Steps to make cucumber and onion salad

Cucumber is a vegetable that is beneficial to the human body. Cucumber can be washed and eaten raw, eaten cold, or fried. The most common way to eat cucumber is to eat it cold. It can clear the heat in the human body and has the effect of clearing away heat, cooling blood and detoxifying. But did you know that cucumber can be paired with onions to make a cold dish? The combination of the two can supplement the iron in the human body and aid digestion, so here is how to make a cold dish of cucumber and onion.

Method 1:

Materials

2 cucumbers

A quarter of an onion

One tablespoon chopped pepper

A handful of minced garlic

Seasoning: salt, fruit vinegar, oyster sauce

step:

1. Peel the cucumber and cut it into four strips. Remove the larger cucumber seeds (which affect the taste). Then cut the cucumber strips diagonally into thick slices.

2. Wash and cut onion into strips;

3. Sprinkle the cucumber and onion with thin salt, mix well and marinate for half an hour, drain the excess juice; 4. Add minced garlic, a few tablespoons of fruit vinegar, chopped pepper, oyster sauce, mix well, seal and refrigerate for half an hour.

How to make cucumber and onion:

1. Wash and dice the cucumber.

2. Peel and dice the onion.

3. Add salt, MSG and sesame oil and mix well.

Tips

If the onion has purple skin, it is better to blanch it in water. I died of the spiciness because I didn’t blanch it.

Nutritional value of food:

Prevent and treat osteoporosis, rickets, and iron deficiency anemia in women

Used for indigestion, has the effect of regulating qi

It has the effects of clearing away heat, purging fire, cooling blood and detoxifying

Help digestion, reduce fat, lose weight, resist disease, and promote blood circulation

effect:

onion:

1. Onions have the effect of dispelling wind and cold because onion bulbs and leaves contain an oily volatile substance called propylene sulfide, which has a spicy taste. This substance can resist cold, resist influenza virus, and has a strong bactericidal effect.

2. Onions are rich in nutrients and have a spicy smell. It can stimulate the secretion of the stomach, intestines and digestive glands, increase appetite and promote digestion. Onions do not contain fat, and their essential oil contains a mixture of sulfur-containing compounds that can lower cholesterol. It can be used to treat indigestion, loss of appetite, food stagnation and other symptoms.

cucumber:

1. Clear away heat and detoxify

Cucumber is cool in nature, and can clear away heat, promote diuresis, detoxify and reduce swelling. Cucumber has the effects of clearing heat and quenching thirst, diuresis and detoxification. Eating it regularly is beneficial to your health.

2. Lowers blood sugar

The glucosides and fructose contained in cucumbers do not participate in the normal sugar metabolism. Therefore, when diabetics use cucumbers instead of starchy foods to satisfy their hunger, their blood sugar will not rise, and may even decrease.