What are the methods for making homemade cucumber pickles?

Cucumbers are very nutritious, especially rich in vitamins. Proper consumption has many benefits to the human body. There are many ways to eat cucumbers in life, such as pickling cucumbers. Wash them, cut them into small pieces and sprinkle them with appropriate amount of salt. Pour out the water after pickling, add appropriate amount of seasoning according to your taste, you can also add some chili peppers, and finally pour the boiled soy sauce water into the pickled cucumbers.

1. How to make homemade cucumber pickles

1. Cut about three pounds of cucumber into small pieces

2. Sprinkle salt on the cucumbers layer by layer after cutting. Don’t use too much salt.

3. Pour out all the water from the cucumbers sprinkled with salt, and squeeze out as much water as possible from the cucumbers. Press down with heavy objects.

(The salt is further removed, and the compressed cucumbers are pickled well and have a very crispy taste)

4. Prepare ginger and garlic according to your taste. If you like spicy food, you can also add chili peppers.

5. Put 350 ml of soy sauce, 70 grams of sugar and about 10 grams of white wine into the pot. After the soy sauce is boiled and the sugar is melted, turn off the heat and pour it into a container to let it cool. (If you like sweet food, you can add more sugar)

6. Put the blanched cucumber in the cooled sauce

7. Add peppercorns and star aniseed to the cold oil, slowly squeeze out the oil over low heat, remove the peppercorns and star aniseed, pour them on the cucumber while they are still hot, or you can add them with cold oil.

2. Nutritional Benefits of Cucumber

1. Hydrating effect

Cucumber also has the effect of moisturizing, so cucumber masks are launched on the market. We can also make simple cucumber masks by ourselves and apply them on our face to make our skin hydrated and radiant.

2. Detoxification

Cucumber also has the function of detoxification. Therefore, in the summer you can stir-fry some cucumber dishes, or squeeze some cucumber juice and then add some honey to make your skin whitening and radiant.

3. Vitamin Supplement

Cucumber is a green food and rich in vitamins. Therefore, you should eat more cucumbers every day. Cucumbers can be eaten raw or used for cooking.

4. Helps digestion

Cucumbers also help digestion. People who often suffer from indigestion can eat some cucumbers. Cucumbers are sweet and delicious and have extremely high nutritional value.

5. Treat diabetes

Cucumber also has the effect of treating diabetes because it does not contain sugar. Therefore, people with diabetes can drink a glass of cucumber juice every day.

6. Relieve joint pain

Cucumber also has the effect of relieving arthritis pain. Therefore, for people suffering from arthritis pain symptoms, you can cut the cucumber into slices, then chill it in the refrigerator, and apply it to the affected area, which can effectively relieve arthritis pain symptoms.