Nutritional value of avocado

Avocado is an exotic fruit, the scientific name of avocado (Latin Persea americana) is native to Mexico and Central America and other places, and later was introduced to the United States California to expand planting, China Taiwan, Fujian, Yunnan and other places also have cultivation base. The avocado is used by many vegetarians as a meat substitute due to its high nutritional value. This article will give a comprehensive analysis of avocado.

Avocado appearance, eating and taste

The avocado looks like a pear, and consists of skin, flesh and core; the general method of consumption is to cut the avocado in half, remove the core, and eat with a spoon. The avocado tastes like a banana, as delicate as cream, and after eating it, you can feel the nut-like aroma between your lips and teeth.

Avocado nutritional value and benefits

Avocado grows in tropical and subtropical regions, and is a valuable fruit. It is rich in fiber, about 20 kinds of vitamins, a variety of unsaturated fatty acids, low cholesterol content, easy to digest and absorb, and also contains many proteins and mineral elements such as sodium, magnesium, potassium and calcium, which are needed by the human body, and the fat content is 20 to 200 times that of bananas and 40 to 400 times that of apples. It is also known as "food fruit" because of its low sugar, high protein and high energy characteristics.

Nutritional value

As an example, the nutritional values of avocado are: soluble fiber in avocado helps the body to cleanse excess cholesterol and insoluble fiber helps to maintain a balanced digestive system. Its magnesium content can improve premenstrual syndrome in women and relieve migraines and feelings of anxiety. Avocado contains vitamin B9, also known as folic acid, which can be taken by pregnant women to prevent congenital neural tube defects in fetal development; it contains vitamins A, E and B2 are very beneficial to people who often face computer eye fatigue.

Beauty benefits

In addition, avocado also has cosmetic benefits. The avocado flesh can be mashed and mixed with milk to make a mask, which has a good moisturizing effect on dry skin; the lecithin contained in avocado can be used as a hair conditioner to bring back the glow of dry and damaged hair; a small amount of avocado flesh mixed with propylene glycol can be used as nail polish, which is both beautiful and natural and non-toxic.

Cooking method of avocado

Avocado has the smooth and soft taste of banana, with a creamy and nutty flavor. Japanese favorite way to eat is sashimi dipped in avocado, while Americans like to add avocado seeds to sugar and mash it on toast to eat. In accordance with Chinese eating habits, I'll introduce you to a few delicious ways to eat avocado.

Avocado and taro porridge

Avocado taro porridge not only nourishes the liver and brightens the eyes, but also promotes is to eliminate toxins from the body, whitens the skin and increases elasticity. The practice is as follows. Take an avocado, peeled and pitted, add a little flour corn flour, mix well into a paste for use; then peel and shred the taro into the paste, fully dipped in the sauce into the frying pan and fried until tender yellow removed into the boiled white rice porridge, fragrant avocado taro porridge is ready.

Avocado fruit salad

Avocado looks and tastes like cream and is a great companion to fruit salad, so don't miss the avocado fruit salad. The recipe is as follows. Choose 5 kinds of your favorite fruits, cut into cubes, top with avocado pulp and mix well.

Avocado and shrimp fried rice

Avocado shrimp fried rice is a delicate and small food, is a delicious food can not miss, can be said that "this taste should only be on the sky, the earth can get a few times to taste". The recipe is as follows. Add the shrimp marinated in salt and stir-fry until lightly browned, then set aside.

How to choose avocado

As the nutritional value of avocado is getting more and more attention, avocado has become the new favorite in the fruit world in recent years. Sitting in front of the computer full of curiosity whether you have been tempted to buy the taste and then quickly? Don't worry, I still have a few tricks to teach you. The quickest and most effective move is the "poke" decision. A finger poke down will appear in the following three situations. 1. very hard, on behalf of not cooked, need to be placed in a few days to eat, anxious to eat partners carefully. 2. very soft, the flesh is overripe, more likely to have rotted, discarded. 3. not soft and not hard, that is just right, if cut open inside is absolutely attractive yellow-green. On the basis of the poke pick the fruit that is heavier in size and well-proportioned in length.

Avocado consumption contraindications

Avocado flesh is very easy to be oxidized, is a kind of freshness requirements of the fruit is very high, even with can relieve oxidation of acidic juice is also easy to black, so should be opened that eat; In addition, because of the high fat content of avocado, also should not eat more, a day a more appropriate.

Avocado storage method

The avocado bought home with high hardness can be placed in the refrigerator freezer for about 15 days, while those with low hardness should not be placed for a long time. If you want to soften the avocado quickly, you can put it with ripe fruits or put it in a place with higher temperature.

Warm tips

The above is all I have compiled for you about avocado, does it help you to expand your recipe map? If you haven't tried it, try this noble fruit, and I hope you enjoy it!