"Watermelon Cuiyi" what are the effects of watermelon skin? How do you cook it?

Watermelon is one of the necessary fruits for everyone to eat. It is cool and cool in summer. In addition to watermelon, watermelon peel is also edible. Watermelon peel, alias watermelon Cuiyi. The source is the outer pericarp of watermelon, a plant of Cucurbitaceae. Collect watermelon peel from July to August, peel off the soft part of the inner layer and dry it, and some peel off the outer green skin to take only the middle part. What are the effects of watermelon peel? How do you cook watermelon peel?

1. The efficacy of watermelon peel

1. Cooking delicacies: watermelon peel has so many benefits to the human body, but it is not as delicious as melon pulp and generally cannot be eaten directly. But it can make melon peel delicacy. One is to roast watermelon peel with meat. The practice is similar to braised pork. When the meat is nearly cooked, add the chopped watermelon peel and burn it over low heat until it tastes good. However, it is best not to add sugar in the process to maintain the taste and nutrition of the melon peel. The second is cold watermelon peel. Cut off the green skin of the melon skin and cut the white part into small pieces. Put the coriander and mashed garlic into a bowl, add the right amount of salt, vinegar, sugar, sesame oil and plain boiled water, mix well and stir on the melon peel.

2, skin beauty: watermelon skin contains high levels of vitamin C and vitamin E, which is a good material for skin beauty for external use. When in use, you can mash the melon peel into mud and apply it to your face, keep it for 15 minutes and then wash it. Persistent use can make the skin white, tender and smooth.

3. Whitening: citrulline in watermelon peel is diuretic, antipyretic, promote wound healing and promote human skin metabolism, whitening and moisturizing skin, desalination acne imprint.

4. Repair after sunburn: watermelon peel has a certain effect in the treatment of sunburn: cut the watermelon skin into small thin slices, apply it to the sunburned skin, and replace it every 10 minutes. If the sunburn is more serious, you can first put the watermelon skin in the refrigerator and apply it with ice for a week. The effect is obvious.

5. Getting rid of prickly heat: according to traditional Chinese medicine, prickly heat is due to midsummer heat with dampness, resulting in skin congestion, while watermelon peel has the effect of clearing heat, detoxification and promoting dampness, so it has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of prickly heat.

6. treatment: watermelon peel is called "watermelon Cuiyi" in traditional Chinese medicine, which is used to clear heat and relieve summer heat, invigorate body and quench thirst. Because melon peel does not contain as much sugar as melon pulp, it is suitable for all kinds of people to eat.

7. Summer heat relief: boil watermelon peel in water. Taking boiled soup can effectively clear away heat and relieve heat.

Treatment of oral ulcers: dry the green part of the watermelon skin, grind it into fine powder, and apply it to the wound of oral ulcer, which can effectively dispel the ulcer.

9. Treat sore throat: fry watermelon peel and 2 bowls of water into 1 bowl, which can effectively treat sore throat.

10, the treatment of burns: for mild burns, you can use sun-dried watermelon peel as medicine, grind it into fine powder, reconcile it with a small amount of vegetable oil or sesame oil, and apply it on the wound to speed up wound healing.

11. Heat injures the lungs, body heat and thirst, dry cough without sputum or constipation: 50 grams of fresh lentils, 50 grams of fresh Hedyotis diffusa, 60 grams of fresh lotus leaves, 200 grams of jellyfish, 500 grams of watermelon skin, 250 grams of towel gourd, wash and cut into pieces, boil in a casserole, simmer for 1 hour, drink soup and eat jellyfish after seasoning. One dose a day.

12. Invigorating the spleen and relieving summer heat: 100 grams of fresh watermelon peel, 10 dates, a total of fried soup, as tea every day.

13. Summer acne: 100g mung beans, add 1500 milliliters of water, boil soup, remove mung beans 10 minutes after boiling, put 500g of washed watermelon peel (without peeling) into reboil, boil and cool. Drink soup several times a day.

14. Aphrodisiac: shredded watermelon peel, blanched with boiling water and eaten with cooked shredded chicken and shredded lean meat with seasoning.

15. Relieving summer heat and diuresis: cut the watermelon peel with the outer hard skin into small pieces or strips, boil it into water, add tomatoes, eggs and seasonings, drink soup and eat melon peel.

16. Relieving toothache: according to traditional Chinese medicine, watermelon peel can treat summer heat, thirst and other diseases. In addition to making tea, watermelon skin after drying, add a little borneol, rub it on the toothache area, can relieve the pain.

Second, how to make watermelon peel delicious?

1. Watermelon peel in cold sauce. Watermelon peel is essential in hot summer salad. Cut the melon peel into slender pieces, marinate it with a little salt for two to three hours, drain the salt water, add soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil and other seasonings.

2. Watermelon peel juice. Cut the green clothes of the watermelon peel clean, then squeeze it into juice in a juicer, then add the right amount of other fruit juice and add the right amount of sugar, it must be very delicious, clear away the heat and relieve the heat, and taste quite good.

3. Watermelon peeling porridge. Peel 150 grams of watermelon and remove the hard skin and residual flesh, rinse thoroughly, cut into finely diced pieces, and marinate slightly with salt. Put in water, watermelon peel, 100 grams of washed japonica rice, 30 grams of yam and 30 grams of lentils. First boil over high heat, then change to low heat for about 15 minutes, and finally season with salt and sesame oil. You can also season with red and white sugar. This porridge has the effect of tonifying qi and invigorating spleen, dispelling dampness and clearing summer heat.

3. Watermelon peel spareribs soup. Wash the watermelon skin, peel off the emerald clothes, cut into small pieces and set aside; wash the ribs and blanch the blood in the water; put 8 bowls of water in the pot, boil over high heat, add the ribs and simmer for 40 minutes; put in the cut watermelon peel, then boil over low heat for 10 minutes and season with a little salt.

4. Fried meat with watermelon peel. Remove the green hard skin from the outside, remove the red flesh inside, wash and cut into thin slices, and marinate with salt for about 15 minutes. Squeeze the pickled melon peel out of water and set aside. Shred lean pork and add salt, cooking wine, soy sauce, water starch and pickle. Heat the oil in the hot pot, heat the oil, add a little chopped ginger, stir-fry the pickled meat until discolored, set aside. Heat the remaining oil again, pour in the dried skin and stir-fry, add the shredded red pepper. Sprinkle a little sugar to enhance the flavor, then add the fried shredded meat and stir well.