World Wide Web: Durian is a very nourishing fruit. People usually eat its pulp when they eat durian, but in fact, durian is full of treasure. Its core and shell are edible, with nutritional value and certain medicinal value. Durian shells are often used for stewing.
Effect and function of durian shell
Durian shell looks very hard and thick in appearance, and there are many sharp spines. It seems that it doesn't match with food. In fact, the white flesh part of durian shell can be eaten. It is the fruit shell left after removing the outer wooden hard spines. It is spicy, sweet and hot. It is a good product for losing fire. It is often used to make soup.
1. It has the functions of nourishing blood and Qi, nourishing Yin, invigorating spleen and Qi, promoting blood circulation and dispersing cold, relieving dysmenorrhea, tonifying kidney and Yang, warming body and strengthening body. It is an ideal tonic for people with cold constitution. It can also be used to treat diseases such as cold abdomen, wind heat, deficiency of essence and blood, early white hair, aging, pruritus, jaundice, scabies, etc.
2. The flesh of durian is hot, but durian shell is a good thing to lose fire. Drinking water from durian shell can reduce the heat of durian, or add a little salt, which can reduce fire and relieve stagnation.
3. In addition to soup nourishing, durian shell can also extract organic powder from the white pulp part, that is, durian shell powder. Drinking water can also drain heavy metals from the body. Copper is the most effective and easy to be discharged from the body, followed by lead. Usually take 1 to 2 grams a day, either in water or juice. If people are often exposed to heavy metals, the dose can be increased to 5 to 10 grams.
How to eat durian shell
The most common way to eat durian shell is to pot soup, pot chicken soup, pot bone soup, but also boiled. Durian shell pot chicken soup is one of the most favorite soup products for people, which tastes fresh and sweet. Durian shell bone soup is also a kind of folk traditional diet therapy which can treat body cold. Cantonese with rich food culture think that durian shell soup is also a special soup.
Stewed chicken soup with durian shell
Ingredients: Durian shell, chicken, jujube, medlar, salt, ginger.
Practice:
1. Wash the chicken, chop it into small pieces, and boil it again. Remove the core of red jujube. Slice ginger.
2. Remove the skin of durian shell, take out the white pulp, put it into the soup pot together with the above ingredients, and add some water.
3. Boil in high heat, then cook in low heat for an hour, and finally put wolfberry and some salt into the pot.
Stewed spareribs with durian shell
Ingredients: Durian shell, spareribs, salt.
Practice:
1. Blanch the spareribs, take the white flesh from the durian shell and cut into small pieces.
2. Put the spareribs and durian pulp into the pressure cooker, and add some water. Boil over high heat. Add air and cook for another 10 minutes. Add some salt when you leave the pot.