1, winter melon and lotus leaf soup
Matching reason: China has regarded lotus leaf as a slimming medicine since ancient times. Because lotus leaves have diuretic and laxative effects. Moreover, lotus leaf contains a lot of nuciferine, which can reduce fat and weight. After eating lotus leaves for a while, people's diet will change greatly, and naturally they don't want to eat greasy things.
Ingredients: 500g wax gourd, 20g lotus leaf, 4g salt.
1. Peel the wax gourd, remove the pulp and seeds, and cut into pieces.
2. Wash fresh lotus leaves and shred them.
3. Put both of them into the soup pot and add appropriate amount of water. Use a big fire first, then boil it and then use a small fire.
4. Cook and taste with refined salt.
2. Braised winter melon
Ingredients: a catty of wax gourd and two pieces of garlic. Salad oil, oil consumption, soy sauce, salt, chicken essence, vinegar and sugar.
Exercise:
1, the wax gourd is peeled, seeded and cut into large squares, and one side of the pulp is inclined vertically and horizontally with a cutting knife to facilitate the taste; Crush garlic.
2. Pour oil in a hot pot and saute garlic. After the oil is hot, pour in the wax gourd pieces, stir well, add a small amount of vinegar, sugar, soy sauce and salt in turn, add a proper amount of water, cover the pot, and simmer in a semi-submerged state.
3. When the water is about to boil, sprinkle with chicken essence, pour in a small amount of oil consumption, stir fry evenly, and then take the pot and put it on the plate. At this time, the action should be light, and the wax gourd is burnt, so as to avoid being broken without looking at the face.
3. Stir-fried melon slices
Ingredients: a catty of wax gourd, half a carrot, two garlic salad oils, salt, chicken essence, vinegar and sugar.
Exercise:
1, peeled and sliced wax gourd, peeled and sliced carrot (for adding color to vegetables, optional), and chopped garlic.
2. Boil the water, add appropriate amount of salt after boiling, add melon slices and carrot slices, cook until the melon slices are translucent, drain and plate.
2. Pour oil in a hot pot, add garlic, add a small amount of balsamic vinegar, sugar and chicken essence, mix well and pour into a plate.
4, winter melon seaweed soup
Ingredients: about 2 kg of wax gourd, kelp 1 cake (depending on how much you like kelp), enough for five people.
Exercise:
1. Peel wax gourd, then cut into pieces and wash.
2, kelp soaked in water for about 40 minutes, because the kelp bought outside has a lot of sand, so it should be washed clean. If it's that kind of kelp, cut it into small pieces when you come back and soak it.
3. Put the oil in the pot. When the oil is hot, add wax gourd and kelp and stir-fry for 2 minutes.
In order to make more soup, I poured melon and kelp into another steamer for boiling water. Heat the fire for 7 or 8 minutes, then add salt to the pot, and control the salinity by yourself.
Efficacy: Trigonella foenum-graecum contained in wax gourd can promote human metabolism and inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. In addition, protein and citrulline contained in wax gourd seeds can moisturize and whiten the skin; Kelp is rich in iodine and various trace elements, which can eliminate body fat and cholesterol. Therefore, this soup can be described as a combination of whitening, freckle removal and weight loss, which is most suitable for people who are greedy for beauty.