Bok-choi (often pak-choi [1] [2] ), or Chinese kale (Latin Brassica rapa cultivar chinensis , China: 小白菜) - a variety of Chinese cabbage . Bok-choi does not have heads of cabbage; instead, it forms smooth, dark green leaves on thick stems around its central bud. Bok choy is popular in southern China and in Southeast Asia . Lately [ specify ] it is actively grown and sold in Europe and North America [3] .
Green bok choy
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A group of these plants at one time [ specify ] was classified as a separate species by Karl Linnaeus called Brassica chinensis , but later scientists came to the conclusion that bok choy is just a turnip variety.
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In Russian-speaking countries, bokchoy is known as "petiole cabbage", "Chinese cabbage" or simply "Chinese cabbage", which is not entirely true, since other cabbage is also considered to be Chinese cabbage. In English-speaking countries, the names bok choy or pak choi have taken root, which means “white vegetable” in Cantonese [4] .
In China, three terms are mainly used: the majority of Mandarin- speaking Chinese use the name 油菜, which literally means “oil vegetable,” since in China vegetable oil is made from bok choy seeds. Shanghaiers use the term 青菜, which means "blue-green vegetable", and the Cantonians 白菜.
Nutritional Value
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Bok choy is a popular ingredient in Chinese , Korean and Japanese cuisines. It is steamed, fried, added to soups and pickled.
Bokchoy contains a large amount of vitamin A and C. On average, 13 kilocalories, 0.2 g of fat, 1 g of dietary fiber, 1.5 g of protein, 105 mg of calcium, 0.8 mg of iron, 19 mg magnesium and 65 mg of sodium [5] .
Toxicity
Bok choy contains glucosinolates . In small doses, they can prevent cancer , but, like any substance, can be toxic to humans in large doses, especially for those who already have a serious illness. In 2009, an elderly woman with diabetes consumed one to one and a half kilograms of raw bok choy per day in an attempt to cure her diabetes. After such a diet against diabetes, the woman developed hypothyroidism , which ultimately led to myxedema coma . [6]
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B. rapa chinesis
Yellow flowers of B. rapa chinesis
Cooked bok choy
See also
- Cabbage
- Chinese cabbage
- Kai Lan , Chinese Broccoli
- Rape
- Turnip
Notes
- ↑ Pak-Choi Salad
- ↑ Pak Choi. Asian cabbage
- ↑ Help is on the way for consumers confused by the wide array of Asian vegetables on sale (October 22, 2009). Date of treatment September 8, 2011. Archived on August 20, 2007.
- ↑ Asian vegetable names . Date of treatment September 8, 2011. Archived on October 30, 2006.
- ↑ Harlan, Dr. Timothy S. Ingredients: Pak choi . Date of treatment August 4, 2010.
- ↑ Rabin, Roni Caryn . Regimens: Eat Your Vegetables, but Not Too Many , The New York Times (May 24, 2010). Date of treatment June 3, 2010.