Can I still eat wilted eggplant?

After you buy eggplant and bring it home, you must be careful to preserve it, because eggplant is a vegetable that easily spoils. Moreover, the best time to eat eggplant is when it is still fresh. When eating eggplant, you should also carefully observe whether the inside of the eggplant is rotten. However, some families find that after buying eggplants, the eggplants become wilted because they have not been eaten for too long. So can the wilted eggplants still be used?

The eggplant is just wilted, not rotten, so it's still edible.

If wilted eggplant is cooked in the same way as when it was first bought, it will not taste good (because the moisture has evaporated and it is no longer tender), but it can be stir-fried into diced eggplant.

Specific method:

1. Cut the eggplant into small pieces of one inch square.

2. Mix and rub with salt (the amount of salt used is about the same as when cooking), then set aside.

3. Chop some ginger and garlic and set aside.

4. Heat the oil in a pan, first pour in minced garlic, minced ginger (if you like spicy food, you can also add some minced chili), and squeezed eggplant (if you add more salt, you can rinse the marinated eggplant with water and then squeeze it dry), stir-fry, and add a little sugar.

5. After frying, add chicken essence and MSG.

(If you add edamame seeds, the taste will be better.)

How to choose eggplant

The eggplant with eyes is the best.

When choosing eggplants, just avoid old ones. Generally speaking, eggplants with eyes are more tender.

Second, look at the color.

A good tender eggplant should be mainly red-purple or black-purple in color, with a relatively dark and shiny color. It looks very beautiful at first glance. This is the best eggplant. On the contrary, if the eggplant is dull and brown in color, it means that the eggplant is old or is about to go bad. Do not buy such eggplant.

3. Find the calyx.

There is a white and slightly light green ribbon-like ring where the calyx and fruit of the eggplant are connected. The larger and more obvious this ribbon-like ring is, the more tender and delicious the eggplant is. On the contrary, the eggplant is older and its taste and quality are much worse.

Four. Look at the appearance.

A good eggplant will be evenly thick and thin, without spots or cracks. Pay special attention to any spots of decay. Don't buy eggplants that are of varying thickness and have many wrinkles, as they have been stored for a long time.

Five touches and one touch of eggplant.

Eggplants that feel moderately soft and hard are better. If they are very hard, they are a bit old.

The magical effects of eggplant

1. Eggplant stem

Chinese medicine for reducing internal heat

When eating eggplant, people often cut off the eggplant stem and throw it away, but in traditional Chinese medicine, the eggplant stem is also a rare medicinal ingredient.

If you feel you have a fever and you have fresh eggplants at home, you can just cut the eggplant stems and put them in the dishes to relieve the symptoms. Drinking a decoction or brewing water with fresh eggplant stalks and coptis chinensis or lotus seeds can heal mouth ulcers. It has four functions: clearing away heat, detoxifying, reducing internal heat, and healing mouth ulcers. Never throw away eggplant stems when cooking!

2. Eggplant skin

Antioxidant and anti-cancer powerhouse

The most praised blood vessel strengthening effect of eggplant comes from the eggplant skin, which concentrates most of the anthocyanin antioxidant ingredients in eggplant and also contains high concentrations of pectin and flavonoids. It is a pity to throw it away!

In addition, flavonoids have antioxidant effects and can prevent cell canceration. Research results show that its anti-cancer properties are several times that of other vegetables with the same effect, making it a strong anti-cancer agent.

3. Eat the Whole

Protect cardiovascular system

Eggplant is high in vitamin P, containing 750 mg of vitamin P per 100 grams.

It can enhance the adhesion between human cells, increase the elasticity of capillaries, reduce fragility and permeability, and prevent microvascular rupture and bleeding. Choose dark long strips, cut into segments or strips, mix with sesame paste and soy sauce, and it is best eaten at dinner time.

4. Eat eggplant in summer

Reduce swelling and relieve pain

Eggplant also has the effects of clearing heat, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is especially suitable for people who are prone to prickly heat and boils, and is also a very suitable vegetable to eat in summer.

Taboo people:

1. Spleen and stomach deficiency and coldness,

2. People with weak constitution and loose stools,

3. People with asthma should not eat too much; it is not advisable to eat eggplant before surgery.

Suitable for the crowd: General people can eat it. It is especially suitable for people who are prone to prickly heat and boils.