How to cook roasted sunflower seeds

Sunflower is a particularly sun-loving plant. Sunflower seeds can be used as snacks, especially during festivals, which is the season when sunflowers are used in large quantities. Many people use sunflowers to entertain guests. The sunflowers we use are fried. When frying sunflowers, we must pay attention to the control of the heat and never burn the sunflowers. So what is the correct way to fry sunflower seeds?

1. Ingredients

Main ingredients: 400 grams of sunflower seeds.

Other ingredients: coarse salt to taste.

2. Steps

1. First pick out the impurities in the raw sunflower seeds, such as pebbles, soil clods, etc.

2. Heat the pan and add large grains of salt.

3. When the coarse salt is hot to the touch, add the sunflower seeds and stir-fry.

4. Stir-fry quickly and continuously for about 5 minutes, until the sunflower seeds burst with a sound.

5. When the skin of the sunflower seeds changes color slightly, turn off the heat and filter out the coarse salt with a spoon.

6. Spread out the sunflower seeds and let them cool completely.

3. Efficacy

Protect the heart, fight cancer, relieve tension, benefit bone health, and anti-wrinkle skin care.

4. Nutritional value of sunflower seeds

Sunflower seeds are rich in many nutrients essential to the human body, including vitamin E, B vitamins, thiamine, and mineral elements such as copper, phosphorus, and selenium. Like other nuts, sunflower seeds are rich in many unsaturated fatty acids that are beneficial to human health. Sunflower seeds are also a good source of cellulose, amino acids, and especially tryptophan.

Ingredients for Spiced Boiled Melon Seeds:

Raw sunflower seeds, star anise, peppercorns, cinnamon, licorice, cloves, salt

How to cook spiced melon seeds:

1. Wash the raw sunflower seeds with clean water, remove the loose soil on the surface, then pour them into a pot, add appropriate amount of clean water, and soak for 10 minutes.

2. Put star anise, pepper, cinnamon, licorice and cloves into the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to medium-low heat and continue to cook for about 10 minutes. Add salt and stir well, then turn off the heat. Continue to soak until the melon seeds and soup cool naturally, then take out the melon seeds, put them in a drain basket and drain them thoroughly.

3. Put the drained melon seeds into a frying pan, stir-fry over low heat with a spatula for 10 minutes, then spread them out to cool.

Sunflower seeds (fried) nutritional analysis:

1. Sunflower seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, high-quality protein, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, selenium, vitamin E, vitamin B1 and other nutrients;

2. The rich potassium it contains is very beneficial for protecting heart function and preventing high blood pressure;

3. Sunflower seeds are rich in vitamin E, which can prevent aging, improve immunity, and prevent cardiovascular diseases;

4. The plant sterols and phospholipids contained in sunflower seeds can inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol in the human body, prevent excessive plasma cholesterol, and prevent arteriosclerosis;

5. Sunflower seeds can also regulate brain cell metabolism and improve its inhibitory function, so they can be used for hypnosis.

Sunflower seeds (fried) additional information:

1. Eating a large amount of sunflower seeds will seriously consume saliva, which will affect people's oral health and even digestion over time;

2. Sunflower seeds are warm and dry after being fried. Eating too much can easily cause dry mouth, mouth sores, toothache and other "heaty" symptoms, so they should be eaten in moderation;

3. Try to peel the shells by hand or use a sheller to avoid damaging tooth enamel by frequently chewing sunflower seeds with your teeth;

4. Try not to give melon seeds to infants and young children to avoid danger by letting them fall into the trachea.