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PeanutsRice can be eaten raw or cooked, stir-fried, boiled. It is everywhere in meals, as a side dish or an appetizer. Among various ways of cooking peanuts, stewing is the best. However, roasted peanuts are still more delicious and tasty. Hence, when you have some wine as company, how could we do without this delightful snack? Follow me to experience making your own peanuts.
How to Roast Peanuts
Roasted peanuts are crispy and fragrant, much loved by people. Nutritious peanuts are commonly used in cooking.Whether for snacking, drinking with wine,or breakfast,a bowl ofporridgemakes them even more delicious.Delicious roasted peanuts are not made through frying but roasting, which gives them less oil and a unique aroma.Follow these key points to make very tasty roasted peanuts.
Prepare peanuts
1. Rinse the peanuts with clean water to ensure cleanliness and prevent burning during cooking;
2. Dry the washed peanuts thoroughly;
3. Put a little peanut oil in a cold pan, do not turn on the heat yet;
4. Add the dried peanuts;
5. Turn on the heat and use low fire to slowly stir-fry. Add the peanuts to the cool pan with oil; this ensures even heating of the peanuts.
6. Keep stirring until the peanuts are cooked, the oil content is low, and the aroma comes out. They should be fully cooked but not too crispy, as they will crisp up after cooling; unlike frying at about 70% done to use residual heat to cook them thoroughly;
7. Add a little white wine while hot, stir evenly;
8. Remove from the pan and serve with salt sprinkled on top.
Notes
1. Clean the peanuts thoroughly;
2. Dry the peanuts completely;
3. Use cool oil in a cold pan for roasting;
4. Add white wine while hot to enhance flavor and crispiness;
5. It's best to use a non-stick pan, stir frequently;
6. Use low heat.
Although roasted peanuts are delicious, their moisture content decreases after roasting, which can cause "fire" in the body if consumed excessively.
Tips for Roasted Peanuts
To make peanuts that are fragrant, crispy, and crunchy with good texture, follow these tips.Detailed steps:
Ingredients: small peanuts
1. Rinse the peanuts lightly in warm water to moisten them evenly. Shake the sieve to drain excess water from the surface of the peanuts.
2. Heat a pan with low or medium heat, add enough oil but not too much; pour the peanuts directly into the hot pan and stir-fry continuously using a spatula.As the peanuts are initially wet, their moisture gradually evaporates as the temperature increases, turning from sticky to smooth.
Add a few drops ofvinegarwhile stirring. Continue until the skin of the peanuts turns yellow; turn off the heat and continue stir-frying using residual heat. Once cooled, they will become crispy without needing additional roasting.Salt or sugar can be added before serving or after.3. Avoid too high a heat during cooking; medium heat is best for continuous stirring to prevent uneven heating and ensure the peanuts are well cooked inside and out.Tips:
1. The special wine aroma will remain, but fear not, the alcohol has evaporated completely.
2. Store them dry for two to three days; if you want to keep them longer, store in a refrigerator as they might become oily.
3. Addseaweedflakes with the peanuts; it will add an extra flavor that is much better than plain salt.Nutritional Value of PeanutsPeanuts have high nutritional value and can be used for both food and medicinal purposes.1. Eating peanuts regularly can improve memory, boost brain health, and fight aging.
2. Treats stomach pain, excess acid, gastric and duodenal ulcers: eat 2 to 4 tablespoons of peanut oil in the morning after rinsing your mouth; continue for one week.
3. Treats insufficient milk production after childbirth: boil together 60 grams of peanuts, 60 grams of soybeans, and two pig's feet.4. Treats chronic cough: mix 30 grams each of peanuts, longan flesh, and honey, then take as a decoction twice daily.5. Treats chronic nephritis:
Method One: boil together 60 grams of peanuts and 60 grams of longan; drink the broth and eat the peanuts and longans over one week.
Method Two: cook 120 grams of peanuts, 250 grams of mung beans in a clay pot with three bowls of water. After it turns brown and murky, serve while adding red sugar.
6. Relieves constipation by moistening the intestines: being rich in high oil content, they aid in preventing constipation; these extra released energies damage the water membrane on the surface of the digestive tract, activate sodium pumps, enhancing energy metabolism activities and producing too much heat, leading to excessive internal warmth.
7. Excessive consumption can cause "fire" symptoms: especially for those with liver fire, avoid eating too many roasted peanuts as it may lead to breakouts.
Eating roasted peanuts releases additional energy from the food's bound water, generating more heat in the body and leading to a condition of internal warmth.8. To combat this "fire" condition, try eating cooling foods such as
loofah,grapes, bamboo shoots, lotus roots, or make rock sugar stewed pears for lung moistening and cooling effects.If these do not help, consider drinking some cold tea.Notes on Eating Peanuts
Despite the deliciousness of peanuts, we should still be cautious about their consumption:1. Raw peanuts may cause illness: they are often contaminated by bacteria or parasites in the soil, and raw eating can lead to various diseases; consuming moldy peanuts also poses a risk of hemorrhagic fever.2. Roasted or fried peanuts have reduced nutritional value due to high temperatures damaging vitamins, proteins, and fiber; their medicinal properties are also diminished.Therefore, it's best not to eat raw or excessively roasted peanuts.3. Boiled peanuts retain all nutrients and taste fresh; they benefit health when consumed.So, it is best to boil peanuts instead of roasting or frying them.
4. For winter dietary health: although peanuts are rich in nutrition, their consumption should vary with the season.People who have had their gallbladder removed cannot eat peanuts as they lack the bile needed for fat digestion.Those with digestive issues should avoid peanuts as they contain high amounts of fat; people with gastrointestinal problems like enteritis and dysentery may worsen their condition by eating them.High cholesterol patients should limit peanut consumption as it can raise blood lipids, which are a significant factor in the development of heart disease.Individuals with bruises or blood stagnation should avoid peanuts as they contain pro-coagulant factors that might exacerbate swelling and pain.Peanuts250g, add topotand add 3 cups of water, cook over low heat, serve when the water turns a light brown color and is cloudy. Add sugar as needed.
6. Relieves constipation.Peanuts are rich in fats, which have a laxative effect, and can help prevent constipation. They can be eaten regularly, according to your preference. If constipation is not relieved, eat more. Otherwise, do not eat too much at once.
Medicinal use
1. Peanuts can be used to treat cough and phlegm:Use 50g of peanuts,glutinous rice,100g, 50g of red dates, add water to cook peanuts and red date porridge, eat for 10-15 days.⑵Chronic bronchitis in elderly people.500g of peanut meat,150g of sugar, an appropriate amount of honey, make peanut sugar paste, eat daily.⑶Chronic bronchitis with lung emphysema.200g of peanuts,100g of mung beans, 100g of melon seeds,100g of lychee seedsgrind and mix, cook with20g of eggs, cooked into four-ingredient egg porridge, eat regularly.⑷Dry cough and hoarseness.Blood.EggsPeanuts 100g, blackwood ear fungus,30g,pig lung,1 piece, cook and make peanut wood ear pig lung soup, once a week, eat for a few days.⑸Autumn dryness and long-term cough.50g of peanuts (remove the head), cook over low heat, add 1 tablespoon of honey to drink.2. Peanuts are mainly used to stop bleeding."Red clothes" in traditional Chinese medicine is the main component that stops bleeding. When peanuts are cooked in water, this component is dissolved, so the peanut water decoction is effective.It has a therapeutic effect on thrombocytopenia, regenerative anemia, hemophilia, type II hemophilia, congenital hereditary capillary dilation hemorrhage, and thrombocytopenia.3. Lower cholesterol.
Peanuts contain unsaturated fatty acids, so they have a cholesterol-lowering effect. You can cook peanuts with peanuts oil.
Peanut shells contain lipid-lowering glycosides, which can treat hypercholesterolemia.
Method: 125g of peanut shells, boil in water, once a day.4. Stop coughing and phlegm:60g of peanuts, cook or boil, eat daily, without interruption, stop after recovery.Promotes lung health and phlegm removal, chronic bronchitis in elderly people.
Note: Do not eat if you have a dry-hot syndrome.It is important to remind that patients with high blood viscosity and hypercoagulability should not eat peanuts, and patients with bile duct diseases should also eat less. Do not fry.Eat peanuts and is it okay to have high viscosity blood
Yes, eating peanuts can be okay for people with high blood viscosity.
Eating cooked peanuts is very good for snacks, but don't eat too many, otherwise, it can cause fire.
Especially for people with a hot body type, it is best not to eat too many, otherwise, it can cause acne!After eating cooked peanuts, the combined water in the food will repair itself and release a lot of energy.
These extra released energies damage the water membrane on the surface of the digestive tract, activate sodium pumps, and enhance energy metabolism, leading to excessive heat generation and excessive heat.This is the "water deficiency" phenomenon that causes "fire" in traditional Chinese medicine.This "fire" cannot be effectively relieved by drinking a lot of water. Taking Chinese herbal medicines that clear heat and nourish yin can be effective.
However, you can try eating foods that can clear heat, such asBitter gourd,grapes,sweet potatoes,lotus root,ginger,pear,etc., you can also make ice sugar pear stew, which is good for clearing heat.If you eat foods that clear heat, you can drink cooling tea.Instructions for eating peanutsNo matter how delicious peanuts are, there are many things to pay attention to when eating.1. Eating raw peanuts can easily cause illness.
When peanuts grow in the soil, their outer shells are often contaminated with bacteria or parasite eggs. Eating them directly can cause various diseases.
If you eat raw peanuts contaminated with rodent droppings, you can also get plague fever.
In addition, peanuts contain a lot of fat. Eating too much raw can cause digestive problems and diarrhea.
Therefore, do not eat raw peanuts.2. Fried and deep-fried peanuts are not nutritiousAfter peanuts are fried or deep-fried, the vitamins in them are destroyed by the high temperature.The protein, fiber, and fresh peanut skins are also partially carbonized or completely carbonized.
Therefore, peanuts should not be fried or deep-fried.
3. Water-boiled peanuts are beneficial.Water-boiled peanuts can preserve their nutrients and medicinal properties. They also taste delicious.Therefore, it is best to eat peanuts by boiling them in water. Water-boiled peanuts are even better when dried.4. Winter diet: peanuts are nutritious and have different ways of eating
The following four people should not eat peanuts
People who have had their gallbladder removed: peanuts contain fat that needs to be digested by bile.After removing the gallbladder, the function of storing bile is lost.
If these patients eat peanuts, they may have digestive problems due to lack of bile.
People with digestive problems: peanuts contain a lot of fat, which can aggravate the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease and other conditions.
People with hyperlipidemia: peanuts contain a lot of fat, which can increase the cholesterol level in the blood. This can lead to cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure, and coronary heart disease.People with bruises and swelling: peanuts contain a clotting factor.If people with bruises and swelling eat peanuts, it may cause blood stagnation and worsen the swelling.
People with digestive problems: Peanuts contain a lot of fat. Those with problems like intestinal inflammation, diarrhea, and poor spleen and stomach function will experience worsening symptoms after eating peanuts.
People with hyperlipidemia: Peanuts contain a lot of fat. People with hyperlipidemia will experience an increase in lipid levels in their blood after eating peanuts, and elevated blood lipids are often one of the main causes of diseases such as arteriosclerosis, hypertension, and coronary heart disease.
People with bruises and swelling: Peanuts contain a clotting factor.People with bruises and injuries, or those with blood stagnation, may experience blood stagnation and worsening of swelling and pain symptoms after eating peanuts.