A snack especially suitable for the elderly and children in the hot summer—Pumpkin and Purple Sweet Potato Pancakes

Overview

Pumpkin contains starch, protein, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and other ingredients. It is rich in nutrients and is often eaten by rural people. It is increasingly valued by urban people. Not only does it have high food value. And it has a therapeutic effect that cannot be ignored. According to "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica", pumpkin is warm in nature, sweet in taste and non-toxic. It enters the spleen and stomach meridians and can moisten the lungs and replenish qi, reduce phlegm and thicken phlegm, expel parasites and detoxify, treat cough and asthma, treat lung abscess and constipation, and has diuretic and beautifying effects. In recent years, research and experiments by domestic and foreign medical experts and scholars have shown that eating pumpkin can also treat prostate hypertrophy (pumpkin seeds can treat prostate hypertrophy), prevent prostate cancer, prevent arteriosclerosis, gastric mucosal ulcers, and calculus. The skin and flesh of purple sweet potatoes are both purple, and contain several times more selenium and purple pigment than ordinary sweet potatoes. They contain about 20% protein and more than 10 trace elements such as vitamins, phosphorus, iron, and calcium. More importantly, it also contains a large amount of anthocyanins and chlorogenic acid with unique effects and high medicinal value. These two substances can inhibit the production and reduction of cancer cells. There is also an important substance called liquid protein, which is found in the stems, leaves and roots of purple sweet potatoes. This substance can prevent cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, etc., and can also treat diseases of the digestive tract, respiratory tract, liver, and kidneys. Japan recently announced that purple sweet potatoes are the top anti-cancer vegetables. Combine pumpkin and purple sweet potato to make a snack, which is very suitable for the elderly and children!

Tags

• snacks
• flour
• glutinous rice flour
• pumpkin
• purple sweet potato
• sugar

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare ingredients

   

2. 2 Peel and slice the pumpkin

   

3. 3 Peel and slice purple sweet potato

   

4. 4 Slice the pumpkin and put it on a plate

   

5. 5 Put the pumpkin slices and purple potato slices into a steamer and steam them

   

6. 6 Steamed purple potato chips and mashed

   

7. 7 Mash the steamed pumpkin slices and stir with a masher

   

8. 8 It is best to use the stirring function in the soymilk machine to stir it

   

9. 9 Pumpkin puree after stirring

   

10. 10 Add glutinous rice flour and flour into the pumpkin puree

    

11. 11 Mix the flour and pumpkin puree to form a dough

    

12. 12 Knead the flour into small balls

    

13. 13 Shape into small round pieces and add purple sweet potato puree

    

14. 14 Knead into small balls and put into mold

    

15. 15 Press molding

    

16. 16 Place the finished cookies on clean paper dusted with flour

    

17. 17 I made a lot, and if I can’t finish it, I can put it in the refrigerator and freeze it. It’s very convenient to take out a little when I want to eat

    

18. 18 Then put it in a steamer and steam it until it is cooked. The delicious pancakes are ready to eat, or you can fry them in oil.