Kelp is a very good food, its nutritional value is very high, to a certain extent, it also has medicinal value, it can reduce blood fat, blood sugar, antioxidant and so on. Moreover, it is suitable for all ages, and can maintain the acid-base balance of human body, which is a rare food. So we sometimes buy kelp home, cook it hard for a long time, don't know if it's cooked, it's not delicious, let's learn how to cook kelp quickly!
First of all, we should choose kelp, try to choose the brown green one, not the bright green one, which may have been soaked in medicine. To choose the right thickness, not too thick, not too thin. We can touch the kelp before buying it. If it's hard and elastic, don't buy the kind of kelp that feels very soft just because you want to cook it quickly. It's deteriorated kelp.
Second, it's a mistake many people make when they buy it. In fact, they don't want to soak it. Soaking in water will not only make kelp more difficult to boil, but also make the nutrients in kelp lose in the water. We can steam the kelp first and then soak it. Put the kelp in the steamer, steam it for half an hour, steam it dry, and then soak it with water for two or three hours. It must not be soaked before steaming, which will cause the loss of nutrients in kelp.
Third, we can put some alkali noodles in the water for cooking kelp. If there is no alkali noodles, we can put some baking soda. The effect is the same. The kelp glue is dissolved by alkali substances, so that the kelp will become soft soon after boiling. When soaking in kelp, you can also put some vinegar in the water, or directly use the rice washing bubble kelp, which can also quickly make the kelp soft.