Beijing cabbage or petsai, lettuce or Chinese cabbage is a vegetable that came to us from China.
This type of cabbage is very juicy, tasty and is used to prepare a variety of dishes.
Is it helpful? In this article, we will take a closer look at peking, analyze all the pros and cons of this vegetable and learn it correctly, and most importantly, it’s tasty and healthy to cook.
In fact, there are a lot of dishes that can be made from Chinese cabbage: soups, salads, appetizers and even cutlets.
Composition
Chemical
It contains cellulose, macro- and microelements (magnesium, sodium, sulfur, fluorine, phosphorus, etc.), as well as lutein and beta-carotene. The content of folic and nicotinic acid in it increases its benefits to the human body. Peking cabbage contains a lot of water, and due to this, it contains few calories.
Calorie content
Beijing cabbage is a very low-calorie product. Per 100 g of product accounts for:
- fresh - 12 kcal;
- boiled (without salt) - 10 kcal;
- fried - 15 kcal.
Vitamins
Beijing is very useful due to the content of a large number of different vitamins (A, C, K, B1, B2, B4, B5, E). The peculiarity of this product is that during cooking under the influence of temperature, it does not lose its beneficial properties, and the vitamins are not destroyed. Fresh, boiled and fried cabbage contains almost the same amount of vitamins.
BJU (proteins, fats, carbohydrates)
100 g of fresh vegetable contains:
- squirrels - 1.1 (fresh), 1.6 (boiled without salt), 1.3 (fried);
- fats - 0.3 (fresh), 0.2 (boiled without salt), 1.5 (fried);
- carbohydrates - 1.2 (g), 1.8 (boiled), 5.5 (fried).
Harm to the body
By itself, it is not harmful, but it is better not to use it in large quantities for certain diseases:
- among women - With varicose veins, with thrombophlebitis and diseases of the pancreas;
- in men - in diseases of the liver, stomach, pancreas and intestines;
- in children - in diseases of the digestive system.
Benefit for health
Due to the content of a large variety of vitamins, Chinese cabbage fights avitaminosis, anemia, and strengthens the immune system. It is able to cleanse our body of cholesterol by increasing metabolism.. That is why it is very widely and usefully used for weight loss.
If several times a week include it in your diet, you can stabilize the weight. Due to the content of coarse fiber, Beijing cabbage burns subcutaneous fat and reduces the amount of cholesterol in the blood. Beijing cabbage can relieve headaches, for good reason in ancient times it was considered a panacea for all diseases.
Attention! If you regularly eat Peking cabbage, you can strengthen the nervous system and heart, and also make the vessels more elastic.
The benefits of Chinese cabbage:
- for men - saves the health of the prostate gland, prevents inflammation and diseases of the urogenital system, adds male energy;
- for women - helps with depression, prevents aging, can be eaten during pregnancy and lactation (when the baby reaches 3 months of age);
- for kids - strengthens bones and immunity, does not cause such problems with digestion as flatulence and colic, and also helps the brain and nervous system, which is very useful for the body of children of any age.
Contraindications
Despite all the advantages of Peking cabbage has some contraindications. It is better not to use it for pancreatitis (in the acute phase), as well as to limit the use for:
- high acidity;
- problems with the digestive system (gastritis, colitis, bleeding).
Dishes
Dishes from Peking cabbage are very nourishing, tender and incredibly useful. Despite the fact that this vegetable has long appeared on the shelves of our stores, the demand for it is not so great. But this is not because it is inferior in taste to other products, but because many people do not know what can be prepared from it, and most importantly, how.
Petsay can be used to prepare the first and second courses (soups, cutlets, cabbage rolls), for all kinds of snacks and salads, as well as canned and harvested for the winter. You can eat raw, as well as cook, fry, soar, simmer and pickle. Pleasant taste of this juicy cabbage complements absolutely any dish.
Spicy soup
Ingredients:
- Peking cabbage 400 g;
- chicken broth or water 1 liter;
- steamed rice 2 tablespoons;
- Schenok 1 clove;
- turmeric 1 tsp;
- chili and salt (to taste).
Cooking:
- Bring water or broth to a boil, add rice, salt it at its discretion and leave to cook.
- Prepare the cabbage. To do this, shred it and fry (stirring constantly) over low heat.
- Peel the garlic, chop and add to the cabbage with turmeric, fry for a few more minutes.
- Add the cabbage to the broth along with the hot peppers and leave to cook until tender.
Original snack
Take:
- Beijing 1 head;
- processed cheese 200 g;
- Maasdam cheese 150 g;
- sweet pepper 2 pieces (red and yellow);
- sour cream 3 tbsp;
- boneless olives;
- garlic 2 cloves.
Cooking:
- Grate grated cheese, add chopped garlic and sour cream to it.
- Peppers cut into small cubes, and olives circles.
- All combine and mix.
- Cut the cabbage along in half, and begin to gently apply the stuffing with a thin layer inside each leaf, after which the two halves are joined together and tightly wound with cling film.
- The resulting "roll" leave in the refrigerator for several hours, before serving, cut into portions.
Chinese vegetable and seafood salad
It will take:
- Peking cabbage 250 g;
- crab meat 200 g;
- boiled shrimps 250 g;
- canned pineapples 200 g;
- salad dressing (sauce, mayonnaise or sour cream).
Cooking:
- Cabbage needs to be cut into strips, and crab meat and pineapples - diced.
- We clean the shrimp and also cut (you can add whole).
- All mix, add salt and pepper (to taste), dressing sauce.
Cutlets on the second
It is necessary:
- Chinese cabbage 200 g;
- carrots 1 pc;
- onions 1 pc;
- raw potatoes 1 pc;
- minced chicken 300 g;
- egg 1 pc;
- spices to taste.
Cooking:
- Cabbage sheets pour boiling water, then cut into small pieces.
- Grate carrots and potatoes.
- Onion finely chop.
- Fry vegetables in a pan, then mix them with minced chicken, add eggs and spices.
- All thoroughly mixed.
- If the stuffing turned out very liquid, then add a little flour to it.
- We form cutlets with wet hands and put them into a well heated pan.
- Fry until ready.
Indications for Eating
Given that Chinese cabbage has very useful properties, it should be used by anyone who does not have any contraindications to this. But most of all, it will benefit those who want to lose weight, as well as people with reduced immunity.
Important! Do not forget that everything is good in moderation. You should not eat Chinese cabbage in large quantities or eat only it alone.
Conclusion
The peculiarity of Chinese cabbage is that it brings great benefits to the human body in any form. Many people prefer to use it raw, but with it you can cook a lot of dishes, some of which we discussed in this article. If you want to be healthy and beautiful, be sure to add Petsay to your diet.
