Introduction: Pumpkins have starch and dietary fibre and can induce a sense of fullness and replenish body strength. The carotenoid and lutein in pumpkins can protect the eyesight, and the magnesium and potassium is good for the heart. Pumpkins have rich trace elements like cobalt and pectin. Cobalt can nourish the blood and promote the secretion of insulin. Pectin can defer the absorption of sugar and fat by the intestines. Pumpkin has the effects of moisturizing the lung, removing inflammation and clearing toxicity. It is suitable for fat people and middle-age and old people.
Note: If an excessive amount of pumpkins is consumed, the skin will turn yellow and the belly will get swollen.
Buying: Buy pumpkins that are heavy and full, with firm skin and no rotten places or insect bites.
Cooking methods: Steam, cook, pan fry, stew, cook in a soup, bake, prepare as a dessert together with pork.
Home dishes:
Pumpkin steamed with mashed garlic, pan fried pumpkin with meat slices, pumpkin stewed with spare rib, pumpkin soup, pumpkin cake, pumpkin bread, pumpkin and beef soup,
simmered pumpkins (Japanese),
pumpkin with spareribs soup
