As a tropical fruit, wax apple has only recently appeared on Chinese dinner tables in recent years, so many people don't know how to eat wax apple. Because the taste of wax apple is relatively light, it is usually eaten with seasonings and other ingredients. The following will introduce you to several common ways to eat wax apple and tell you how to eat it.
Nutritional value of wax apple
It has the health benefits of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, calming the nerves, promoting urination, relieving irritability, and aiding digestion.
Wax apple contains over 90% water, and also contains sugars, calcium, iron, protein, dietary fiber, and vitamin C. It has the effects of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, calming the nerves, relieving irritability, promoting urination, and aiding digestion. Eating wax apple dipped in salt can help with digestion. When the summer heat is unbearable, you sweat too much, have little urine that is dark yellow, and feel restless, eating a few wax apples can improve these symptoms.
Benefits of eating wax apple
1. Relieves heat and thirst: Wax apple is a natural antipyretic and has the effect of relieving summer heat and thirst.
2. Detoxification: Contains vitamin C, which helps the liver detoxify and eliminate harmful substances in the body, improving health.
3. Diuretic: It can remove toxins and excess water from the body, promote metabolism of blood and water, and has a diuretic and anti-edema effect.
4. Treats hepatitis: Wax apple is good for nourishing the liver and can effectively treat hepatitis. If our liver function is relatively poor, we might as well try eating more wax apples.
5. Anti-cancer and blood pressure reduction: Eating wax apple can help prevent cancer and lower blood pressure. Eating wax apple daily can effectively inhibit the generation of free radicals in the human body, greatly helping us prevent cancer.
6. Beauty and anti-aging: Eating wax apple can beautify and fight aging. Wax apple is rich in nutrients and is very helpful for the nutrients our body needs. Wax apple is not only good to eat, but can also be made into a paste and used as a mask, which can make the skin more delicate and smooth.
How to eat wax apple
Method 1: Honey and Nut Wax Apple
Stir-fry nuts like sesame seeds, peanuts, and melon seeds until fragrant. Crush larger ones. Then, chop the petal-like part of the peeled wax apple. Mix with honey. Use a small spoon to scoop the "honey and nut sweet crumbs" onto the wax apple and eat them together. The sweetness of the honey, the aroma of the peanuts and sesame seeds, and the light fragrance and cool moisture of the wax apple blend together, which is a very enjoyable experience.
Method 2: Wax Apple with Sesame Paste
Use a small spoon of mixed sesame and peanut paste, add an appropriate amount of condensed milk, mix well, and spread it on the wax apple. Eat it together with the wax apple. The milky flavor is infused with the aroma of peanuts and sesame seeds and the fresh fragrance of wax apple. It is cool, sweet, and smooth.
Method 3: Wax Apple and Jellyfish Salad
1. Rinse the chicken breast and jellyfish separately and shred them; rinse the wax apple, cut in half, remove the seeds, and shred; peel the carrot and shred it; rinse the scallion and shred it.
2. Add half a pot of water to a pot and bring to a boil. Add the chicken breast and jellyfish and cook until done. Remove, drain, and place in a bowl. Add ingredient A: wax apple, garlic-flavored peanuts, scallion shreds, and carrot shreds. Mix well and serve.
How to choose wax apples without bruises
Darker colors are sweeter. The more open the navel, the riper the fruit. The "Black Pearl" and "Black Diamond" varieties, which have a dark red color, are particularly delicious.