Autumn is coming, it is recommended to eat a variety of foods in terms of diet choice, but it is not recommended to blindly supplement meat, seafood and other animal foods, you can appropriately eat more seasonal melons, fruits and vegetables and nuts, such as pears, lotus roots, water stems, water chestnuts, walnuts and so on.
Among them, lotus root in China has about two thousand years of cultivation history, is China's largest planting area, the highest yield of aquatic vegetables, not only high nutritional value, there are a variety of eating methods.
The highest carbohydrate content also has a certain protein, minerals and so on
Lotus lotus also known as lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, water Zhi, etc., for the water lily branch lotus perennial root aquatic plants, lotus roots for lotus root (also known as lotus root).
From a nutritional point of view, lotus root is rich in carbohydrates, a certain amount of protein and rich vitamins and minerals, while also containing some special dietary components, mainly polyphenols and polysaccharides.
Among them, the carbohydrate content is the highest, the carbohydrate content in 100g lotus root is 11.5g, the starch content is usually between 10%-20%, and the insoluble dietary fiber content is 2.2%. The lotus root powder we often drink is the extract of lotus root.
Rich in vitamin C active ingredients to help with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory
In addition, lotus root also contains relatively rich vitamin C, 100g lotus root vitamin C content is 19mg, and the vitamin C content in white radish is equivalent, so eating lotus root can also help us get vitamin C.
The average total phenol content in different varieties of fresh lotus root is 117mg/100g, including quercetin, catechol, gallic acid, resveratrol, coumarin and so on.
Lotus root contains a variety of biological active ingredients, so it has antioxidant, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory and other biological functions.
After peeling and slicing, it should be soaked in water first and quickly blanched before frying
There are many ways to cook lotus root, frying and frying can be, the simplest way is to peel and slice the lotus root, after blanching cold mix; You can also stew lotus root soup, such as lotus root stew pork ribs soup, the soup is delicious, lotus root fragrant soft waxy, it is recommended to use casserole or pressure cooker stew.
The lotus root and rice cooked together, you can make lotus root porridge, you can also replace the rice with quinoa, millet and other grains, you can also add rape, lean meat, peanuts, lotus seeds and so on to make different flavors of lotus root porridge. Before frying lotus root, it is recommended to quickly blanch, and then quickly fry after blanching, so that the fried lotus root is crisp and delicious.
Remind: no matter what kind of eating method, after peeling and slicing the lotus root, it should be soaked in water in time, otherwise it will quickly oxidize and discolor.
It can also be stewed with pears, red dates, wolfberries and so on
After the white Dew season, there are a variety of fruits such as apples, pears and other ripen, you can also combine pears and lotus roots to make lotus root and pear soup.
In addition to lotus root and pear, you can prepare a few clean red dates, wolfberry, first peel the lotus root immediately soaked in water, peel and slice the pear after the core, put the prepared lotus root, pear, red dates, wolfberry into the pot, begin to stew, until the lotus root and pear become yellow can be eaten, you can also add a little shredded ginger to taste.
In addition, osmanthus sticky rice lotus root is a unique dish, belongs to a kind of dessert, raw glutinous rice in lotus root stew, with osmanthus sauce or sprinkled with some osmanthus flowers can be eaten.
It is worth noting that although the fried lotus root box is crisp and tender outside, it is delicious, but the oil is high and the energy is high.
