Bitter gourd is a special vegetable. Some people think bitter gourd is bitter, but some people like it best no matter what it is. Bitter gourd has a unique health-preserving function in summer, and its nutritional value is very rich. But how to get rid of the bitter taste of bitter gourd? What are the practices of bitter gourd?
The practice of bitter gourd
Sprite bitter gourd
Ingredients: Bitter gourd, Sprite, fresh Lycium barbarum, salt, half a teaspoon.
Exercise:
1. Wash bitter gourd, break it, remove seeds and cut it into even slices.
2. Boil the water, soak the bitter gourd slices in the water for one minute, remove the cold water and drain the water.
3. Put the bitter gourd into a large bowl, sprinkle with salt, pour in Sprite, cover it with plastic wrap, put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours, then take it out, dry it and put it on a plate.
Bitter gourd with honey sauce
Ingredients: 1 bitter gourd, 10 wolfberry, oil, salt, sugar, honey and water.
Exercise:
1, wash bitter gourd, split, remove bitter melon pulp, and obliquely cut bitter gourd into pieces.
2, add water to the pot to boil, add a little salt, a few drops of cooking oil, pour in bitter gourd, blanch until it changes color, remove it and put it in cold water.
3. Take a bowl, add a proper amount of honey and sugar, add boiling water, honey: sugar: boiling water =1:1,and stir well.
4. Drain the bitter gourd slices, put them into the prepared honey juice, rinse the medlar with clear water, put them into bitter gourd and stir well.
Shui Piao law:
After cutting bitter gourd, rinse it with clear water, squeeze it hard at the same time, wash it for a while and change the water, and repeat it several times, the bitterness will gradually fade, but it will still be bitter after cooking.
Unpacking method:
Cut bitter gourd into two pieces along the above-mentioned specified direction, and after removing seeds, remove a layer of white pulp close to melon flesh, which can effectively remove some bitterness.
Mixed frying method:
Wash and shred bitter gourd, and do not put oil in the wok. When the pot is hot, pour the shredded bitter gourd into the pot and stir fry. If it is too dry, add a little water and stir-fry until cooked. Then stir-fry shredded Chili peppers in a hot oil pan, then pour the fried shredded bitter gourd into the pan, stir well, and add a proper amount of salt and sugar to the pan. Stir-frying bitter gourd and pepper together can relieve bitterness.
Nutritional components of bitter gourd
Bitter gourd also contains crude fiber, carotene, momordicin, phosphorus, iron, minerals, amino acids and other nutrients.
Medicinal efficacy of bitter gourd
(1) Momordica charantia is cold in nature and bitter in taste, and has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer-heat, relieving fatigue, clearing heart fire, improving eyesight, invigorating qi and strengthening yang. Fresh bitter gourd tea has a certain effect on heatstroke and fever, and bitter gourd is dried with tea.
Drinking is very effective in lowering blood sugar.
(2) Modern medicine has found that there is an active protein in bitter gourd, which can effectively promote immune cells in the body to kill cancer cells and has a certain anti-cancer effect.