Simple Vegetable Cooking Tips on Fangshicun Health Care

Cooking vegetables need special tips. One in processing the nutrients and minerals can be damaged or missing.

Cooking Tips

The recommended way of healthy fresh vegetables are consumed without cooking. However, sometimes wash the vegetables were not clean enough to kill bacteria and germs in the vegetables. But not everyone likes to eat raw vegetables. Different immune responses, such as pregnant women with a body more sensitive, can make raw vegetables become dangerous when consumed. So there is no other way other than the safest cooking the vegetables before eating.

Here is cooking tips for vegetables to maintain nutritional content even have to be cooked with high temperature.

Baking; Leather vegetables will keep most of the nutritional value of vegetables, when roasting vegetables must be accompanied by a high water content so as not to dry out. Vegetables from the roots are the best type for baking, such as potatoes, onions or tomatoes.

Steaming;Processed vegetables by steaming are probably the best way to cook all types of vegetables. This method can maintain nutrition and vegetables ripen in a short time.

High Pressure / Presto; Cooking vegetables in a high pressure will shorten the cooking time so that they can save nutrients. The problem will turn into a vegetable mushy. Moreover, all the vegetables have a different texture and density, so before cooking to be sure of vegetables and appropriate period if the high pressure into the pot of your choice. If you can, avoid cooking vegetables in this way.

Sauté; It’s one quick way to cook vegetables on a flat pan with a little vegetable oil. Above the curved pan can, but when cooking the vegetables with the oil-soluble vitamins will end up with fats and oils. These oils should not be discarded.

Cooking without water; This method is good for leafy vegetables green with water clinging to rely on the leaves after washing vegetables; this usually takes three to five minutes.

Boil; Boiling vegetables is the best way is not recommended because the risk of nutrient loss is very large. If you must use this method, add the vegetables only after the water begins to boil and cook the shortest possible time. Special tips for cooking with boiling:

1. Let the boiling water for about two minutes until the oxygen is reduced. Oxygen in the water cause vitamin C in vegetables evaporates.
2. Never boil vegetables are placed immediately in cold water. It will only reduce the levels of vitamin C.