Broad beans are delicious, but not everyone can eat them.

Finally, when fresh broad bean delicacies swarmed in, people finally stopped fighting fennel rice cooked from dried broad beans and began to switch to fried watercress with cabbage, stuffed watercress with ham, braised rice with broad beans and potato…

In particular, Yunnan people also call the skinned silkworm watercress frog, and one of the special dishes is called frog back stone slab.

Since broad beans are so popular, what is the nutritional value of broad beans? Lord, let’s talk about it.

Hu Dou came from the Western Regions

The influence of broad beans on the Chinese people cannot be said not to be deep. From fennel beans in Kong Yiji to crisp broad beans served by his father, from green broad beans peeled and eaten in social dramas to strange beans that children cannot release, broad beans are found in dining tables, snacks and literary works.

However, this guy is not a native crop in China. Their hometown is in southwest Asia and northern Africa.

Legend has it that broad beans were one of the items brought back by Zhang Qian when he was on a diplomatic mission to the Western Regions. Because they come from Hu Di, broad beans are also called Hu Dou.

As to why it is called broad beans, there are different opinions. Yuan Dynasty agronomist Zhen Wang thinks that [silkworms begin to ripen, hence the name]; Li Shizhen, on the other hand, thinks that [pods are like old silkworms, hence the name].

In short, no matter what is called, we cannot stop our deep love for broad beans…

The flour beans are added with flavoring agent.

Vicia faba, the reason why it has been strong for more than 8,000 years in the long river of history and has maintained its charm, nutrition cannot be underestimated.

Vicia faba is not only rich in carbohydrates and proteins, but also well prepared for various B vitamins and minerals, especially rich in dietary fiber, and is also a good folic acid supplement.

In many areas, broad beans are eaten in different ways. For example, in the Mediterranean region, broad beans are often made into stews. In Japan, broad beans are usually eaten with salt and barbecue. In China, besides stir-fried and spiced, watercress is also the main character of Sichuan watercress paste.

The fragrance of broad bean paste comes from the decomposition of proteins in broad bean paste into amino acids, and its delicate flavor has been completely detonated…

Vicia faba is very different

Although the cultivated broad beans in the world are all one species, the varieties of broad beans in different regions are different, and can be divided into three kinds of broad beans, large, medium and small, according to the grain size.

1. Large-grain broad beans (100 grains weighing more than 120g)

The concentrated distribution areas are in the northwest, Yunnan-Guizhou and Jiangsu-Zhejiang regions. This broad bean is large and can be eaten as grain and vegetables. The familiar cabbage broad bean is made of this broad bean.

2. Medium-grain broad bean (100-grain weight 70-120g)

The planting area is the largest, the distribution area is the widest, and the yield is the highest. However, as fresh vegetables, it is poor and more suitable for processing as grain and non-staple food.

3. Small-grain broad beans (100 grains weigh less than 70g)

Mainly in the Yangtze River Basin and the northern provinces, it is generally planted as feed and green manure.

Vicia faba, sometimes it is not easy to love you.

Although broad beans are nutritious and delicious, not everyone can enjoy them.

After some friends eat broad beans, their urine will turn into soy sauce color. Don’t think that this is too much soy sauce. In fact, it is a serious hemolysis symptom, namely broad bean disease, which is a hereditary disease.

Therefore, friends with genetic history, especially children, should avoid eating broad beans.