How to make bitter melon not bitter but delicious

Bitter melon is a relatively common vegetable with good nutritional value, especially it has the effect of removing heat. If you usually have a sore throat, it is very beneficial to eat some bitter melon appropriately. However, many people do not particularly like to eat bitter melon, because if the bitter melon is not cooked well, it is indeed quite bitter. In fact, as long as you master certain techniques, you can remove the bitterness of bitter melon, so that it will taste better.

How to make bitter melon not bitter but delicious

1. Slice the bitter gourd and blanch it in boiling water at high temperature before use. The bitterness of bitter melon mainly comes from momordica charantia (known as "high-energy lipid-clearing factor") and momordica glycosides. After being exposed to high temperatures above 80°C, these two substances have been destroyed. After being rinsed with cold water, the bitter melon loses its bitterness, and the heat-sensitive nutrients in it are gone. Therefore, it is not recommended to use high temperature method to process bitter melon. 2. Chilling bitter melon with ice to below 8 degrees Celsius before eating can reduce its bitterness. Also, slice the bitter gourd and soak it in ice water for a while before taking it out, so that the bitterness can be reduced. 3. Rinse in water: split the bitter gourd, remove the seeds, cut into strips, and then rinse with cold water, gently pinching it with your hands while washing. After washing for a while, change the water and wash again. Repeat this rinsing three or four times, and the bitter juice will be lost with the water. The bitter gourd processed in this way tastes delicious after being fried, slightly bitter but sweet. 4. Stir-fry over high heat to allow the juice in the bitter gourd to release quickly and reduce the bitterness.

Nutritional value of bitter melon

1. Clearing away heat and detoxifying: Bitter melon can relieve the heat in your heart and eliminate toxins in the body. The best way to eat bitter melon is to eat it cold. Eating bitter melon cold can preserve the vitamins contained in it very well. If stir-frying is used, these vitamins will be lost in large quantities during the process, and the oil content after stir-frying is relatively high. People will ingest more fat after eating it, and it will not have the effect of cooling down and reducing heat. 2. Nourishing and rejuvenating the skin: Eating bitter melon regularly can enhance the vitality of the skin and make the skin delicate and healthy. Mashing fresh bitter melon into juice or boiling it into a soup is a good auxiliary food therapy for liver-fire red eyes, stomach pain, and damp-heat dysentery. Mashing fresh bitter melon and applying it externally can treat carbuncles and furuncles. Children are prone to prickly heat in summer, so cut bitter melon into slices and rub it on the prickly heat on your body to help it heal soon. Boiling bitter melon in water or cooking it as a delicacy can dissipate heat and relieve summer heat.