Cowpeas cannot be eaten raw.

Because raw cowpeas contain two substances that are harmful to the human body: hemolysin and toxic protein. Eating raw cowpeas or uncooked cowpeas can easily cause poisoning. When people eat raw cowpeas, its toxin has a strong stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, mildly feeling abdominal discomfort, severe poisoning symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea, especially children.

Therefore, it must be well heated and cooked or stir-fried, or heated for more than 10 minutes over a rapid fire to ensure that the cowpeas are well cooked, and the harmful substances will be decomposed into non-toxic substances. And cowpeas are calm in nature, but should not be eaten more, otherwise it will have adverse consequences, especially patients with gas stagnation and constipation should eat with caution. In addition, cowpea and round-grained rice together with porridge should not be eaten once too much, in order to prevent the production of gas and bloating.

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Cowpeas are a good way to eat. p>How to eat cowpeas

1. Cowpeas can be eaten in many ways, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian stir-fry are delicious. Cowpeas are usually fried, meat and vegetarian, or made into dried cowpeas, and pork **** simmer, taste very fresh. Vegetarian fried before the start of two cloves of garlic into the pot to go, the flavor is more fragrant.

2, cowpeas can also be cold, cowpeas will be washed and blanched, spread out to cool, then add vinegar, garlic, a small amount of sugar, oil, love of sesame sauce, you can use cold water or vinegar to melt the sesame sauce, and then and cowpeas with the mix.

3, in Shaanxi, Henan and other places there is also a way to eat, the cowpeas add a small amount of flour or cornmeal, and evenly steamed on a drawer, cooked and dipped in vinegar, garlic juice, chili oil to eat, both as a meal, but also as a dish.

4, cowpeas can also be made into sichuan pickles, chopped and fried with minced meat, commonly known as pickled bean curd fried meat, porridge as a savory, taste is also good.

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