Can cowpea be eaten raw?

Because raw cowpea contains two substances harmful to human body: hemolysin and toxic protein. Eating raw cowpeas or undercooked cowpeas is easy to cause poisoning. When people eat raw cowpea, its toxin has a strong stimulating effect on gastrointestinal tract, ranging from abdominal discomfort to vomiting and diarrhea, especially in children.

Therefore, cowpea should be fully heated and cooked or stir-fried, or heated for more than 10 minute, so as to ensure that cowpea is thoroughly cooked and harmful substances will be decomposed into non-toxic substances. Cowpea is mild in nature and taste, but it is not suitable to eat more, otherwise it will have adverse consequences, especially for patients with qi stagnation and constipation. In addition, cowpea and japonica rice should not be eaten excessively at one time to prevent flatulence and bloating.

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How to eat cowpea?

1, there are many ways to eat cowpeas. Vegetarian dishes and stir-fried meat are delicious. Cowpea is generally fried, suitable for both meat and vegetables, or made into Jiangdou Gan and stewed with pork, which is very delicious. Before frying vegetables, take two cloves of garlic and put them in the pot, which tastes more fragrant.

2. Cowpea can also be cold. Wash cowpea, blanch, spread out and cool, then add vinegar, garlic, a little sugar and oil. If you like sesame paste, you can melt it with cold boiled water or vinegar first, and then mix it with cowpeas.

In Shaanxi, Henan and other places, cowpea has another way to eat. Add a small amount of flour or corn flour, stir well, steam in a drawer, and dip in vinegar, garlic juice and Chili oil after cooking. It can be eaten as both a meal and a dish.

4, cowpea can also be made into Sichuan kimchi, chopped and fried with minced meat, commonly known as fried meat with sour beans, and served as pickles when drinking porridge, which tastes good.

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