Chili peppers as fresh food should be uniform in size, firm skin, thick and fine flesh and crisp and fresh, without insect bites, black spots and rotting phenomenon as the top grade. Cracks, insect bites, spots, hitchhiking leaves for the second.

Chili storage tips

Fresh chili preservation method: cut the tip of the chili pepper, light a candle, drop the wax oil on the cross-section of the chili pepper tip, and so on the solidification, and then put the chili pepper into a plastic bag and store it in the refrigerator, taking care not to touch off the chili pepper tip above the candle that has solidified. (This method can be preserved for more than 3 weeks)

The preservation method of dried chili peppers: put the dried chili peppers in a well-ventilated container, sealed with plastic wrap, and then use a needle to poke some holes to ensure breathability, and put them in a ventilated place on it.

The suitable crowd of chili peppers

General population can eat.

Capsicum is contraindicated

Patients with hyperthyroidism, nephritis, chronic bronchitis, hypertension, gastric and duodenal ulcers, acute gastritis, tuberculosis, and patients with hemorrhoids or eye diseases are contraindicated.

Introduction of chili peppers

Chili peppers, for the Solanaceae family of herbaceous plants chili peppers and **** varieties of fruit. The fruit is usually conical or oblong, green when immature and bright red, yellow or purple when mature, with red being the most common. The fruits of chili peppers have a spicy flavor due to the capsaicin content of the rind. It enhances appetite. The content of vitamin C in chili peppers ranks first among vegetables.

Chili peppers are native to the tropical regions of Central and South America, the country of origin is Mexico. 15 century, Columbus after the discovery of the Americas brought chili peppers back to Europe, and thus spread to the rest of the world. Introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty. Qing Chen 淏子 "花镜 "有番椒的记录. Today, it is widely cultivated throughout China and has become a popular vegetable.

The efficacy and role of chili pepper

1. stomach, digestive

Chili pepper on the oral cavity and gastrointestinal stimulation, can enhance intestinal and gastric peristalsis, promote secretion of digestive juices, improve appetite, and can inhibit the abnormal intestinal fermentation. Some of China's medical and nutritional experts in Hunan, Sichuan and other provinces to investigate, found that these provinces and districts generally like to eat chili peppers, the incidence of gastric ulcers is much lower than other provinces and districts. This is due to the chili pepper can stimulate the release of human prostaglandin E2, is conducive to promoting the regeneration of gastric mucosa, maintain gastrointestinal cell function, prevention and treatment of gastric ulcers.

2. Prevent gallstones

Eating green peppers can prevent gallstones. Green peppers are rich in vitamins, especially vitamin C, can make the body of excess cholesterol into bile acids, thus preventing gallstones, has been suffering from gallstones eat more vitamin C-rich green peppers, on the alleviation of the condition has a certain role.

3. Improve heart function

To chili pepper as the main raw material, with garlic, hawthorn extract and vitamin E, made of "health care products", after eating can improve heart function, promote blood circulation. In addition, eating chili peppers can reduce blood lipids, reduce thrombosis, cardiovascular system diseases have a certain preventive effect.

4. Reduce blood sugar

Jamaican scientists through experiments proved that capsaicin can significantly reduce blood sugar levels.

5. Relieve skin pain

Research has found that capsaicin can relieve skin pain caused by many diseases.

6. Weight loss

Capsicum contains a component that can stimulate the body's thermogenesis system by dilating blood vessels, effectively burning body fat, speeding up metabolism, so that the body's calorie consumption rate is accelerated, thus achieving weight loss.

7. Anti-cold

Spicy food has Tongli lung gas, Tong Daqiao table, smooth blood "three" role.

8. Block radiation

Red pepper, black pepper, curry and other spices, can protect the cellular DNA from radiation damage, especially gamma rays.

9. Promote blood circulation

The Chinese medicine believes that spicy food can promote blood circulation, but also enhance the activity of brain cells, which helps to slow down the aging process, alleviate a variety of diseases.

Capsicum is pungent, hot, and enters the heart and spleen meridians; it has the effect of warming the middle and dispersing cold, appetizing and eliminating food. Fruit: Warms the middle and disperses cold, strengthens the stomach and eliminates food. Used for stomach cold pain, gastrointestinal flatulence, indigestion; external treatment of frostbite, rheumatic pain, lumbar muscle pain. Root: Promote blood circulation and reduce swelling. Used externally to treat frostbite.

Nutritional value of chili peppers

1. chili peppers are rich in vitamin C, which can control heart disease and coronary atherosclerosis, and lower cholesterol;

2. chili peppers contain more antioxidant substances, which can prevent cancer and other chronic diseases;

3. when you don't feel good about eating and have less meals, putting some chili peppers in the dishes can improve your appetite and increase the amount of meals.

4. chili pepper has a strong role in promoting blood circulation, can improve the fear of cold, frostbite, vascular headache and other symptoms;

5. chili pepper contains a special substance that can accelerate the metabolism of the day to achieve the effect of burning body fat, so as to play a role in weight loss; this substance also promotes the secretion of hormones, the skin has a very good beauty and health care, is a woman's "Supplements".

Cooking tips for chili peppers

Chili peppers can be used as a main dish as well as a side dish or soup. Summer should try to use chili peppers as side dishes, and choose to have nourishing Yin, lowering dryness, diarrhea and other efficacy of food, such as: duck, shrimp, crucian carp, lean meat, bitter greens, bitter gourd, squash, cucumber, lily, acacia, toon, big head of cabbage and so on. It is advisable to choose the flavor is not very spicy, pungent and oil moist and succulent. Should not be eaten, over-eating can cause dizziness, dry eyes, mouth, abdomen or anus burning, pain, diarrhea, herpes on the lips and so on. Main ingredients 3 servings

Chili 2

Supplement

Coriander moderate

Garlic 3 cloves

Sugar moderate

Salt a little

Mushroom powder moderate

Lao juice moderate

Step 1 pickled chili pepper rings

Prepare the materials, I am choosing this kind of long pepper, not very spicy

Step 2 pickled chili pepper ring practice illustration

Chili pepper after washing cut circle, do not have to cut too fine, a little thicker taste good, but also not easy to cut into pieces

Step 3 pickled chili pepper ring home cooking

Garlic peeled and washed sliced

Step 4 pickled chili pepper ring easy to do

Cilantro choose to wash clean and cut into pieces, add the appropriate amount of water to the water. Clean and cut into pieces, add the right amount of sugar (you can not add), a little salt, the right amount of mushroom powder, no mushroom powder can add a little chicken powder or not

Step 5 how to eat pickled chili pepper rings

Pour in the right amount of fishing sauce, no fishing juice, with sugar, vinegar, salt, soy sauce, sweet and sour sauce marinade, just as tasty

Step 6 pickled chili pepper rings

Mixed, marinated for 5 to 10 minutes on the OK, do not marinate too much at a time, a meal eaten on the good, my family are now eaten now marinated, crisp taste

Step 7 pickled pepper circle how to fry

Packed plate, look at the appetite, it is really a delicious appetizer for the next meal, interested friends can try oh!