Eating only can also help you lose weight, which is a dream for every piggy girl and boy. In Japan, a Dr. Tomato proposed a method called “tomato weight loss.” This doctor, named Akira Karasawa, tells us that eating tomatoes has five major benefits: they are delicious, easy to prepare, effective for weight loss, healthy, and good for the skin. Within three months, one can lose 11 pounds and restore the skin to the state it was in at the age of 21. Such conclusions rely on the rich nutritional value of tomatoes, which can promote metabolism, making them a typical weight-loss food. Just hearing this is tempting. Therefore, today I would like to recommend a delicious way to prepare tomatoes: tomato pancakes.
How should we make these nutritious and tasty tomato pancakes? First, prepare tomatoes, flour, diced ham, chopped cilantro, chopped vegetables, and eggs. During the preparation, you need to select the tomatoes carefully. Usually, tomatoes are divided into two categories: one is the red type, which has a bright red appearance, with tough skin that is not easy to peel; the other is the pink type, which appears more yellow, has translucent and thin skin, and is easier to peel than red tomatoes. However, for selection, you should choose the tougher-skinned red tomatoes because they contain three times more lycopene than the pink type. Lycopene has a much greater ability to eliminate free radicals compared to other carotenoids and Vitamin E, effectively preventing and treating various diseases caused by aging and decreased immunity.
Once the ingredients are ready, you can start cooking. The method for making tomato pancakes is very simple, but there are many details to pay attention to. First, peel the tomatoes and chop them into small pieces. You can soak the tomatoes in hot water for a while before removing them to make peeling easier. Then, add the washed and diced cilantro, chopped vegetables, and ham. Pay attention to the proportion, with more than 90% tomato pieces and just a small amount of the other ingredients. Next, add flour and beaten eggs, stir them together, and season during the mixing process. You can adjust the seasoning according to personal preference; if you like it sweet, you can add more sugar.
Next, heat oil in the pan, place the mold in it, and pour the thoroughly mixed batter into the mold. If you don’t have a mold at home, you can spread the batter directly in the pan, but you need to keep the shape round. Start frying on low heat and only cook one side initially to give it a basic shape. Remove the mold, flip it over to the other side, and continue to shape it. At this point, you must be very careful with the heat; frying on low heat is crucial to prevent the pancakes from burning on the outside while remaining raw on the inside.
Once both sides are browned to a golden color, they can be served on a plate. The fried tomato pancakes are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, without excessive seasoning, allowing the original flavor of the tomatoes to shine through, being both sour and sweet, quite appetizing. If you’re eating tomatoes to lose weight, besides learning to prepare tomato pancakes, you also need to pay attention to the timing of consumption. Eating tomatoes in the evening can help with weight loss, but don’t eat too late; generally, 6 or 7 PM is best. Additionally, since activity levels are lower in the evening, carbohydrates such as rice and pasta will turn into sugars to be consumed by the body. Any unconsumed parts will turn into fat. Eating tomatoes at night can speed up the basal metabolic rate, promote the body’s active consumption of energy, and improve body composition, making it less likely to gain weight.
Moreover, the abundant vitamins and carotenoids in tomatoes have even more miraculous effects on the body. For example, the melatonin contained in tomatoes not only aids in whitening the skin but also helps with sleep and promotes the secretion of growth hormones. At the same time, growth hormones can speed up metabolism and promote fat breakdown and burning, truly achieving both skin whitening and weight loss. Additionally, citric acid found in tomatoes can promote sugar metabolism and fat burning.
For some “big eaters,” the dietary fiber and pectin in tomatoes are lifesavers because they can effectively expand the stomach, stimulate the satiety center, sending “I’m full” signals to the brain while accelerating intestinal motility and promoting the elimination of waste from the body. A small tomato has great power, but you can’t just eat tomatoes; they need to be delicious. This simple and tasty tomato pancake is easy to make, so hurry up and learn it; you can lose weight just by eating well, striving to become an elegant woman.
