Celery is a photosensitive vegetable and fruit of the genus Apium in Umbelliferae, which is divided into roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits. The plant height is about 80cm, the middle part of the long stem is erect and angular, and the long leaves are triangular, egg-shaped or triangular, with 65,438+0 ~ 3 palms disintegrated, serrated edges, white flowers and no buds.
Celery, alias American celery, is a kind of vegetable and fruit introduced from Europe. Because it smells fragrant and tastes soft and crisp, it is loved by everyone. At present, it is divided into light yellow, green and miscellaneous. Among them, emerald green is the most common and the price is not expensive. Many people like to use it to make juice, fruit salad or cooking, dumpling stuffing, wonton stuffing and so on.
Celery is a kind of celery, which contains rich and colorful protein, fiber, vitamin C, folic acid tablets, potassium and so on. It has the practical effects of calming the nerves, helping sleep, inducing diuresis to reduce swelling, nourishing yin and blood, and lowering blood pressure, and is especially suitable for patients with hypertension, mental irritability and dysuria. However, because it is a light-sensitive vegetable and fruit, you don't need to eat it if you work outdoors for a long time or expose yourself to the sun for a long time, so as to avoid the increase of melanocytes in the body, especially for women who are pursuing beauty. Try not to eat it in broad daylight.
Celery is dry and fragrant, with slightly thick leaves and stems, which are generally bright green; Celery is thin, the lower part of the stem is white, and the upper part of the leaf stem is emerald green, containing a lot of water.
Celery smells unique and feels like medicine, so it is also called medicinal celery. Celery is fragrant and smells delicious. Celery is generally used as seasoning, and naturally some of it is immediately used for juicing, making fruit salad or making jiaozi and wonton stuffing. Celery is generally used for cooking, especially dishes fried with dried bean curd, meat or sausage bacon, which tastes very good. Celery and celery have practical effects such as moistening intestines and lowering blood fat, but celery has a faster effect.
Celery is divided into celery and celery. Celery is generally used as a seasoning for dishes, which can improve the taste and decoration. Celery is the primary type of fried celery at ordinary times. Remove the silk from the surface before eating celery: fold it at the top of celery, don't break it all, and then drag it down to remove the silk from celery, so that the cut celery will be more crisp and refreshing. Pickling celery with a small amount of salt for a period of time in advance can not only make celery taste, but also remove unnecessary moisture in celery and reduce the time of stir-frying.
Celery should be blanched with boiling water first, so that the fried celery will be fragrant and crisp. Stir-fried celery can't be vinegar, celery belongs to fruits and vegetables. Adding vinegar during cooking will accelerate the chemical changes between glacial acetic acid and vegetables, which will greatly destroy the carotene composition. During the whole cooking process, the nutrients and carotene of celery will be destroyed by glacial acetic acid, and the color of celery will turn brown quickly, which will not only affect the artistic beauty of dishes, but also reduce the nutritional components of dishes.
It turns out that celery and celery are so different in appearance, taste, eating method and function, but they all belong to celery, which has the functions of maintaining capillaries and lowering blood fat. However, we should pay attention to some taboos in the process of eating: celery is not suitable for eating with cucumbers, wild turtles, chrysanthemums and some seafood to prevent the digestion and absorption of harmful nutrients and lead to physical discomfort.