Tip 1: soak for half an hour first.
It is best to soak corn for 20-30 minutes before cooking it with high fire. This can effectively retain the vitamins of corn itself, and it tastes fragrant and chewy.
Tip 2: Boil the water for another 8 minutes.
After the water is boiled, sweet corn (bright yellow) and old corn need to be cooked for another 8 minutes, and sticky corn (white) needs to be cooked for a long time, at least 10 minutes, so there is no need to overemphasize cooking and flowering.
Tip 3: Take it out immediately after cooking.
After cooking, you need to squeeze out the corn and drain it in a strainer. Soak in water for a long time, the taste of corn will turn weak, and the taste will also decline.
Tip 4: Salted corn is sweeter.
When cooking sticky corn and old corn, you can add a little salt after the water boils, and then cook. This can strengthen the taste of corn and make it taste sweet.
Tip 5: Adding baking soda is more nutritious.
If you want to eat more nutritious boiled corn, you can add a little baking soda (edible alkali) to the water when cooking. This is because corn is rich in nicotinic acid, but it is difficult to be decomposed and absorbed by the human body in general. After adding baking soda, nicotinic acid in corn can be fully released, which has higher nutritional value.
Attention: Don't eat moldy corn, because aflatoxin will damage the liver tissue of human and animals, and even lead to liver cancer and even death in severe cases. People with digestive system diseases and people with low immunity can't eat it.
The efficacy of corn:
1, containing dietary fiber, can stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis, accelerate fecal excretion, and can prevent and treat constipation, enteritis and intestinal cancer.
2. Rich natural vitamin E has the functions of protecting skin, promoting blood circulation, lowering cholesterol, preventing skin lesions, delaying aging, reducing arteriosclerosis and brain function decline.
3. This product contains lutein and zeaxanthin, which can effectively prevent eye aging.
4. It also has the functions of diuresis, blood pressure reduction, hemostasis, antidiarrheal, digestion and food accumulation.
5. Corn oil can reduce human blood cholesterol and prevent hypertension and coronary heart disease. Central American Indians are not prone to high blood pressure because they mainly eat corn.