Hello Foodise Bee Hive Lovers. How are you today? May you always be healthy so that it can make various dishes for the people we love.
Every day I always cook for my family and of course I also have to think of what menu will I serve to them, because the most important menu that I will present contains enough proteins to help their growth and the food menu must also be enough fiber to maintain a good digestive system.
Today the child asks me to make fried squid with crispy flour, usually the mothers prefer to buy fried flour that is ready to use (of course containing artificial flavoring), but I am happy to make the fried flour with natural flavoring spices that are rich in spices.
Fried squid certainly contains enough protein for children, but the fried squid also contains high saturated fat and cholesterol levels, so I will combine with vegetables that contain sufficient fibers and nutrients to reduce saturated fat content and cholesterol contained. I will saute the squash, besides being rich in fiber, chayote also contains calcium and potassium which is useful for bone growth. In addition, chayote also contains a lot of nutrients needed by the body.
Based on data sourced from https://www.google.com/amp/s/hellosehat.com/nutrisi/fakta-gizi/manfaat-labu-siam/%3Famp%3D1, Within 100 grams of chayote containing :
because of the nutritional content contained in the chayote, the chayote has several health benefits, namely:
1.Useful for pregnant women, folate compounds (vitamin B9) are very useful for cell formation for prospective babies
2.maintain normal cholesterol levels, chayote is low in saturated fat so it is good for keeping cholesterol normal
3.reduce the risk of high blood pressure, by diligently consuming chayote then the problem of high blood pressure can be overcome
4.Overcoming the problem of anemia (symptoms of iron deficiency), the chayote contains enough iron / ferrum so that it can help overcome the problem of anemia
5.prevent cancer cells, this is because the chayote contains flavonoid compounds that can prevent the growth of cancer cells in the body's cells
6.Caring for the health of the liver, in several studies it is stated that the nutrients contained in chayote are able to prevent the occurrence of fat in the liver.
So, the food ingredients that we will process must be balanced, so that we avoid diseases caused by the wrong lifestyle, one of which is by maintaining a healthy diet.
Today I'm going to fry squid (kids request) and stir fry chayote. Fried squid which contains saturated fat and cholesterol, we can describe with stir fried chayote which can reduce saturated fat and cholesterol levels in the blood.
The main ingredients we need for sauteing chayote are:
500 gram chayote
The spices we need are:
Garlic 5 cloves
red onion 5 cloves
tomato 1 piece
red chili 50 grams
additional ingredients, namely
enough water
salt 1/2 tablespoon
sugar 1/2 teaspoon
pepper powder to taste
How to process chayote fruit:
Chayote contains a lot of white sap, if it is not removed, then when it is cooked, the fruit will not taste good, therefore we have to remove the sap on the pumpkin before cooking, the method is: Cut the chayote into two parts, then rub the second rub part of the pumpkin to remove the sap (if you are afraid of getting the sap on your hands, you can use gloves, I greased my hands with cooking oil to avoid pumpkin sap).
after that remove the seeds in the middle of the fruit, then peel the hard outer skin, we don't remove the soft skin, then discard the hard pumpkin shoots.
after that we cut the chayote according to taste, after all cut into small pieces, then wash.
How to cook it:
Wash the onions, garlic, tomatoes and red chilies, then blend them. set aside a tablespoon of ground spices for frying the squid.
heat oil, saute ground spices until fragrant.
Enter the chayote pieces into the spices, mix well,
add salt, sugar and water to taste (I used 200 mL of water)
after the water is reduced, add pepper powder to taste, then stir until the chayote pieces are well mixed with the spices.
Don't cook the chayote for too long, so that the nutrients contained in the chayote are maintained.
fried squid
provide a large size fresh squid (I happen to get a medium size) about 200 grams.
Before we fry, we have to remove the black ink bag on the squid, after that we wash the squid clean, then we cut it into small pieces to make it easier for us when frying.
Prepare seasoning flour
10 tablespoons of flour
1 tablespoon of ground spices (red chilies, tomatoes, garlic, shallots blended)
1/2 tablespoon of salt
pepper powder to taste
enough water
Enter the ground spices, salt and pepper into the flour, add water little by little so that the flour mixture is not too runny.
mix the squid pieces into the flour mixture.
fry the squid that has been given flour, fry until brown, don't forget to turn it over so that it cooks evenly and doesn't burn.
fry the squid until it runs out, don't forget before continuing to fry, clean the oil from the remaining flour left in the first fryer.
Stir fried chayote and fried squid is ready to be served.
Good luck hive lovers.
All photos I take using iphone 7 plus camera.
