Friday, November 11, 2011

TCM method of cooking corn

Nutritional value of corn, the staple food of the highest

Including wheat flour and rice in the raw materials of all staple food, maize, the highest nutritional value. Especially its vitamin content, is rice, wheat, 5-10 times. Corn also contains seven kinds of "anti-agent": calcium, glutathione, Victoria A, magnesium, selenium, vitamin E and fatty acids.

Corn, whole body is a treasure:

Vitamin A and vitamin E and vitamin A corn contains vitamin E and glutamic acid. Animal experiments show that these ingredients have anti-aging effects.

Corn is rich in dietary fiber, cellulose, not only can stimulate peristalsis, prevent constipation, but also promote cholesterol metabolism, accelerate the discharge of toxins in the intestines.

Unsaturated fatty acids of corn germ oil contains large amounts of corn squeeze unsaturated fatty acids, including linoleic acid, 60%, to clear the blood of harmful cholesterol, prevent atherosclerosis. Corn germ contains nutrients tip can enhance the body's metabolism, adjusting nerve system function.

Was investigated, the African women working in agriculture to corn-based food, their risk of bowel cancer is very low, showing that corn has anti-cancer effect. In addition, the amount of corn contains carotene is five times more than soybeans, for carcinogens also inhibited.

Lysine corn contains nutrients, trace elements selenium, a cancer preventive effect.

Corn also contains B vitamins rich in B vitamins, niacin, etc., to protect the nerve conduction and gastrointestinal function, prevention of beriberi disease, myocarditis, maintaining the skin fit is valid.

Other corn must have strong diuretic function, urinary tract infection, edema treatment, you can also heat gallbladder stone row, liver and gallbladder damp-heat for cholelithiasis and so on.

Cooked or steamed corn nutrients more easily absorbed, take a look coarse corn recipe spy it:

1, three-color corn

Raw materials:

Baby corn, asparagus, carrots, butter, salt.

Practices:

Carrots, cut into strips,; will handle a good asparagus into the pot cooked, remove and drain water; butter in a frying pan, fry the corn golden, then add asparagus and stir fry with carrots, salt seasoning to pan.

2, corn, pine nuts

Raw materials:

Corn, pine nuts, red Caijiao, spring onion, sugar, salt.

Practices:

Red Caijiao seeded washed, cut into 1 cm pieces of diamond; corn on the cob, peeled and should, take off the corn kernels. Heat the skillet fire, thrown into the raw pine nuts, transfer a small fire for drying. Use the spatula to stir frequently so that pine nut roll, color uniformity. When all of the pine nuts baked to golden brown, filled out the stalls in the market in the cool. Skillet turn on the water, the fire boiling, add the corn kernels, adjusting the heat and simmer 5 minutes, then remove and drain. Heat wok fire, pour the oil until the oil temperature rose to Liucheng hot, put the diced green onion stir incense first, followed then add corn kernels and red Caijiao film, transferred amount of salt and sugar and stir fry for a while. Add about 1 tablespoon along Guobian (15 ml) of water, then cover and simmer 3 minutes. Open the lid, add pine nuts, stir fry evenly.

3, ribs corn soup

Raw materials:

Ribs, corn, water, salt, dried fish and MSG, sesame oil.

Practices:

Wash with hot water will boil ribs to the bloody hot, and then picked up the wash and drain backup. Wash and cut back corn; materials and seasonings all together into the inner pot, heat to boil after the change in the heat and simmer about 5 to 8 minutes, sealed after the flame, burn into the stew pot, simmer about 2 hours to open Sheng from consumption.

4, Bacon Kao Yumi

Raw materials:

Corn on the cob, bacon, butter, salt, mustard.

Practices:

Corn on the cob, peeled, silk, cut into sections, salt boiled for 20 minutes and drain; evenly in a layer of corn on the cob on the mustard, then wrapped in two bacon, butter on the grill or oven dish tray; the barbecue plate on the charcoal grill 15 to 20 minutes.

5, milk tortillas

Raw materials:

Egg yolk, flour, fresh corn, butter, the amount of water, salt or sugar (eating salty salt, sweet sugar).

Practices:

Mix all ingredients together, mix into a paste on it. Can be pan fried or oven baked, if it is oven, plate or foil coating to spread butter. (If the corn is not enough water, add the right amount of open water into a paste. Lay down in the oven, the top put some butter tablets.) 

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