What vegetables are used in pink vegetable juice?
Pink vegetable juice is actually extracted from amaranth. Blanch the amaranth with hot water first, then put the blanched amaranth into a container with a little water and rub it hard. The juice is very beautiful pink.
Amaranth contains a natural pigment, amaranth red, which exists in vacuoles of cells. Chloroplasts in cells are green. Because of its high content, green covers pink, so raw amaranth is dark green. When washing vegetables or cooking, high temperature destroys the cell membrane and cell wall, so that chloroplasts disintegrate, the structure of chlorophyll is destroyed, the green color disappears, and the pink color in vacuoles permeates.
How to squeeze pink vegetable juice
1, the preparation of vegetable juice is very simple, and the pink vegetable juice is even simpler. Wash amaranth, cut it into small pieces, and put it into a juicer to stir.
2. You can taste with honey when drinking. However, in order to keep the original nutritional value of the prepared vegetable juice as much as possible, you should carefully select it at home and throw away the rotten and stale ones.
3. Rinse carefully and brush the amaranth with a brush; Vegetables that cannot be juiced with skin should be cleaned and peeled with stainless steel utensils; Drinking while cooking will affect the quality of vegetable juice even if it is stored in the refrigerator for a short time.
4. In addition to stirring with a juicer, you can also wash and chop the amaranth, put it in a pot, add a proper amount of water, cook for 3-5 minutes with strong fire, take out the amaranth residue, and let the rest of the amaranth water cool.
What vegetables are used in pink vegetable juice? From the above, we know that it is a vegetable juice made of amaranth, which is especially popular with children. Because pink is a symbol of dreams, innocent children can enjoy extraordinary fun while drinking vegetable juice. Therefore, mothers should pay more attention when making vegetable juice.