Preparation method of bitter melon

People who don’t like to eat bitter melon often only care about the bitter feeling that bitter melon brings to people. In fact, the taste of bitter melon is also very good. And eating more bitter melon in the hot summer can help clear away heat and prevent heatstroke. If you want to bring out the best effects of bitter melon, stir-frying it is the best choice. However, if you want to make the hot pot taste better, you can also make bitter melon stuffed. The above will introduce to you the production method of bitter gourd flesh.

practice

Method 1

raw material

1500 grams of bitter gourd, 300 grams of pork belly, appropriate amounts of salt, peanut oil, glutinous rice, squid tentacles and shiitake mushrooms.

1. Soak glutinous rice, squid and mushrooms in warm water. Soak the glutinous rice until the grains become soft.

2. Peel and remove the bitter gourd, wash and cut into 10-15 cm round pieces.

3. Cut the pork belly, mushrooms and squid tentacles into small pieces and set aside.

4. Add appropriate amount of oil in a wok and fry the glutinous rice until it becomes transparent.

5. Stir-fry the meat, squid, mushrooms, etc. until half cooked or fragrant; add appropriate amount of salt and glutinous rice, mix well and set aside.

6. Fill the hollow bitter gourd with glutinous rice filling, place it on a plate, and steam it in a steamer. You can also put it directly into the rice cooker and add the juice used to soak the mushrooms (wash the mushrooms before soaking) and cook.

Method 2

Type of stir-fry: Fried Cuisine: Sichuan

Ingredients: Pork Taste: Salty and fresh

Suitable season: No problem

Cuisine: Sichuan

raw material

750 grams of fresh bitter gourd, 300 grams of peeled pork, 15 grams each of golden hook shrimp and soy sauce, 25 grams each of soaked mushrooms and flour, 1 egg, 100 grams of wet starch, 50 grams of garlic cloves, 1 gram each of pepper and MSG, 2 grams each of fine salt and sesame oil, and 1000 grams of cooked lard.

Production process

1. Peel the tofu and cut it into 6 cm long and 2 cm square strips, 30 strips in total, and cut the winter bamboo shoots into slices;

2. Cut the bitter melon into 4 cm pieces, remove the pulp, boil it in cold water to remove the bitterness, and then squeeze out the water;

3. Chop the pork, mushrooms and shrimps into small pieces and put them into a bowl. Add eggs, flour, 25 grams of wet starch and refined salt to make stuffing. Stuff the cucumber segments and seal both ends with 50 grams of wet starch.

4. Heat the lard until it is 60% hot, add the garlic cloves and fry them, then remove them. Add the bitter melon into the pot and fry until the surface of the bitter melon turns light yellow, remove it, place it vertically in a bowl, sprinkle with garlic cloves, add soy sauce and steam it in a steamer;

5. Heat 50 grams of cooked lard until 70% cooked, add the original juice of steamed bitter gourd into the pot and boil, add MSG and 25 grams of wet starch to thicken, turn the bitter gourd over and put it on a plate to pour the juice, sprinkle with pepper powder and sesame oil.

Method 3

raw material

Ingredients: 200g bitter melon, 200g pork (fat and lean)

Accessories: 75g eggs

Seasoning: 2g salt, 10g cooking wine, 5g ginger, 5g soy sauce, 2g white sugar

practice

1. Chop the pork into fine pieces, add eggs, salt, cooking wine, and ginger (chopped) and mix well to make pork filling;

2. Wash the bitter gourd and remove the seeds;

3. Stuff the seasoned meat filling into the bitter gourd and cut into sections;

4. Heat the oil in the pan, pour in the bitter gourd, and cook over low heat until cooked;

5. Add cooking wine and sugar and simmer for a while.

Tips-Health Tips:

This dish has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, nourishing the kidneys and producing sperm. It is mainly used to treat azoospermia and oligospermia, and has a therapeutic effect on infertility caused by damp heat.

Tips - Food incompatibility:

Eggs: Eating them with goose meat will damage the spleen and stomach; eating them with rabbit meat or persimmon will cause diarrhea; and they should not be eaten with turtle, carp, soy milk, or tea.