How to fry crispy winter melon

Winter melon is familiar to everyone. We all know that the nutritional value of winter melon is very high. It is very beneficial to the human body after consumption. Winter melon can be eaten in many ways. It can be fried, stewed, or eaten with other ingredients. The taste and nutrition are very good. There is another common way to eat winter melon, crispy winter melon. How to fry crispy winter melon?

How to fry crispy winter melon?

1. Put flour, custard powder, baking powder and eggs into a bowl and mix into a batter.

2. Peel the winter melon, coat with cornstarch and set aside.

3. Heat the oil in a pan until it is 70% hot, coat the winter melon in the batter, fry until golden brown, and serve.

4. Heat oil in another pan, put the fried winter melon back into the pan and fry it again, then serve.

Tips

1. Don’t make the batter too thin. It should be fine if you can use chopsticks to pick up water droplets.

2. Dip the winter melon slices in the batter one by one, then fry them in the oil pan until they are formed. Putting in too much winter melon at one time will cause them to stick together easily.

3. Winter melon must be fried twice.

4. If the winter melon needs to be colored, you can coat it with colored thick sauce when frying it for the second time.

5. If you fry a lot of crispy winter melon, you can put it in the refrigerator to keep it fresh.

Benefits of eating winter melon

1. Helps prevent coronary heart disease

Winter melon is rich in protein, fat, urease, saponins, B vitamins and so on. The fat contained in winter melon is mainly unsaturated fatty acids, the main component of which is linoleic acid, which can lower cholesterol and triglycerides in human blood and help prevent and treat coronary heart disease.

2. Beauty and hair care

The fenugreek in winter melon is mainly found in the flesh of the winter melon. It can help the body's metabolism and inhibit the conversion of carbohydrates into fat, which is also one of the weight-loss and lipid-lowering functions of winter melon. Winter melon core contains oleic acid, which has the activity of inhibiting melanin deposition in the body and is a good moisturizing and beauty ingredient.

The unsaturated fatty acids in winter melon can make your face rosy and shiny, your skin tender and smooth, and your hair black and shiny.

3. Lose weight and have bowel movements

Winter melon is the only vegetable that does not contain fat and is known as the "weight loss melon." Winter melon contains succinic acid, which is very effective in preventing weight gain and improving body fitness. The B vitamins contained in winter melon can accelerate the conversion of sugars and starch into heat energy, thereby reducing body fat and promoting weight loss. Eating winter melon regularly in spring and summer is very beneficial to human health, especially for people who are overweight.

4. Clear the lungs and detoxify

The whole body of winter melon can be used as medicine: the winter melon peel is diuretic, reduces swelling, clears away heat and relieves summer heat, and is often used for edema and physical weakness, and can also be used to promote lactation; the winter melon seeds have the effects of clearing the lungs and resolving phlegm, promoting dampness and discharging pus, and are used for lung heat cough, leucorrhea, etc.; the winter melon flesh has the effects of diuretic, clearing heat, eliminating phlegm and detoxifying, and can treat edema, cough and asthma, summer heat, thirst, diarrhea, hemorrhoids, etc., and can also detoxify alcohol and fish poisoning, etc.