Purple potato, also known as black potato, has purple to deep purple flesh. Besides the nutrients of common sweet potato, it is also rich in selenium and anthocyanins. Anthocyanin can prevent and treat 100 diseases, and is known as the seventh essential nutrient after water, protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. Purple potatoes can be steamed or baked in the microwave oven.
2 How to bake purple potato 1 in microwave oven and buy sweet potato. When buying sweet potatoes, you should choose regular blocks with smooth skin, no pits and no buds, and moderate size. For sweet potatoes of the same size, choose heavier ones.
2. Prepare before baking. Select a piece of sweet potato about 150g, wash it, and drain it for later use. When baking sweet potatoes, don't choose a piece that is too big, which is not easy to cook; Try not to choose a round block for the same reason.
Step 3 bake. Dry the surface of sweet potato with a dry kitchen towel, put it on the grill of microwave oven, select "Baked Sweet Potato"-150g, and start baking. The microwave oven shows that it will be ready in 6 minutes. Note: Don't put it on the baking tray, but put it on the grill and heat it evenly.
4. After baking for 1 min, open the microwave oven door, take out the sweet potato whose surface has been dried thoroughly, stick five or six small holes in the sweet potato with a toothpick, and put it back in the oven to continue baking. The purpose of frying sweet potato skin with toothpicks is to radiate the heat inside the sweet potato and make it heated evenly inside and outside.
5. After baking for 3 and a half minutes, take out the sweet potato and repeat the above step 4 to continue baking. At this time, there is already a sweet taste.
After 6 or 6 minutes, the microwave oven stopped and the sweet potato was baked. Take out the sweet potato, put it on a dry plate, and enjoy the sweet baked sweet potato after a little cooling. My sweet potato is white and sweeter than the red one.
What are the benefits of eating purple potatoes every day? 1. Protecting the intestines and stomach Purple sweet potato is rich in cellulose, which can increase the volume of feces, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, clean up mucus, gas accumulation and putrefaction stuck in intestinal cavity, discharge toxic substances and carcinogens in feces, keep defecation unobstructed, improve the digestive tract environment and prevent the occurrence of gastrointestinal diseases.
2. Lose weight. Every 100g of fresh purple sweet potato contains only 0.2g of fat, which generates 99 kilocalories of heat energy, which is about 1/3 of that of rice. It is a good low-fat and low-calorie food, at the same time, it can effectively prevent sugar from turning into fat, which is conducive to weight loss and bodybuilding.
3. Enhance immunity Purple sweet potato contains a lot of mucin, which can prevent the atrophy of liver and kidney connective tissue, improve immunity and prevent collagen disease. The minerals contained in purple sweet potato play a very important role in maintaining and regulating human functions. Calcium and magnesium contained in it can prevent osteoporosis.
4 Purple potatoes can't be eaten with any food 1, persimmons Persimmons are rich in nutrients, rich in vitamins, pectin, tannic acid and so on. When they are eaten together, the tannic acid easily reacts with the components in purple sweet potato to form indigestible precipitate, which may cause gastrointestinal discomfort.
2, tomatoes tomatoes contain more acidic substances, while purple potatoes contain a lot of starch, which is not easy to digest. When they are eaten together, it is easy to produce indigestible substances, increase the burden on the stomach, and may cause indigestion and gastrointestinal discomfort.
3, too sweet food purple potato should not be eaten with too sweet food. This is because purple potato has a high sugar content, and if it is eaten with too sweet food, it will increase the possibility of reflux. Therefore, it is best not to eat purple potato with too sweet food.