Purple cabbage is a new favorite in the vegetable market in recent years. It belongs to the Cruciferae family. It is a new variety of cabbage family. This kind of vegetable can be used to make salads, also can be made into cold dishes or fried. It can supplement rich nutrition for human body. But usually when eating purple cabbage, we must master the correct use of it, otherwise it will cause the loss of nutrition.
Nutritional value of purple cabbage
1. Purple cabbage is rich in carotene and vitamins, among which vitamin B and vitamin C are relatively high. It also contains some nicotinic acid and sugars. People can absorb and utilize these nutrients as soon as possible after eating purple cabbage. It can improve the function of various organs of the human body, promote the metabolism of the body, and prevent the body from pathological changes.
2, purple cabbage also contains carbohydrates, crude protein and a large number of cellulose contains a certain number of anthocyanins, these nutrients are absorbed by the body, not only can supplement the energy for the body, but also improve the body's antioxidant capacity and prevent bacteria and viruses in the human body breeding, frequent consumption can prevent cancer, but also reduce the incidence rate of some common skin diseases.
How to eat purple cabbage most nutritious
1. Purple cabbage contains a variety of natural active ingredients. It is not suitable for cooking for a long time. If it is cooked or fried at high temperature, a lot of nutrients in purple cabbage will be lost, and people will not be able to absorb the nutrients when they eat it. So usually when people eat purple cabbage, they try to eat it raw, or blanch it with boiling water, which is most conducive to the absorption and utilization of its nutrition.
2. Using purple cabbage to make vegetable salad is one of the most nutritious ways to eat. When making, wash the purple cabbage in advance, cut it into filaments, blanch it in boiling water for one minute, take it out, cool it with supercooled water, remove the water, then put it in a clean basin, add some cooked corn and other fruits you like, and finally add salad dressing and olive oil to mix well It's edible. In addition to making salad, blanching purple cabbage, adding appropriate amount of garlic puree and soy sauce vinegar and other seasonings to make salad also has a good taste, which can make the human body absorb most of the nutrition of purple cabbage.