What is pumpkin seed?
Pumpkin seeds, as the name implies, are the seeds of pumpkins. Many people throw away the seeds when eating pumpkins, which is a pity. Because pumpkin seeds are concentrated with a lot of minerals, vitamins and antioxidants that are beneficial to the body.
Seeds of Cucurbitaceae vine pumpkin. Pumpkin is also known as pumpkin and rice melon. It is cultivated all over China. Collect ripe fruits in summer and autumn, cut melons, collect seeds, remove the pulp film, and dry in the sun or bake. When eating, remove the seed shell and call it pumpkin kernel. [Properties] Sweet in taste and flat in nature. It can tonify spleen and qi, secrete milk, moisten lung dryness and expel worms.
Pumpkin seeds are usually planted as vegetable crops, however, their seeds are also food and can be used to extract oil. In some major regions of Europe (Styria, Austria, Slovenia and Hungary), pumpkin seeds are planted as the main oil crops.
When the pumpkin is fully mature, its pumpkin seeds are of the highest quality. With the highest nutritional value. Each pumpkin has about 500 pumpkin seeds. Pumpkin seeds are flat. In Central America, roasted pumpkin seeds with shells are very popular.
Crispy pumpkin seeds have high energy, and each100g of pumpkin seeds contains about 559 calories. In addition, they are rich in cellulose, vitamins, minerals and a lot of antioxidants that are beneficial to health.
Pumpkin seeds are mainly produced in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan and other places.
High calories mainly come from protein and fat. On the positive side, especially this kind of nut contains monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), such as octadecenoic acid in blood (18: 1), which is beneficial to reduce inferior LDL (low density lipoprotein cholesterol) and increase high quality HDL (high density lipoprotein cholesterol).
Investigation shows that the Mediterranean diet rich in monounsaturated fatty acids can prevent coronary artery disease and stroke caused by elevated blood lipids.
Effect of pumpkin seeds
Efficacy: Pumpkin seeds have a good effect on killing parasites (such as pinworms and hookworms) in human body. It also has a good killing effect on schistosome larvae and is a good food therapy for schistosomiasis. Eating about 50 grams of fried pumpkin seeds every day can effectively prevent and treat prostate diseases, because pumpkin seeds are rich in fatty acids, which can keep the prostate functioning well. The active ingredients contained can eliminate the swelling in the early stage of prostatitis and prevent prostate cancer. It is rich in pantothenic acid, which can relieve static angina pectoris and reduce blood pressure.
Suitable for people: most people can eat it. People living in areas with poor sanitary conditions can eat it regularly to repel insects. Men are suitable for regular consumption.
Usage: about 50 grams each time.
Tips: Patients with stomach heat should eat less, otherwise they will feel abdominal distension and tightness. Many roasted seeds and nuts are rich in salt and calories, so it is good for health and can lower blood pressure to replace them with fried pumpkin seeds, but they should also be eaten in moderation. Don't eat too much at a time. There have been reports of dizziness caused by eating too much pumpkin seeds.
Cooking skills: stir-fry pumpkin seeds, crispy, not too long.
Pumpkin seed recipe
Fried pumpkin seeds
method of work
1, collect pumpkin seeds, and don't throw the seeds left after eating pumpkin at ordinary times.
2, washing, washing the pumpkin seeds
3, air drying, air drying 4, stir-frying and low-heat baking
Recipe tips
1, the seeds of the old pumpkin are full and suitable for frying;
2, whether it is frying in a pan or baking in an oven, use a small fire, otherwise it will be easy to paste;
3. The melon seeds taken out can be washed or not, but the film on the surface of the melon seeds needs to be cleaned before entering the pot;
4. Melons that like other flavors can be boiled in brine in advance, and then fried or dried;
5, the dried pumpkin seeds are collected in a sealed way, and they are fried as you eat. Even if they are kept in a sealed way, they are not as crispy as the newly fried ones.
The practice of wuren moon cake
material
Put walnut kernels, melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, black sesame seeds and white sesame seeds in the oven respectively, and put the roasted melon seeds in a fresh-keeping bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
Put pumpkin seeds and walnut kernels on the chopping board, flatten them with the back of a knife and chop them up. Candied wax gourd is cut into small dices.
Put walnuts, melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, black sesame seeds, white sesame seeds and preserved wax gourd into a small pot.
Add sugar, corn oil, white wine, rose sugar and water, and then stir well.