You're throwing away the most nutritious part of the celery!

Celery is a vegetable that everyone buys at home. It can be eaten raw, stir-fried, cooked in soup, or used as stuffing. Among them, celery fried with pork and celery fried with shrimp have become the most common home-cooked dishes. Many people like to pick off the celery leaves and throw them into the trash can when eating celery, thinking that the taste is bad, the smell is unpleasant, and it is easy to wither and turn yellow. Then they leave the celery stems to stir-fry and eat, but you may not know that the celery leaves you throw away are precisely the most nutritious part of celery.

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The celery leaves you throw away are actually treasures

Celery belongs to the Umbelliferae family. There are two types of celery: water celery and dry celery. Celery cultivation in my country began in the Han Dynasty, and has a history of more than 2,000 years. At first, it was only planted as an ornamental plant, and later it was edible. "The most beautiful vegetable is the celery of Yunmeng" is recorded in "Lüshi Chunqiu". The elegant and green celery contains a volatile aromatic oil that can emit a special fragrance and promote appetite. But some people reject this fragrance and do not eat celery. Little do people know that celery is very nutritious and is a famous vegetable that helps lower blood pressure. Celery is not only rich in vitamins, apigenin, iron, calcium and other elements, but also rich in cellulose.

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According to the Chinese Food Composition Table (2018), every 100 grams of celery (including stems and leaves) contains 2.2 mg of protein, 160 mg of calcium, 61 mg of phosphorus, and 8.5 mg of iron. Eating celery regularly can help the body dilate blood vessels and lower blood pressure. In addition, celery is rich in diuretic ingredients, which can help excrete excess sodium in the body. A high-sodium diet can increase blood pressure, so urination can better lower blood pressure.

It is worth noting that although celery has a certain effect in controlling blood pressure, it cannot achieve the blood pressure lowering effect that people need. Food ≠ medicine. Celery itself is very good and rich in dietary fiber. It can increase satiety and help intestinal peristalsis, but it does not cure diseases and cannot replace antihypertensive drugs to lower blood pressure. It can only be used as part of a healthy diet and is more helpful in controlling and stabilizing blood pressure. Hypertensive patients need to seek professional medical treatment as soon as possible and follow the doctor's advice.

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The carotene content in celery leaves is much higher than that in celery stems. Compared with celery stems, celery leaves have 50% more protein, about 3 times more fat, 28 times more carotene, 4 times more vitamin B1, and about 5 times more vitamin C. Celery leaves also contain vitamin E, which is not found in celery stems.

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Therefore, the best way to eat celery is to eat both the stems and leaves. Never throw away the leaves and only eat the stems.

Celery Leaf Recipe

Celery leaves have so many benefits, but many people don't know how to eat them. Next, I will teach you two home-cooked dishes that use celery leaves as ingredients. They are very simple and easy to learn~

Celery Leaf Omelette

Ingredients: celery leaves, two eggs, salt.

step:

1. Blanch the celery leaves in boiling water for 30 seconds.

2. Mix two eggs evenly and set aside.

3. Put the blanched celery leaves into the egg liquid and stir so that every celery leaf is covered with egg liquid.

4. Sprinkle appropriate amount of salt into the egg liquid and stir evenly.

5. Add appropriate amount of oil in the pan and lubricate the pan. When the oil is hot, pour in the prepared omelet ingredients.

6. Fry the omelette until both sides are golden brown.

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Celery Leaves

Ingredients: celery leaves, salt, chicken essence, cooking oil, dried chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, and white sesame seeds.

step:

1. Remove the old celery leaves and wash them.

2. Pour appropriate amount of water into the cooking pot and bring it to a boil, then add the celery leaves and blanch them. Quickly rinse the blanched celery leaves with cold water.

3. Squeeze the water out of the celery leaves, chop them into small pieces and put them into a container. Add appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence and mix well.

4. Put the chopped dried chili on the celery leaves, heat a little pepper oil, pour it on the chopped dried chili, mix well and sprinkle with some white sesame seeds.

5. In order to reduce the loss of nutrients in the celery leaves and keep them green, add a little salt and a few drops of cooking oil to the water when blanching the celery leaves.

Written by: Lao Ke Kai Brain Hole

Produced by: Science Popularization China-Creation Cultivation Program