How to pickle winter melon

Winter melon is a vegetable we often eat. It has a relatively high nutritional value and has a good diuretic and diuretic effect. It is also very high in vitamins and minerals. It is especially suitable for patients with hypertension and diabetes. There are many ways to eat winter melon. It can be used to make soup, stuffing, or pickled. It is a good home-cooked dish. Let us learn how to pickle winter melon to make it delicious.

How to pickle winter melon

Ingredients:

Winter melon, salt, garlic, chili

Steps for pickled winter melon:

1. Remove the seeds, peel and wash the winter melon.

2. Cut into small squares with a side length of 5 to 6 cm.

3. Add water to the pot and bring to a boil, then add the winter melon and cook until it is slightly soft.

4. Take out and put it in a container. At the beginning, change the cold water repeatedly until the winter melon is cooled thoroughly. Then soak it in cold water for 5 to 6 hours, changing the cold water 2 to 3 times during this period.

5. Pour out the cold water, soak it in cold boiled water, and drain the water slightly.

6. Rub each piece of winter melon with salt and put it in a sealed bottle, then put it in the refrigerator (usually 3 days is enough). You can also put some peppers and garlic to marinate together.

The efficacy and function of winter melon

1. Reduce fat and lose weight

The succinic acid in winter melon can effectively control the conversion of sugars into fat in the body, prevent fat accumulation in the body, and consume excess fat. It has a good effect on preventing and treating hypertension, atherosclerosis, and losing weight. Winter melon is high in dietary fiber, which can effectively improve the body's blood sugar level. In addition, dietary fiber can lower cholesterol, lower blood lipids and prevent atherosclerosis.

2. Beauty and skin care

Wax gourd seeds contain oleic acid, which has the function of inhibiting melanin deposition in the body and has a good moisturizing and beauty effect. In addition, the protein and citrulline contained in wax gourd seeds can moisturize the skin and inhibit the formation of melanin.

3. Diuresis and swelling

Winter melon is rich in various amino acids, and the content in seeds and peel is higher than that in the flesh. These substances can help the human body eliminate the toxicity of free ammonia and have diuretic and swelling-reducing effects. The crude fiber in winter melon can stimulate intestinal peristalsis and excrete carcinogens accumulated in the intestines as soon as possible.

4. Clear away heat and relieve summer heat

Winter melon is cold in nature and sweet in taste. It can clear away heat and promote the production of body fluid, and relieve summer heat and restlessness. It is especially suitable for consumption in summer and is often used to treat edema and swelling due to physical weakness.

5. Winter melon is a treasure from head to toe

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 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.