In fact, the summer diet is mainly based on "nourishing the heart". Only by suffering the heart can we clear the heart fire, which will help us to have a peaceful mind and let the heat dissipate.
Among seasonal vegetables in summer, bitter fruits and vegetables include bitter gourd, which is not only rich in minerals, dietary fiber, vitamin C and other nutrients, but also contains "momordicin", which is the key to make bitter gourd play a role in clearing away heat and quenching thirst, nourishing blood and benefiting qi, so bitter gourd is also a "bitter medicine" in the eyes of the elderly.
As long as in summer, when family members often suffer from heatstroke, fever, excessive internal heat and prickly heat, they will eat several meals of bitter gourd to clear away heat for their bodies. I believe everyone has eaten a lot of bitter gourd. Do you know how many kinds of bitter gourd there are? Ordinary bitter gourd can be divided into rare white bitter gourd and ordinary green bitter gourd according to color.
According to the thickness of bitter gourd, it can be divided into coarse grain bitter gourd and flour and rice bitter gourd. Do you know the difference between the above four kinds of bitter gourd? Who tastes better and has higher nutritional value? What kind of bitter gourd do you like to choose when buying? After reading this article, you won't be entangled. Just buy it with Bibi in the future.
1. Who has higher nutritional value?
In fact, regardless of white bitter gourd, green bitter gourd, coarse bitter gourd or fine bitter gourd, their nutritional values are similar, so you can buy them at will without worrying.
2. What's the difference between white bitter gourd and green bitter gourd?
What's the difference between white bitter gourd and green bitter gourd? Are they just different in appearance and color? In fact, the taste and taste of the two are very different.
White bitter gourd has a history of nearly 60 years. Its fruit shape is beautiful and round, and its pulp is as white as jade. Therefore, people prefer to call it "white bitter gourd". Yu Guangzhong, a writer, once highly praised it: "Full but not rotten, it is a magical fruit. Not in the fairy mountain, but on earth. 」
White bitter gourd meat is thick and white, crisp and juicy, and its bitterness is lighter than that of green bitter gourd. It can be eaten directly without soaking. Little friends who don't like suffering can choose white bitter gourd, and those who love suffering can choose green bitter gourd.
3. Does green bitter gourd choose coarse grains or flour and rice?
As we all know, green bitter gourd is covered with lines of different sizes and shapes, some big and straight, some small and dense. Should I choose coarse grains or flour and rice to buy green bitter gourd?
Bitter gourd is big, stout, juicy, watery, crisp and relatively light in bitterness. Suitable for frying, boiling, stewing, soup making, cold salad and juicing.
Bitter gourd with fine patterns is small and exquisite, with thin pulp, bitter taste, low water content and soft taste. Friends who like to eat "bitterness" can buy it back and eat it. This kind of fine-grained bitter gourd is most suitable for the elderly.
Because of old age, the taste becomes worse and the taste becomes heavier. Bitter melon is more popular with the elderly. Therefore, if you want bitter bitter gourd, choose small fine lines, and if you want bitter, choose long straight coarse lines! When choosing green bitter gourd, we should pay attention to choosing bitter gourd with green and full color, intact epidermis and symmetrical appearance!
After reading this article, everyone must have a deep understanding of how to choose bitter gourd, so try it!
After reading this article, everyone must have a deep understanding of how to choose bitter gourd, so try it!