew ugly ear alone for about 2 hours 1-2 hours. After it is gelatinized or partially gelatinized, it is stewed with prepared ingredients such as peach gum, lotus seeds, medlar, red dates, rock bee sugar, dried longan and so on.
2. The normal color of ugly ears is golden yellow, dried tremella is white and smoked with sulfur, fresh or soaked tremella is white, and it is a little yellowish after stewing.
3. The stewing tools can be ordinary stews, rice cookers, pressure cookers, etc. The stewing time is different with different tools.
The difference between ugly ears and ordinary tremella fuciformis
1 The color is yellower than ordinary tremella;
2. The soaking rate is lower than that of tremella fuciformis, and it looks like a blooming flower after soaking.
3. Ugly ears are so yellow, have they been smoked with sulfur? Yellow is the pure color of ugly ears. Smoked ugly ears are white in color, and they are large and can smell pungent.
4. It contains more natural plant gum. Ugly ears are directly dried in the sun without cleaning, while ordinary tremella adds a bubble cleaning process, which is then dried with a dehydrator.
Therefore, the natural plant gum rich in ugly ears can be preserved and is rich in more collagen.
5. Because of the different gum content, the ugly ear tastes more sticky and glutinous, which is more suitable for stewing; Tremella is more suitable for frying, boiling and mixing. Boil soup with ugly ears, the soup is thick, sticky, smooth and refreshing.