Tomato is a vegetable we often eat. Although it is a vegetable, it is sweet to eat raw. Eating more tomatoes can improve eyesight, beauty and skin. Many girls like it. So how do tomatoes taste in winter? What is the effect of eating tomatoes in winter?
How delicious are tomatoes in winter
1. Tomatoes are raw and authentic
Although tomatoes are vegetables, they taste delicious raw, and many people also like the "Chinese salad" of diced tomatoes mixed with sugar. From a nutritional point of view, eating raw tomatoes can maximize the intake of vitamin C and vitamin B. But it should be noted that when eating raw, we must choose ripe tomatoes, because not fully mature tomatoes contain solanine, which is easy to cause poisoning.
2. Fried tomatoes are rich in nutrition
Scrambled egg with tomato has become the most popular dish in China with its simple method and recognized delicacy. In fact, in addition to being simple and delicious, fried tomatoes can also retain a large amount of lycopene, because lycopene is a fat soluble substance, which can be easily absorbed by the human body only after cooking in oil.
3. Tomato sauce is more nutritious
When making spaghetti, one process is to boil and mash tomatoes for making sauce. Although this method is troublesome, it can retain the nutrition of tomatoes to the greatest extent. Because it can not only retain the lycopene of tomatoes like frying, but also because more tomatoes are needed to make sauce, so that the content of lycopene in sauce is higher than that in fried tomatoes.
4. Fresh tomato cheese has a unique Western flavor
Cut tomatoes into round pieces, dip them in dry powder, hang egg white paste, and fry them in an oil pan. Leave oil at the bottom of the pot, put fresh milk, refined salt and a little sugar to boil, then hook it into a thin thicken and pour it on the tomatoes. This dish is creamy and delicious, with a unique Western flavor.
5. Stuffed tomatoes are tender and delicious
Cut the pork into small pieces, add refined salt, cooking wine, chopped green onion and ginger, and stir evenly into meat filling. Remove the stalk and pulp of the tomato, pour out the water, leaving only the shell in a cup shape. Fill each tomato with meat stuffing with chopsticks, sprinkle dry starch on it, decorate it with green beans in a lotus shape, and then steam over high heat for about 10 minutes. Put soup (or water) in the pot, add refined salt, cooking wine and monosodium glutamate, bring to a boil, hook it into a thin thicken and pour it on the tomatoes. This dish is beautiful in color, fresh and delicious.
6. Tomato Jelly is crystal clear and tender
Scald the tomatoes with hot water, peel and mash them. Put a large bowl of water in the pot, add agar and boil it into thick juice, then pour tomato paste, sugar and osmanthus into the pot, boil it, skim the foam and put it on the plate. When it is cool, it will naturally form a frozen block and be cut into various shapes at will. The feeling of jelly is crystal clear and tender. With tomatoes, the color and taste can hardly be said.
The effect of eating tomatoes in winter
1. Tomatoes can improve eyesight
Vitamins A and C not only help improve vision, but also help prevent night blindness, and tomatoes are an excellent source of vitamins A and C. A recent study showed that tomato's high vitamin a content can help prevent macular degeneration and serious eye diseases. In addition, eating tomatoes can reduce the risk of cataract. Tomatoes are rich in phytochemicals, antioxidants lycopene, lutein and zeaxanthin, which can protect eyes from light damage.
2. Tomatoes help fight cancer
Studies have shown that eating a lot of tomatoes can help fight prostate cancer. Of course, it can also help reduce the risk of other cancers, such as gastric cancer, lung cancer, cervical cancer, pharynx, mouth, throat, rectum, colon, esophagus and ovary. This is because tomatoes contain high antioxidant lycopene.
3. Tomatoes can clean the skin
Eating tomatoes often can help you clean your skin and make it look more perfect. Tomatoes contain powerful antioxidant lycopene, which can protect the skin from the sun, reduce the skin's sensitivity to ultraviolet rays, and reduce the generation of wrinkles and fine lines. You can use tomato to cure acne, rash and shrink pores, effectively improve skin dullness and restore healthy luster.
Eating taboos of tomatoes in winter
1. Tomatoes should not be eaten with cucumbers
Cucumber contains a vitamin C decomposition enzyme, which will destroy vitamin C in other vegetables. Tomato is rich in vitamin C. when eaten together, it will affect the nutrition of tomato.
2. Take anticoagulant drugs such as heparin and dicoumarin
Tomatoes should not be eaten. Tomatoes contain more vitamin K, which mainly catalyzes the synthesis of prothrombin and thromboplastin in the liver. When vitamin K is insufficient, it will prolong the coagulation time and cause subcutaneous and muscle bleeding.
3. It is not suitable to eat immature tomatoes
Green tomato contains alkaloid glycosides (solanine). After eating, it will feel bitter in the mouth, and there will be poisoning in severe cases.
4. It is not suitable to cook tomatoes for a long time
Some people like to cook tomatoes into soup. They think all the delicacies are in the soup. They look bright in color and delicious in taste, but this is precisely a dietary misunderstanding. After a long period of high-temperature stewing of tomatoes, the nutritional elements in the dishes will be lost, which is not conducive to the body.
5. Tomatoes should not be eaten on an empty stomach
Tomato contains a large number of soluble astringents and other components, which react with gastric acid and condense into insoluble blocks, which is easy to cause discomfort symptoms such as gastrointestinal fullness and pain.
