Stir-fried bitter melon with minced meat is delicious and can relieve internal heat

Summer is coming and everyone is prone to getting angry. The best way to deal with it is diet therapy. You can eat more bitter melon, which is the best choice for reducing internal heat. Bitter melon can be eaten cold, fried with eggs, or stir-fried with minced meat, so that you will no longer get angry in this season.

1. Stir-fried bitter melon with pork slices

Material

Bitter melon, lean meat, oil, salt, sugar, soy sauce

practice

1. Cut the lean meat into thin slices, mix with a little oil, salt, soy sauce and cornstarch, and marinate for 8 to 10 minutes

2. Wash the bitter melon, cut off the head and tail, cut into two sections, use a small spoon to scoop out the seeds and melon, and then cut into thin slices

3. Boil a pot of water, add a little salt and sugar, add the sliced ​​bitter melon after the water boils, and blanch for about 1 minute; (Put salt and sugar in the water first to blanch the bitter melon, which can not only remove the bitterness, but also shorten the frying time and keep the bitter melon green.)

4. Take out the bitter melon slices and put them in cold water to cool them down, which can keep the bitter melon green.

5. Heat the oil in a pan, pour in the meat slices and fry quickly over high heat

6. After the meat slices change color, pour in the bitter melon slices

7. Turn to low heat and add salt (the meat is already marinated, so only a little salt is needed)

8. Add sugar

9. Add a little water starch

10. Pour a little salt and soy sauce (not too much), turn back to high heat and stir-fry evenly.

2. Dietary Therapeutic Value

Bitter melon has a bitter taste, is non-toxic, and has a cold nature. It enters the heart, liver, spleen, and lung meridians and has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving thirst, lowering blood pressure, and reducing blood lipids.[3]

It is mainly used to treat heatstroke, summer heat and thirst, summer boils, excessive prickly heat, dysentery, sores, conjunctivitis, red and swollen eyes, carbuncles and erysipelas, burns, oliguria and other diseases. In addition, bitter melon is high in vitamin C, which can prevent scurvy, protect cell membranes, prevent atherosclerosis, improve the body's stress resistance, and protect the heart. Bitter melon contains an ingredient that can effectively inhibit the canceration of normal cells and promote the recovery of special cells. It has a certain anti-cancer effect, and it also has the characteristics of lowering blood lipids and blood pressure. Not only that, bitter melon also has the functions of preventing osteoporosis, regulating endocrine, and anti-oxidation, while further enhancing the body's resistance and improving the body's response mechanism.

3. Beauty effect

Bitter melon is cold and bitter in nature, and enters the heart, lungs, and stomach. It has the functions of clearing away heat and thirst, lowering blood pressure and blood lipids, beautifying the skin, and promoting metabolism. Bitter melon is rich in vitamin B1, vitamin C and minerals. Long-term consumption can keep you energetic and is very beneficial for the treatment of acne.