How to make bitter melon soup?

Bitter melon is a common ingredient in daily life, but it has been ignored by people because of its bitter taste. In fact, the nutritional value of bitter melon is very high. Eating it regularly can not only reduce inflammation and fever, but also prevent cancer. You might as well boil bitter melon into soup and eat it. This will not only reduce the bitterness, but also ensure that the nutritional components of bitter melon are not destroyed.

1. Materials

1 chicken leg, 1 bitter gourd, 1/2 bowl of golden needles, salt to taste

2. Practice

1. Remove the white inner membrane of bitter gourd (source of bitterness), cut into pieces and blanch in boiling water (to reduce the bitterness)

2 Take out the bitter melon and blanch the chicken legs in the water. Wash the blanched chicken legs.

Cook in 2 steps for 3 minutes, 1) Chicken leg + bitter gourd + water, one cup of water in the outer pot of the rice cooker

2) Add enoki mushrooms (soak until soft, clean and tie into knots), and half a cup of water in the outer pot

4 Add salt to taste before eating

3. Nutritional value of bitter melon

1. Promote diet, reduce inflammation and reduce fever:

The bitter glycosides and bitter substances in bitter melon can increase appetite, strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite; the bioalkali substance quinine contained in bitter melon has the effects of diuresis, blood circulation, anti-inflammatory and fever-reducing, and clearing the mind and improving eyesight;

2. Anti-cancer and anti-cancer:

The protein components and large amounts of vitamin C in bitter melon can enhance the body's immune function and enable immune cells to kill cancer cells. Bitter melon juice contains certain protein components that can enhance macrophage capacity and is clinically effective against lymphosarcoma and leukemia. The trypsin inhibitor extracted from bitter melon seeds can inhibit the protease secreted by cancer cells and prevent the growth of malignant tumors.

3. Lower blood sugar:

The fresh juice of bitter melon contains momordica glycosides and insulin-like substances, which has a good effect in lowering blood sugar and is an ideal food for diabetic patients.

Tips

The nodules on the bitter melon are the characteristics that determine the quality of the bitter melon. The larger and fuller the grains, the thicker the flesh; the smaller the grains, the thinner the flesh. When choosing bitter melons, in addition to selecting those with large fruit tubers and upright fruit rows, they must also be white and beautiful. If the bitter melon turns yellow, it means it is overripe, the flesh is soft and not crispy enough, and it loses the taste that the bitter melon should have.