How to stir-fry tender pumpkin shreds

Generally speaking, pumpkin is also a vegetable with high edible value to the human body. When eating pumpkin, many families will choose old pumpkins, because old pumpkins contain higher fructose content, so it is a good choice to make pumpkin soup and pumpkin risotto. As spring approaches, tender pumpkins are gradually coming onto the market, and they taste very good. When frying tender pumpkin shreds, how can you make it more delicious?

Stir-fried shredded pumpkin with peppers

Ingredients: 300g tender pumpkin, salt, onion, soy sauce, blended oil, red pepper

1. Wash the tender pumpkin, peel it, remove the pulp, and cut it into shreds. Also cut the red pepper and onion into shreds.

2. Heat the oil and sauté the scallion shreds, then add the red pepper shreds and stir-fry.

3. Add the pumpkin shreds, stir-fry for a while, then add a little water and simmer.

4. Add light soy sauce and salt, stir-fry evenly and serve.

Tender Pumpkin and Pork Buns

Ingredients: 265g pumpkin, 220g pork, some oil, some salt, 280g flour, some shallots, some ginger

1. Prepare and wash the ingredients, grate the tender pumpkin into thin strips, chop the shallots and ginger into fine pieces, add oil first to lock in moisture, then add salt.

2. Use a food processor to process the pork into minced meat, or chop it directly into minced meat, add light soy sauce and fine salt and mix well.

3. Mix the vegetable filling and pork filling evenly.

4. Add appropriate amount of water and baking powder to the flour, knead it into dough and let it rise.

5. Divide the fermented dough into small doughs, put in the stuffing and make buns.

6. Put it in the steamer and let it sit for 10 minutes before starting to steam. After the steam comes up over high heat, switch to low heat and steam for 15 minutes. Open the lid 3 minutes after turning off the heat.

Fried Pumpkin with Meat

Ingredients: 250 grams of tender pumpkin, 45 grams of shredded pork, 15 grams of sliced ​​ginger, and appropriate amounts of vegetable oil, soy sauce, salt, and chopped green onion.

1. Wash the pumpkin, peel and remove the flesh, cut into pieces and set aside.

2. Heat oil in a pan, sauté ginger slices and chopped green onions, then add shredded pork, soy sauce and salt and stir-fry for 1 minute.

3. Add pumpkin, stir-fry for 2 minutes, add water, cover the pot, and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes until the pumpkin is cooked and soft.

The therapeutic effects of tender pumpkin

In addition to its high nutritional value and good taste, tender pumpkin also has rich therapeutic effects. Pumpkin is a vegetable with very high and comprehensive nutritional value. Both old and young pumpkins have high edible value. Let’s take a look at the therapeutic effects of tender pumpkin.

1. There is a special substance in the flesh of tender pumpkin that can promote insulin secretion, lower blood sugar levels, and is effective in preventing and treating diabetes.

2. The vitamin A content in tender pumpkin exceeds that in green vegetables, which can effectively beautify and nourish the skin, which is undoubtedly good news for women.

3. Eating pumpkin is more effective in preventing and treating high blood pressure, because the active ingredients in pumpkin can prevent high blood pressure and some kidney diseases.

4. Eating pumpkin can treat gallstones. Eating pumpkin regularly can dissolve gallstones. Patients with gallstones may wish to try it.

5. Eating young pumpkin can help protect the gastric mucosa and aid digestion. It has a good therapeutic effect on digestive system diseases such as poor appetite caused by heat in the stomach and intestines.

6. Eating more pumpkin can also prevent stroke, because pumpkin contains a lot of linoleic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid and other glyceric acids, which are all good quality oils.

7. The vitamin C contained in pumpkin can prevent nitrate from being converted into nitrite, a carcinogen, in the digestive tract, and mannitol can reduce the harm of toxins in feces to the human body.