First, eat it raw.

1) after peeling first

2) cut into pieces.

3) Then wash with clear water.

4) Soak in sour vinegar, add a little sugar, and marinate for two and a half days before eating.

] second, stir-fried pork. The fried yacon is more pure in sweetness, even the shredded pork seems a little sweet. It's appetizing with a bowl of white rice.

Thirdly, steaming and stewing yacon is also a good cooking method, especially for winter tonic. Put a few slices of yacon in the sparerib soup and stew it together. Soup will be more fragrant and delicious, and it can also play the role of appetizing and strengthening the spleen. 、

4. Another way is to chop the yacon into biscuits. Because it is sweet, there is no need to add sugar to taste it, so it has become a delicious tea tasting spot, which is also in line with the concept of modern urbanites pursuing natural green and healthy food.

Extended data:

Main value:

First, medicinal use

Yacon polysaccharide can reduce blood sugar and blood fat: Yacon polysaccharide can reduce postprandial blood sugar in mice, enhance the glucose tolerance of diabetic mice, inhibit the increase of blood fat in mice fed with high-fat diet, prevent hyperlipidemia to some extent, and reduce the damage of cholesterol to the liver while reducing blood fat. It has certain protective effect on kidney and spleen of diabetic mice. ?

Anti-oxidation: DPPD method was used to verify that yacon leaf extract has anti-oxidation effect. In a certain range, the ability to scavenge free radicals is directly proportional to the concentration of yacon extract. ?

Bacteriostasis: The effective components of yacon have certain inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Malassezia. ?

Second, diet therapy.

Yacon can be made into beverage, preserved fruit, fruit wine or jam. Milk powder, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus can be used as starter to make fermented milk, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and help digestion. Make yacon leaves into leaf health tea to prevent hyperlipidemia.

Yacon is full of treasures. Fructooligosaccharides contained in yacon can lower blood sugar and blood lipid, so diabetics can eat it. Yacon is rich in vitamin E, which can resist oxidation and play the role of beauty beauty. Yacon also promotes intestinal peristalsis and laxatives, and can be eaten by constipation patients. Yacon leaves can be made into health tea and taken in cold winter. ?

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