Indian kidney-tonifying vegetable turns old if not picked for a day, have you ever eaten it?

Everyone knows that eating vegetables regularly is very good for our health and nutritional balance. There are many kinds of vegetables, but those that are both edible and have medicinal value are relatively few. There is one such vegetable, very tender, it turns old if not picked for a day, and it has a huge yield, growing batch after batch. Most importantly, it has high economic and medicinal value, so it is called the "king of vegetables." It is the vegetable that is now wildly popular across the country, okra.

Okra is also called yellow okra. More than a decade ago, few people had eaten it, but because of its special taste and nutritional value, it became a vegetable that everyone sought after. Okra has long been known by the nickname "kidney-tonifying vegetable." It originally came from India and is a tropical vegetable. After being introduced to our country, it was not popular at first. Later, as people gradually discovered its effects of strengthening the body and tonifying the kidneys, nourishing the stomach and protecting the stomach, it began to sell well across the country, and many farmers began to grow it. In my hometown, because its shape closely resembles a chili pepper, we also call it "foreign chili."

In fact, it comes in many colors. The most common is green, and there are also red and light green ones. Their taste is about the same, and red okra has a higher anthocyanin content. Okra's taste is very unique. Although it looks like a chili pepper, it is not spicy at all. Its texture is smooth, crisp and tender. In many regions it has already become a best-selling vegetable and appears in cuisines everywhere. Because okra's yield is very large and it ages very easily, people also process it into various dried vegetables and sell them as snacks, which are said to be very popular as well.

However, okra also has one drawback, which is that it grows too vigorously. So if it is not picked in time, even if only one day passes, it will quickly become fibrous, like wood, and cannot be chewed. Once old, it cannot be eaten, and can only be left to continue growing to collect seeds. Fortunately, its seeds are very valuable and can be pressed for oil, and their nutritional value is far higher than ordinary soybean oil and sesame oil. At the same time, after being roasted and ground into powder, they can be used as coffee powder. This is the origin of the name okra.

Every part of okra is useful. Its root is a medicinal material that can relieve cough; its skin has the effect of regulating menstruation; the unique mucilage in the fruit can lubricate the intestines, prevent constipation, and protect and nourish the stomach; the seeds also have the effect of promoting lactation and improving insufficient milk supply. The whole plant can clear heat and remove toxins, depending on whether you know how to use it. But for some people, it is still better to eat less or eat it in moderation. Because it is a vegetable with a relatively cold nature, people with a cold constitution should not eat much of it.