How to make bitter melon delicious

Many people think bitter melon is too bitter, so they don’t like to eat it. But just as bitter medicine is good for the disease, although bitter melon tastes bitter, it is extremely beneficial to the human body. People who often eat bitter food generally maintain better blood lipids and blood pressure, so their risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is lower than that of ordinary people. In addition, diabetics should also eat more bitter melon. It is better to eat bitter melon cold as the nutrients are not easily lost.

1. Method 1

Main ingredients: 500 grams of bitter gourd, 9 grams of cooked vegetable oil, 10 grams of soy sauce, 20 grams of bean paste, 2 grams of fine salt, 25 grams of shredded chili, and 5 grams of minced garlic.

practice:

1. Cut the bitter gourd in half, remove the pulp, wash and cut into 1 cm wide strips, blanch in boiling water, soak in cold water, take out and control the water.

2. Add shredded chili peppers and salt to the bitter gourd strips, drain the water, soak them in cold boiled water, take them out, add soy sauce, bean paste, mashed garlic and cooked oil and mix well.

Tips

It is best to choose green bitter gourd. The white one is old and bitter.

2. Method 2

Ingredients: one bitter gourd, two spoons of light soy sauce, one spoon of sugar, two spoons of aged vinegar, appropriate amount of salt, five scallions, a piece of ginger, five cloves of garlic, 20-30 peppercorns, and two star anise.

practice:

1. Remove the bitter melon pulp and cut into strips;

2. Boil a pot of water, add bitter melon and blanch for about 10 seconds, remove from the water, add salt, soy sauce, sugar and vinegar while it is still hot and mix well;

3. Put a proper amount of oil in a wok, add onion, ginger, garlic, peppercorns, and star anise when the oil is cold, and fry slowly over low heat until the aroma comes out as the oil temperature gradually rises. Pour the oil and all the seasonings into the bitter gourd, mix well, and you can eat it. It will be more flavorful if you wait an hour or two before eating it.

Tips

1. Do not blanch bitter melon in boiling water for too long, otherwise it will lose its crisp and tender taste. Do not rinse with cold water after blanching;

2. The amount of salt, light soy sauce, sugar and aged vinegar for bitter melon can be adjusted according to your taste. Overall, it does not taste too sweet, too sour or too salty. The whole dish has a fusion aroma with a slightly bitter taste.

3. Method 3

Ingredients: 1/2 bitter gourd, shiitake mushrooms, 1/2 can of kelp and black mushroom sauce, some white sesame seeds.

practice:

1Prepare cooking ingredients such as shiitake mushroom, kelp, black mushroom sauce and bitter melon.

2 Wash the bitter gourd, remove the seeds and white membrane, and cut it into thin slices with a planer.

3 Marinate the bitter gourd slices with salt, then put them in cold water for a while.

4 After draining the bitter melon slices, put them in a bowl and mix them with shiitake mushroom, kelp and black mushroom sauce.

5 Put the mixed ingredients into the bowl one by one, and sprinkle some white sesame seeds on top.