Can winter melon and yam be stewed together?

Delicious soups can make people enjoy more life, and drinking some delicious soups can also replenish the body's nutrition and regulate the body's various balances. There are many types of soups. Among them, soups made with traditional ingredients are enduring and have become the best choice for people to maintain health. For example, winter melon soup and yam soup are both popular. Let’s take a look at whether winter melon and yam can be stewed together?

1. Can be eaten together

Winter melon and yam can be eaten together, the two are not incompatible. Winter melon is cool in nature and can promote diuresis and reduce swelling, clear away heat and detoxify; yam can nourish yin and replenish qi, and is rich in vitamins and free amino acids. Stewing winter melon and yam together in pork ribs soup can reduce fat intake, reduce greasiness, and also supplement rich protein. It is a good soup.

2. Winter melon, yam and pork ribs soup

The method of making winter melon, yam and pork ribs soup is very simple. First, pour the ribs into cold water and boil until the blood is boiled. Then put the ribs into the stew pot, pour in appropriate amount of water, and add ginger slices and stew together. When the soup is almost done, add the yam, and add the winter melon after 10 minutes. You can also add appropriate amounts of jujube and wolfberry, and finally season with salt and pepper.

3. Tips

Choose yam with snow-white cross-section. Don’t buy those that appear yellow and rusty. There should be no abnormal spots, mucus or sprouts on the surface of the yam. The cut yam needs to be soaked in salt water to prevent oxidation and blackening.

Specific steps:

1. Wash the chopped bones when you bought them and soak them in cold water for 2 hours.

2. Slice the ginger and chop the green onion for later use.

3. Wash the winter melon, peel and seed it, cut it into pieces. Wash the yam, peel and cut it into pieces and put them into vinegar water.

4. Add water, ginger slices and cooking wine to the pot, put the washed bones into the pot and bring to a boil.

5. Remove from the water, wash and set aside.

6. Add enough water to the pot, put in the bones, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over medium heat for 60 minutes.

7. Add the yam and stew for another 15 minutes. Then add the winter melon and stew until it becomes transparent. Turn off the heat.

8. Add appropriate amount of salt, serve and sprinkle with chopped green onions.

9. The yam, winter melon and bone soup is ready.