Wax gourd is one of the vegetable types with more water, which belongs to the ingredients of melons. It contains more water and vitamins, and has diuretic and detumescence effects. Is the skin of wax gourd edible? Many people say they can't eat, but they can actually eat, and they also have good health care functions and effects. Let's take a look at the eating methods and benefits of winter melon skin.

Can the skin of winter melon be eaten?

The skin of winter melon is not only edible, but also has a good health preserving function.

What are the effects of winter melon skin?

Wax gourd skin contains more nutrition, which not only has health care value, but also has medicinal value. Wax gourd peel contains a variety of volatile components, triterpenoids and cholesterol derivatives, as well as minerals and trace elements such as vitamin B 1, vitamin C, nicotinic acid and carotene. Watermelon peel can be eaten, which has the function of diuresis and detumescence, and can also remove edema, which is not conducive to urination and diarrhea, and can also alleviate damp-heat diseases. Supplementing rich nutrition can also protect health.

Method for freshly mixing three seed coats

Ingredients: 200g watermelon skin, 200g cucumber skin and 200g winter melon skin.

Practice: scrape off the wax skin of watermelon skin, scrape off the hard skin of winter melon skin, blanch it with cucumber skin in a boiling water pot, cool it, cut it into strips, add a little salt and monosodium glutamate, and serve. This recipe can stimulate appetite, clear away heat and toxic materials, and supplement abundant vitamins and water, so it is suitable for eating in summer.

Practice of winter melon skin and broad bean soup

Ingredients: pork (lean meat)100g, wax gourd skin 80g, broad bean 60g, salt 3g.

Practice: first peel the wax gourd and broad beans, wash the lean meat and cut into pieces; Then put all the ingredients into the pot together, add appropriate amount of water, boil with strong fire, then boil with slow fire for one hour, and season. Eat melon peel and broad bean lean meat together, supplement vitamins, protein and minerals, keep healthy, and have the effects of lowering blood pressure and diuresis.

Regarding whether and how to eat the skin of winter melon, the relevant contents are introduced above. The skin of wax gourd is edible, not only edible, but also has strong nutrition and health care functions, and also has good diuretic and detumescence effects. Therefore, such food can be eaten by everyone in daily life and has a good health care function.