How to make gourd

The gourd is a plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. It is edible when it is not ripe. It tastes very fresh, has certain nutritional value, and is rich in vitamins and minerals. There are many ways to cook the gourd. It can be stir-fried, cut into shreds and made into pancakes, or used to fry eggs. It is not only delicious but also has good health benefits. Let's learn how to cook the gourd.

Stir-fried squash

Ingredients: 500 grams of melon, 10 grams of dried shrimp, some minced garlic, some salt. Method: 1. Peel the melon and cut it into thick strips. Put it into boiling water and blanch it until it is slightly soft but still has a texture. Remove from the water and drain. Wash and drain the dried shrimp and set aside. 2. Heat the pan, pour in a proper amount of oil, add the dried shrimps and minced garlic from step 1 and stir-fry until fragrant. 3. Add the squash strips prepared in step 1 to step 3 and stir-fry briefly, then season with salt and mix well.

Gourd Pancakes

Ingredients: a large bowl of melon, a handful of green onions, 1 tablespoon of chopped green onions, a tablespoon of chopped ginger, a small bowl of chopped preserved radish, 68 crab sticks, 1 cup of all-purpose flour, half a cup of glutinous rice flour, 11/3 cups of water, half a cup of scallion, an egg, 1 teaspoon of chopped ginger, 1 tablespoon of chili sauce, 1 teaspoon of chopped chili, 0.5 spoon of white vinegar, 1.5 spoons of colorless soda, 0.5 spoon of soy sauce, 0.5 spoon of black and white sesame seeds each. Step 1 Pour the flour, glutinous rice flour and scallion into a mixing bowl, add water and stir. Add in eggs and mix thoroughly. Step2 After the batter is prepared, pour all the ingredients except crab sticks and green onions into the batter and mix well. Step3 Add two spoons of oil to the pan and heat it. Gently turn the pan to make sure the oil covers the entire bottom and sides of the pan (so that it will not stick to the pan); pour in the mixed batter (not too thick, just flatten the ingredients and do not overlap); put green onions and crab sticks on top, and bake slowly over low heat

step4 Wait until the batter solidifies, shake the pan slightly back and forth, if the pancake slides along, you can prepare to flip it over. step5 Cover the pan with a large plate, hold the pan handle with both hands, and hold the plate with your thumbs. step6 Invert the pan on the plate, remove the pan, and the flipping is complete. step7 Put the pan back on the stove, slide the flipped pancake back into the pan. step8 Press lightly with a spatula, and bake the second side over low heat for about 4 minutes or until the pancake can slide. step9 Let it cool slightly and cut it. step10 Mix all the dipping sauce ingredients evenly.

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