How to eat dragon fruit? Nutritional value of dragon fruit

The real name of pitaya is Qinglongguo or Honglongguo. It is native to tropical Central America. Pitaya is rich in nutrition and has unique functions. It contains rare plant albumin and anthocyanins, rich in vitamins and water-soluble dietary fiber.

Nutritional value of pitaya

Every 100 grams of pitaya pulp contains 83.75 grams of water, 0.34 grams of ash, 0.17 grams of crude fat, 0.62 grams of crude protein, 1.21 grams of crude fiber, 13.91 grams of carbohydrates, 59.65 kcal of calories, 1.62 grams of dietary fiber, 5.22 grams of vitamin C, 2.83 grams of fructose, 7.83 grams of glucose, 6.3-8.8 mg of calcium, 30.2-36.1 mg of phosphorus, 0.55-0.65 mg of iron, and a large amount of anthocyanins (the most abundant in red flesh fruit varieties), water-soluble dietary protein, plant albumin, etc. Pitaya is sweet and flat in nature, and its main nutrients include protein, dietary fiber, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin C, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, etc.

How to eat dragon fruit

Peel the red skin from the top of the dragon fruit down like peeling a banana and eat the flesh inside with a spoon. The best way to eat it is to dip it in honey. Honey can cover the original astringency of the flesh. Cut it open and peel off the skin, then you can eat it. Or you can peel it from the red skin on the top, a bit like a banana. Eat the flesh inside with a spoon. Dragon fruit is a low-sugar fruit with beauty and skin care effects, which is very suitable for women. Just remove the red part and eat the white part with black seeds. Because it is not very sweet, you can also add some sugar. However, you can only taste the real taste of dragon fruit if you don't dip it in anything. If you eat it with honey or white sugar, it is better to eat honey and white sugar. Fresh dragon fruit is very refreshing, slightly sweet and sour, and tastes good. When buying, pay attention to buy fresh ones, so that they are hard and taste good, and can be eaten raw. This is the most common and ordinary way to eat it.

Recommend several ways to eat dragon fruit

How to make crispy fried dragon fruit

Ingredients: 1 dragon fruit. 500g peanut oil (actual oil consumption: 50g), 5g salt, 50g flour, 80g cornstarch, 3g baking powder, and appropriate amount of water.

operate:

1. Peel the dragon fruit and cut into thick slices.

2. Mix flour, cornstarch, salt, baking powder and water to make a crispy paste. Let it stand for 10 minutes for later use.

3. Heat oil in a pan, when the oil temperature reaches 120 degrees, put in each piece of dragon fruit covered with crispy paste, fry until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, then remove and place on a plate.

How to make orange dragon fruit jam

Ingredients/Seasonings]

350g orange, 250g dragon fruit, 150g maltose, 100g granulated sugar, 1 lemon

Water and salt

[Production process]

1. Wash the lemon and squeeze out the juice for later use; wash the orange carefully with salt, peel the peel, and then soak the peel in water for more than 4 hours; peel the orange flesh into small pieces and remove the seeds, then tear off the white film and set aside; peel the pitaya and cut into cubes. Since the pitaya flesh easily turns brown, soak it in salt water or sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent discoloration.

2. Boil half a pot of water in an acid-resistant pot, add 1 tablespoon of salt, put the soaked orange peel into the pot and cook for 10 minutes to soften the orange peel and remove the bitterness. Soak the boiled orange peel in cold water first, and after cooling, use a fruit knife to remove the white orange peel, and then cut the orange peel into thin strips.

3. Put the processed orange peel, orange flesh and dragon fruit cubes into an acid-resistant pot, add lemon juice and bring to a boil over medium heat, then turn to low heat and add maltose to continue cooking. Stir constantly with a wooden ladle during cooking.

4. After the maltose is completely dissolved, add the granulated sugar and continue to stir and cook until the sauce becomes thick.

Fried dragon fruit with clam

Ingredients: 400g royal clams, 3 dragon fruits, 25g oil

Seasoning: 3 grams of salt, 2 grams of chicken powder

practice:

1. After cleaning the meat of the royal clams, marinate them with salt and MSG for 3-4 minutes;

2. Peel the dragon fruit, remove the flesh, cut into pieces, and wash the shell and keep it for later use;

3. Heat the oil in a wok, add the marinated clam meat, stir-fry until 70% cooked, add the dragon fruit flesh and stir-fry lightly, then serve in the dragon fruit shell.

Special tip: The royal clams must be cleaned thoroughly and marinated first.

Cold yam and fire dragon

Ingredients: 100g yam, 4 cloves of garlic, 100g dragon fruit, 2 bell peppers

Seasoning: 3 tablespoons sesame paste, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon salt

practice:

1. Wash and peel the yam, soak it in vinegar and wash it to remove the mucus, cut it into strips, blanch it in boiling water, remove it and drain it for later use;

2. Peel the dragon fruit, wash it with half a spoon of salt water, and cut it into pieces; use a mud press to mash the garlic; cut the bell pepper into oblique slices for later use:

3. Mix sesame paste, sugar and half a spoonful of salt, add shredded yam, dragon fruit, shredded bell pepper and mashed garlic, mix well and marinate in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.

Special tips: The frying time should not be too long and the oil temperature should not be too high.

Dragon fruit yogurt juice

Ingredients: 150g dragon fruit, 1 bottle of yogurt, 1 lemon

practice:

1. Cut the dragon fruit into small pieces and peel them for later use;

2. Peel the lemon and squeeze it into juice;

3. Pour the lemon juice into a blender, then add the dragon fruit and yogurt and mix well.

Dragon Fruit Seafood Salad

Ingredients: one dragon fruit, some cooked prawns, a little celery, and egg yolk sauce.

practice:

1. Cut the dragon fruit in half, scoop the flesh into balls with a small spoon, set aside the shell, cut the celery into small cubes and blanch in boiling water.

2. Mix the dragon fruit flesh, shrimps, diced celery with salad dressing, add a little milk, and then season with salt and chicken essence.

3. Put the mixed stuff into the hollowed-out dragon fruit shell, and the beautiful and delicious dragon fruit and shrimp salad is ready.

Dragon fruit fried shrimp

1. Peel the fresh shrimps (sand shrimps) and remove the moisture from the shrimps with a dry cloth.

2. Marinate with salt for a while, drain and squeeze out the water with a dry cloth. Put the shrimp in the egg white, add dry starch, and stir in one direction. Finally, mix with salad oil (to prevent the shrimp from sticking together after entering the pot), and let it stand for 10 minutes.

3. Don't heat the pan too hot. Put the shrimp into the pan and rotate it clockwise with chopsticks. Remove from the pan as soon as the color changes.

4. Add oil, a few thin celery stalks, dragon fruit, and a few chopped green onions (not too much chopped green onions will cover the flavor of the shrimp), stir-fry for two times, add the shrimp, stir-fry for five times and serve.

Shrimp and Dragon Fruit

1. Cut off one third of the dragon fruit, scoop out the flesh inside and cut it into small pieces together with the kiwi fruit, cut the celery into sections, and keep the celery leaves for decoration.

2. Because there is not much space after the dragon fruit is hollowed out, you don't need too many shrimps. Marinate it with a small amount of starch and salt for a while, stir-fry it, and set it aside.

3. Then gently turn the dragon fruit and kiwi fruit. Don't stir-fry too hard. Both fruits are very soft. Turn them gently, don't make them mushy. Stir-fry the celery gently.

4. Add the fruit and shrimp together and stir gently. Add a little salt according to your taste. This dish is mainly light because of the small number of ingredients. Pour it into the pitaya.

5.] Put it on a plate and garnish it with celery leaves. How about it? It looks great. It tastes OK too. It has a light sweetness of dragon fruit and a sour taste of kiwi fruit.

Dragon Fruit Salad

Ingredients: 1 dragon fruit, 2 spoons of corn kernels, some yogurt, some salad dressing, 5 strawberries, 0.5 kiwi

practice:

1. Cut the dragon fruit in half and carefully scoop out the flesh with a spoon. Be careful not to damage the peel, as the peel can be used as a base for the bowl.

You can also use a small spherical spoon to scoop it into a ball shape, which is more beautiful.

2. Cut the dug out dragon fruit flesh into small pieces.

3. Remove the stems of strawberries and peel the kiwis, and cut into small pieces

4. Boil the corn kernels, drain and set aside

5. Mix the salad dressing and yogurt, add the corn kernels and the chopped dragon fruit, strawberries, and kiwis, and mix well.

6. Use a small spoon to carefully scoop the mixed fruit into the dragon fruit peel.