How do you eat pineapple? These dietary precautions you need to know
Pineapple can be harvested all year round, so we can see it in the market in all four seasons. Pineapple is juicy, sweet and delicious, and its nutritional value is also very rich. But do you know what happens if you eat too much pineapple? We often say that no matter how delicious something is, it should be eaten in a certain amount. Every fruit has its nutritional value and effects, as well as some ways of eating it.
How to eat pineapple
1. Pineapple fried rice
Ingredients
Leftover rice, pineapple (fully ripe), carrot, Chinese sausage, egg, green peas.
Method
(1) Scoop out the flesh from the pineapple with a tool, without breaking the skin, and dice the scooped-out flesh into small cubes.
(2) Prepare the carrot and Chinese sausage, and cut both into small cubes.
(3) Beat the eggs with salt and a little pepper until well mixed.
(4) Without adding oil to the pan, add the Chinese sausage and stir-fry until the oil comes out.
(5) Pour in the carrot and continue stir-frying.
(6) Add the green peas and stir-fry, then dish out and set aside.
(7) Add more oil to the pan, pour in the rice and stir-fry until loose.
(8) Pour in the beaten egg and keep stir-frying.
(9) Stir-fry until the egg is completely set.
(10) Finally, pour in all the auxiliary ingredients including the pineapple and stir-fry evenly.
2. Sweet and sour pork with pineapple
Ingredients
Pork tenderloin, pineapple, green bell pepper, red bell pepper, tomato, cooking oil, egg, water, vinegar, light soy sauce, starch, salt, rock sugar.
Method
(1) Cut the tenderloin into slightly thick slices, cut the pineapple into square cubes, and cut the green and red peppers into pieces.
(2) Marinate the tenderloin with starch, salt and a little oil for ten minutes.
(3) Add the beaten egg and mix well, then coat with starch.
(4) Heat the oil in the wok to 70 percent hot, and fry over low heat for five minutes until the meat is 70 percent cooked.
(5) Leave some oil in the wok, add the tomato and chili and stir-fry for a while, then add the meat and pineapple and stir-fry together.
(6) Pour in the sauce made from starch, rock sugar, vinegar, water and light soy sauce, and take it off the heat once the sauce has thickened.
Pineapple medicinal recipes
1. Treating bronchitis: 120 g pineapple flesh, 30 g honey. Decoct in water and take, 2 times a day.
2. Treating dysentery: 1 fresh pineapple, peel and cut into small pieces to eat, 3 times a day.
3. Treating indigestion: 1 pineapple, 2 oranges. Peel the pineapple and cut into small pieces, then extract the juice; peel the oranges and extract the juice; mix the two juices well and drink. Drink 20 ml each time, 2 times a day.
4. Treating heatstroke: 1 fresh pineapple, peel and eat raw or extract the juice and drink directly.
5. Treating thirst from diabetes: Extract the juice from pineapple, mix with cool boiled water and take as a tea substitute. It is effective for thirst and turbid urine in diabetes.
Nutritional value
It is rich in sugars, starch, protein, vitamins, carotene, calcium, phosphorus, iron and various organic acids, niacin, bromelain, dietary fiber, etc.
Pineapple is rich in nutrients. Its components include sugars, protein, fat, vitamin A, B1, B2, C, proteolytic enzymes and calcium, phosphorus, iron, organic acids, nicotinic acid, etc., with the highest content being vitamin C.
According to expert research, the proteolytic enzyme contained in pineapple can break down protein and aid digestion, making it a very suitable fruit for modern people who eat too much meat and greasy food over the long term. In addition, the tempting aroma of pineapple comes from the butyl acetate in its composition, which has the effect of stimulating saliva secretion and promoting appetite.
Pineapple is sweet with a slight sour taste and a slightly cold nature. It has the effects of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, promoting body fluids and quenching thirst, and promoting urination. It can be used for summerheat injury, fever with restlessness and thirst, abdominal stuffiness, indigestion, difficult urination, dizziness and blurred vision, and other conditions. Moreover, the juice also contains an enzyme similar to gastric juice, which can break down protein and help digestion. Delicious pineapple is a fruit that can not only help with weight loss, but also has different effects on health.