Most pumpkins sold in the market are western pumpkins, which are sweeter and softer than those produced in Japan, and the content of vitamins such as carotene is much higher than that produced in Japan.
In addition, the pumpkin skin is too hard to pierce even the nails; When you buy it, it should be dark green, and the skin is not damaged. It is better to choose a heavier one. However, if you buy cut pulp, the brighter the orange of the pulp, the more carotene it contains.
In addition, if pumpkin seeds are flat, they usually have poor freshness. If you buy it outside autumn and winter, you should choose the kind with dry vines and wrinkles near the navel eye, which will be more solid and delicious. The general population can eat it. 1. Especially suitable for obesity and constipation of the elderly; 2. Pumpkins are warm, those with excessive stomach heat, those with full qi stagnation, and those with damp-heat qi stagnation should eat less; People suffering from beriberi, jaundice, qi stagnation and dampness are not suitable for eating. Editing this food, pumpkin should not be eaten with mutton and shrimp; Eating with crabs, eels and hairtail is easy to be poisoned; Eating with venison will lead to death; Pumpkin should not be eaten with foods rich in vitamin C. Edit this paragraph 1. Pumpkins can be steamed, boiled or boiled in soup. External tamping agent. 2. Pumpkin cooked food supplement and welfare water; Used for expelling octopus and detoxifying. 3. Diabetic patients can make pumpkin into pumpkin powder for long-term consumption. 4. Appropriate amount of wax gourd, washed and sliced, salted for 6 hours, and served with vinegar cold, can reduce facial pigmentation and prevent acne. Edit this simple beauty slimming soup-pumpkin soup, 500g pumpkin, 1500ML water. Exercise 1. Wash the pumpkin and cut it into small pieces; 2. Make 2-3 times of water in the pot; 3. Add pumpkin; 4. Bring the fire to a boil, turn to medium heat and cook for 10 minutes. Tips You don't need to add anything. The sweetness of the pumpkin itself is enough, and the boiled soup is also sweet. Pumpkin contains alkaloids, trigonelline, cucurbitacin and other physiologically active substances, which can eliminate and catalyze the decomposition of carcinogenic nitrosamines and effectively prevent and treat cancer. Edit the warmest taste of this passage-400g pumpkin, 200g rice, 2 tablespoons cooking oil, 1 teaspoon salt, 500ml water. Exercise 1. Peel and remove seeds from pumpkin and cut into small pieces; Wash the rice for later use; 2. Heat the wok with 2 tablespoons of cooking oil for 7 minutes, then add pumpkin pieces and stir fry for 1 minute; 3. Pour in the washed rice and pumpkin, stir well, then add about 500 ml of clean water until it just doesn't smell like rice, cover the lid and simmer for 10 minute, then open the lid and add salt and stir well, cover the lid again and simmer for 15-20 minutes to drain the water, and you can get tips 1. This bowl of rice is a home-cooked dish I used to eat when I was a child. It belongs to my mother. This kind of rice is not complicated to make, but the key problem lies in the weight of rice and water and the size of fire. After stewing 10 minutes, the rice will be half cooked. Add salt and stir well. When cooking 15 minutes, cover it with the smallest fire. You can lift the cover and turn it over by half to avoid pasting the bottom, but it is best to stew the pumpkin rice until it is a little crisp. The advantage of editing this rice is that it can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi once a day, and is suitable for spleen and stomach weakness and malnutrition. Edit this milk-flavored pumpkin soup material: 1 pumpkin (net weight is about 600g), milk 280g, whipped cream 20g (if there is no whipped cream, you can use 300g milk), and appropriate amount of sugar: 1. Peel the pumpkin and slice it. Wash pumpkin seeds and bake them in the oven or stir-fry them in a dry pot with low heat. It's delicious. 3. Steam until soft (10- 15 minutes). 4. Press the steamed pumpkin into large pieces with a spoon, and put it into a blender to stir it into mud. 5. Pour the pumpkin puree into the pot, heat it on low heat, and add milk and whipped cream. 6. Keep stirring with a spoon to avoid touching the pot and heat it to heat. The content of cobalt is higher than any other vegetable. It is an essential trace element for islet cells to synthesize insulin. Eating pumpkin often helps to prevent and treat diabetes. Pectin can delay the absorption of sugar and lipid in intestine. Eating pumpkin can prevent hypertension and some liver and kidney diseases. It tastes more mellow with whipped cream.