Can civilian vegetables and cucumber flowers be eaten? What are the effects and effects? How do you eat it? How to tell the difference between male and female?

Cucumber, also known as cucumber, thorn melon, king melon, Qin melon, cucumber, Tang melon, hanging melon, is a common civilian vegetable in our country, which generally blossoms from June to July, and will bear fruit quickly after flowering. Can cucumber flowers be eaten? What are the effects and effects? How do you eat it? How to tell the difference between male and female?

Can you eat flowers?

Cucumber flowers are edible. Cucumber flowers are actually the young version of cucumbers. I have eaten them in restaurants several times before, but it is really not easy to get this thing on the market. Cucumber flowers are rich in vitamin C, which has the effect of clearing heat and relieving thirst and relieving water swelling. Whether it is eaten cold or fried, it tastes crisp and tender and tastes delicious. It is said that this cucumber flower has a cosmetic effect. However, every kind of food can not be effective by eating a little. It may be better for your health to eat everything without being picky or partial.

Efficacy and function:

1. Cucumber flowers contain a lot of cucurbitacin.

Cucurbitacin is one of the most important nutritional ingredients of cucumber flower, which can significantly improve the immunity of human body and effectively prevent the occurrence of cancer after entering the human body. in addition, it also has a good adjuvant therapeutic effect on human hepatitis.

2. The content of vitamin e in cucumber flower is high.

Vitamin e is an important nutritional ingredient in cucumber flowers, and it is a natural substance that can beautify and delay aging, so people eat cucumber flowers to play an important role in prolonging life and preventing aging, and can increase people's skin elasticity. In addition, there are some special enzymes in cucumber flowers, which can accelerate the metabolism of human cells and are of great benefit to beauty and anti-aging.

There are many kinds of amino acids in cucumber flowers.

There are many kinds of alanine and arginine in cucumber flowers, which are especially beneficial to the human body. after absorption by the human body, they can improve the detoxification ability of the liver and have a good effect on the treatment and prevention of alcoholic liver and spermatosis. in addition, regular consumption of cucumber flowers can also prevent the occurrence of liver cirrhosis.

Introduction to how to eat:

Practice one:

1. Wash fresh cucumber flowers and drain; cut dried chili into oblique sections and set aside.

2. Heat the oil in the hot pan over medium heat, deep-fry the pepper and pour over the chilli section. Set aside.

3. Put the fresh cucumber flowers on a plate, sprinkle with salt, sprinkle with fried pepper and pepper oil, mix well and serve.

Practice 2:

1. Shred lean meat, add salt, minced ginger and garlic, cooking wine and mix well and marinate for half an hour. Soak cucumber flowers in salt water.

2. Stir-fry the shredded lean meat in hot oil until discolored, leave the bottom oil in the pan and stir-fry the minced ginger and garlic.

3. Add washed cucumber flowers, add salt, add shredded lean meat and stir-fry, pour in light soy sauce, stir well.

Practice 3:

1. Soak the cucumber flowers in salt water for 5 minutes, then rinse and set aside, heat the wok, pour in the right amount of cooking oil, stir-fry the minced garlic, then put in the cucumber flowers that drain, and stir-fry quickly over medium heat.

2. Stir-fry well, season with salt and sugar. Pour garlic into the pan and stir well before leaving the pan. Turn off the heat after the cucumber flowers turn green.

Cooking skills

1. Cucumber flowers are delicate, soak and rinse with salt water, not knead.

2. this vegetarian stir-fry is suitable for quick frying out of the pan to avoid stir-frying for a long time.

3. Minced garlic can be added in an appropriate amount. Before leaving the pot, add chopped garlic to enhance flavor.

Practice 4:

1, garlic unclothed, put into garlic press, pressed into garlic, cucumber flowers are relatively tender, soak in salt water for a while and then rinse, can not be rubbed.

2. Drain and set aside, heat oil, add half of minced garlic and saute fragrance, add cucumber flowers, and pour in fish sauce.

3. Pour in the remaining minced garlic, stir well, turn off the heat and bring out.

Distinction between female and male flowers:

1. Look at the stamens.

In the middle of the stamens, some look like cylinders, which are thicker, that is, female flowers. The stamens in the middle of the petals have a lot of pollen. A little thinner is the male flower. All these need to be seen carefully.

2. Look at the receptacle.

Under the receptacle with a very small melon, indicating that the fruit is already pregnant, this is, of course, the female flower. On the contrary, there is nothing below, no melon, no bulge, it will wither and fall off itself after flowering, this is the male flower.