Papaya tastes sweet, soft and juicy. It is rich in nutrients and has medicinal value. It can be eaten fresh or used as a delicacy. Because of it, there are many more delicacies in Chinese recipes.

Papaya and pig’s trotters soup

Papaya and pig’s trotters are cooked together. If you don't like to eat pig's trotters, you can also use grass carp (grass carp) tail instead. Fry the fish tail first until fragrant, and cook the soup with raw papaya (raw refers to unripe papaya), which has a lactation effect. This recipe is a widely circulated secret recipe of delicious food among the people and is very effective.

Papaya and grass carp soup

Using green papaya slices and grass carp soup to make a soup can greatly increase the milk of breastfeeding mothers and has the effect of increasing milk. Put one green papaya peel into a bowl and a half of water and fry until only one bowl is left. Add a little salt and sugar and drink it as tea. Drink half the bowl at a time and drink the other half with meals. This can cure abdominal pain in children.

Papaya and Pig's Knuckle Soup

250 ??grams of semi-cooked fresh papaya and 1 pig's knuckle. Peel the papaya and cut it into 2 cm square dices. Wash the pig's hands and chop them into small pieces. Put the two into a crock pot, add an appropriate amount of water and a little salt, simmer over low heat for 40 minutes, and add Add monosodium glutamate and take it once a day for 3 days. This dish has the effect of regulating qi and promoting lactation, and is suitable for women with scanty milk after childbirth.

Papaya and Snow Fungus Soup

Stewing papaya, snow fungus and rock sugar together can moisten the throat, relieve throat itching and remove phlegm. It can be used as an auxiliary treatment for itchy throat, cough and bleeding caused by autumn dryness.

Papaya and Poria Soup

Using papaya, poria, and barley decoction in water can diuretic, reduce swelling, and supplement nutrients.

Papaya and egg yolk, papaya and honey

Eating papaya and egg yolk together can cure liver cirrhosis; eating it together with honey can cure urinary system diseases and has good effects on the heart and blood. Tonic effect.

Papaya juice to remove freckles

The white juice of green papaya can be used to apply freckles, which can effectively improve their symptoms.

Papaya Juice

Pick four green papayas that are at least larger than your fist, wash the papaya skin, peel off the skin, cut it open, take out the seeds and cut them into pieces. Cut into small pieces and put in a juicer to juice. This kind of jerky green papaya juice is very small, so you usually have to squeeze three or four at a time. The squeezed juice is then filtered with a cloth. It is about a bowl. It should be taken three times a day. Generally speaking, it will be effective in about seven days. This kind of green papaya juice has a bitter taste and is very unpleasant to drink. It is not advisable to drink too much at a time. It is best to drink it after three meals. While drinking green papaya juice, it is still better not to eat raw, cold, sour, spicy, hard and astringent foods that are not good for the gastrointestinal tract; oranges, grapefruits, bamboo shoots, white radish, bananas, taro, glutinous rice, and scaleless fish are not suitable to eat. . Papaya juice can cure stomachache.

Lean papaya soup

Take a green papaya or half-cooked papaya weighing about one kilogram, and cook it with lean pork soup for children to drink. It can help digest and decompose protein. Excess or problematic proteins can also be excreted from the body.

Papaya slices

Take a papaya, remove the seeds, cut into slices, and chew it. It can eliminate meat stasis, remove fat, prevent scurvy and lower blood pressure. Daily consumption can prevent and treat high blood pressure.

Papaya fruit and vegetable juice

1/2 papaya (medium), 200 grams of cabbage, a little honey and a little lemon juice. Peel and seed the papaya, cut into pieces, then wrap in washed cabbage leaves and set aside. Put the cabbage and papaya into a juicer and use a squeeze bar to squeeze out the juice. Add an appropriate amount of honey and a little lemon juice to the finished fruit and vegetable juice, stir briefly and drink. This juice is rich in vitamin C, which can beautify the skin; cabbage contains vitamin U and lysine, which is very effective for people with poor gastrointestinal problems. Regular drinking can treat gastric ulcers, indigestion and high blood pressure; it is also effective for loss of appetite.

Papaya yeast milk

1/4 papaya (medium), 1/2 lemon, 300 grams of pure yeast milk, and three teaspoons of honey. Peel and seed the papaya, cut into small pieces, and juice with yeast milk. Add lemon juice and honey to the beaten juice and mix well. Yeast milk contains a lot of easily absorbed calcium and vitamin B2, which can increase the beneficial bacteria in the intestines and promote the synthesis of vitamins in the intestines. The vitamin B complex and citric acid contained in it are very effective in eliminating fatigue. When mixed with papaya into juice, it can effectively prevent constipation.

Papaya wine

1000 grams of papaya, 1 liter of wine, and 300 grams of rock sugar. Wash the ripe papaya thoroughly, dry it and slice it into slices. (The skin and seeds are used together.) Add papaya, rock sugar, and wine in order to seal and marinate. It can be drunk at any time after six months. The longer the papaya wine is brewed, the more beautiful the color and the better the flavor. It can relieve fatigue and regulate the intestines. It is also very effective for diarrhea and abdominal pain. If marinated for more than one year, its flavor and medicinal effects will be optimal.

Vegetarian papaya

300 grams of fresh papaya, 200 grams of beans, 100 grams of wild bamboo shoots, 50 grams of green peppers, and 50 ml of peanut oil.

Peel off the skin of papaya, peel off the skin of wild rice bamboo shoots, and cut into 5 cm long filaments together with beans and set aside; remove the stems of green peppers, peel the ginger, wash, and cut into thin strips together with green onion; put the wok on the fire Pour in peanut oil, heat it up, add ginger, green pepper, green onion shreds and stir-fry for a few times, then add papaya, wild rice bamboo shoots, bean leaf shreds, add refined salt, white sugar, balsamic vinegar, add appropriate amount of water, and simmer for 10 minutes , drizzle with sesame oil, add MSG, and serve. This dish has the effect of strengthening the spleen, appetizing, and helping digestion. It can be consumed by patients with stomachache, indigestion, etc., and can also help lose weight.

Papaya with rock sugar

200 grams of fresh papaya and 30 grams of rock sugar. First, peel the papaya and cut it into 1 cm square papaya dices; put the papaya dices and rock sugar into a crock pot, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer for 30 minutes, wait until it is warm, and take it once a day. It has the effect of clearing away heat and moisturizing the lungs, and is suitable for dry cough due to lung heat, depression due to deficiency of heat, etc.

Papaya and Mutton Soup

1000g each of papaya and mutton, 3g grass fruit, 300g peas, 500g rice, 200g sugar, appropriate amounts of salt, MSG and pepper. Wash the rice, grass fruits and peas, and take the juice from the papaya and set aside. Wash the mutton and cut it into pieces, put it into an aluminum pot, add rice, strawberries, peas, papaya juice, add an appropriate amount of water, first put it on a high fire and bring it to a boil, then switch to simmering it and stew it until the peas are rotten and the meat is cooked. Add sugar, salt, MSG, and pepper and serve. Eat meat, beans, etc., and drink soup. Strengthen the spleen and remove dampness. It is suitable for symptoms such as swelling, pain, and numbness in legs and feet caused by spleen dampness.

Papaya fresh milk

360 grams of papaya, two cups of fresh milk, appropriate amount of white sugar and appropriate amount of crushed ice. Select fresh and ripe papaya, peel and core it, cut it into large pieces and set aside. Put papaya cubes, fresh milk, white sugar and appropriate amount of crushed ice into a juicer, crush into thick juice, and then drink. With moisturizing and beautifying effects.

Papaya and Braised Mushrooms

200 grams of fresh papaya, 250 grams of fresh mushrooms, 20 grams of sugar, 20 ml each of soy sauce and cooking wine, and 800 ml peanut oil. Peel off the fresh papaya and cut into slices 1 cm wide, 4 cm long and 0.5 cm thick; wash the phoenix mushrooms and cut them into 3 cmⅹ4 cm oblique blades, soak in salt water for 1 minute, remove and set aside; Put the wok on the fire, pour in the peanut oil, heat until it is 80% hot, add the papaya slices and fry for a while, remove and set aside; pour out the peanut oil from the original wok, leaving the base oil, add the phoenix tail mushrooms, stir-fry a few times, and then pour Add papaya slices, sugar, soy sauce, cooking wine and appropriate amount of water, cook for 5 minutes, thicken with wet starch, add MSG, and serve. This dish has the effects of strengthening the spleen and appetizing, transforming food and stopping diarrhea, removing dampness and relaxing muscles. Suitable for chronic arthritis, indigestion, diarrhea, muscle rheumatism and other diseases.

●Special Tips

Papaya tastes sour and eating too much will damage your teeth.

Xuan papaya, also known as northern papaya, is often used to treat diseases, but it should not be eaten fresh.

Edible papayas: Papayas, which are mostly produced in the south, can be eaten raw or stewed as vegetables and meat. Usually eat about 1/4 at a time.

When purchasing papaya, the principles should be that the fruit is plump in shape, the peel is dark yellow with powdery texture, and there are no external injuries or other insect damage. Long ones are better than round ones, small ones are sweeter than big ones. Papayas are usually harvested when they are about 70% ripe for easy transportation. Unless the color of the fruit turns yellow, gently press the fruit stem. If it softens, it can be eaten. It should not be refrigerated before it is ripe.

Papaya milk is a thirst-quenching drink that many people like to drink in summer, but it is best to drink it freshly, because the proteolytic enzyme of papaya will decompose the milk protein and turn it into Peptides, and peptides usually have a bitter taste. Therefore, papaya milk should be drunk immediately after it is ready. Do not leave it for a while before drinking. Of course, papaya milk that has become bitter can be drunk and is not toxic, but the taste will be worse.

When cooking beef, put a piece of papaya peel and cook it together, the beef will easily become rotten. Because tender essence is extracted from papaya. Peeling and slicing green papaya and sandwiching it with harder meat is a common cooking technique. Papaya enzyme can make the meat easier to soften and ripen. For meat with relatively thick fiber, it can accelerate the softening and shorten the stomach lining. Mechanical digestion time for easy absorption in the small intestine.

●Consumption warning:

The papayaine in papaya is slightly toxic to the human body. It is not advisable to eat too much at a time. People with allergies should eat with caution.

Papaya is a yellow fruit. If you eat too much, the skin and palms of your hands may turn yellow. However, as long as you stop eating and switch to tomatoes or drink tea, it will disappear naturally. This is not jaundice, unless the whites of the eyes are If it turns yellow, you need to go to the hospital for examination.

You cannot eat papaya when you are pregnant. Although it will not affect the fetus, it will cause uterine contraction and abdominal pain.

People with excessive gastric acidity and food accumulation should not eat.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "It should not be used by those with weakness in the lower waist and knees due to deficiency of essence and blood, and insufficient yin. It should not be used by those who have insufficient spleen and stomach due to food damage and have a lot of stagnation."

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