How to make iced bitter melon

Speaking of bitter melon, I believe the first word that comes to everyone’s mind is bitter, because bitter melon contains a substance called momordica charantia. However, eating more bitter melon in the summer can help clear away heat and relieve summer heat, especially people who often work outdoors should eat more bitter melon. In addition to being made into home-cooked dishes, bitter melon can also be made into desserts, such as chilled bitter melon. Let’s learn how to make chilled bitter melon.

Iced bitter melon

Ingredients: One bitter gourd

Ingredients: honey, sweet noodle sauce, sugar, salt, MSG, ice water, eggs

Method: 1. Remove the head of the bitter gourd, cut it vertically, remove the seeds, and slice it.

2. Soak the cut bitter gourd slices in ice water for 3 to 5 minutes.

3. Fry the eggs into egg slices.

4. Put 2 spoons of sweet noodle sauce on the plate, add appropriate amount of salt, MSG and sugar on the sweet noodle sauce and mix well; put appropriate amount of egg slices on the prepared

Stir in sauce until smooth.

5. Put the soaked bitter gourd on an empty plate and eat it with the prepared sweet noodle sauce or honey.

Bitter melon can also be cooked into cooked dishes, such as

Bitter melon fried eggs, you can also blanch the bitter melon in hot water, then add oil and fry it, finally add water starch to thicken, add seasoning, can reduce the bitterness.

The efficacy and function of bitter melon

According to traditional Chinese medicine, bitter melon tastes bitter and is cold in nature; it enters the heart, lung, spleen, and stomach meridians, and can be eaten in a variety of ways, so bitter melon has five major effects and functions.

1. Bitter melon has the effect of relieving heat, clearing the heart and improving eyesight: Bitter melon is cold in nature and contains rich vitamins, so it has the effect of clearing away heat and fire, clearing the heart and improving eyesight. In this case, it is best to eat bitter melon raw, which has certain effects on dysentery, sores, heatstroke fever, excessive prickly heat, etc.

2. Bitter melon has the effect of strengthening the spleen and kidney: Bitter melon is rich in dietary fiber and vitamin C. The fried bitter melon is warm in nature and tastes, and enters the heart, lung, spleen, and stomach meridians. It has the effects of nourishing yin and blood, strengthening the spleen and kidney, and strengthening the stomach.

3. Bitter melon has the effect of beauty and skin care: Bitter melon is rich in vitamin B1, vitamin C and minerals. Long-term consumption is very beneficial for acne.

4. Bitter melon can relieve toothache: mash the bitter melon and apply it to the painful gums or boil the bitter melon into water, add a small amount of rock sugar and drink it, which is effective in relieving toothache.

5. Bitter melon can treat prickly heat, mosquito bites, and dysentery: mash the bitter melon into juice and apply it to the prickly heat, or wipe it with slices of bitter melon.

Bitter melon has certain nutritional value as a vegetable, but you should not rely solely on one vegetable for dietary supplements. Secondly, I want to tell you that bitter melon has no effect on lowering blood sugar. Eating bitter melon cannot cure diabetes. Diabetic patients still need to follow the doctor's advice for treatment.