The old man often says "spring eat buds, summer eat melon", summer is the season when all kinds of melons and fruits are ripe, eat more melons, and the nutritional taste is not bad.
Many people like to nibble on a few bites of cold watermelon or cucumber in the hot summer, although it is cool to eat and quench thirst, but still eat less, why is this?
Because watermelon and cucumber are cold fruits, refrigeration will increase its coolness, gluttony will stimulate the stomach and intestines, causing stomach pain.
In fact, there is a kind of melon in the summer can eat a little more, it contains more nutrients than watermelon and cucumber, that is, enjoy the "summer first melon" known as the "winter melon"
wax gourd
Winter melon not only helps to clear the heat, diuretic and drainage, often known as the "first melon of summer", even the name sounds, gives people a cool feeling. Winter melon is cold and sweet, has a very good effect of clearing heat and rejuvenating, especially in the hot summer, it can also relieve the heat and eliminate troubles.
The water content of winter melon is very high, and summer consumption can replenish the body's moisture in time to keep the skin moisturized. It can be said that eating winter melon often has many benefits to the body, the following recommend 5 winter melon recipes to everyone, interested friends can collect it, and have time to learn.
Recommended recipe one: Return pot winter melon
1. Prepare ingredients: half a winter melon, peel off the skin, cut it in half, then dig out the inner gourd, cut it into thin slices, put it in a basin for later.
Cut half a green pepper into triangular pieces, put it in a small basin, and half a red pepper is de-eaten, also cut into triangular pieces, and put together with the green pepper.
Soak a small handful of black fungus, cut it in the middle and put it together in a basin.
A small piece of lean pork, cut into thin slices and placed in a basin for later.
Pat a few garlic flattened and chopped into minced garlic; a small piece of ginger pat flattened, cut into minced ginger, and put together with minced garlic.
Remove the seeds one by one, chop into small pieces, and place the ginger and garlic in a basin.
2, boil water, after the water boils, put the winter melon into the pot, use a spoon to continuously push, so that the winter melon is heated evenly, blanch the water for about a minute, pour out the controlled water.
3, add a small piece of lard and a little vegetable oil to the other pot, after the oil is hot, pour the slices of meat and stir-fry, then pour in the ginger and garlic and red pepper, stir-fry a few times, add 5 grams of watercress sauce, fry the red oil, then add the green and red pepper and fungus, quickly stir-fry for a while, pour into the winter melon pot and stir-fry evenly, pour in a little water.
4: Add 1 gram of salt, 1 gram of pepper, 5 grams of shiitake mushroom soy sauce, a few drops of dark soy sauce, stir-fry the seasoning, hook a little water starch, quickly stir-fry evenly, you can turn off the heat and put it on the plate.
Recommended recipe 2: Stir-fried shrimp with winter melon
1: Prepare half a winter melon, cut into small pieces first, then change the knife to cut into 3 mm thick thin slices, put them in a small basin for later; half a red pepper is de-eaten, cut into triangular pieces, and half a green pepper is also cut into pieces for later.
2, peeled 4 shrimp, from the back slice, put into the basin, add water to wash clean, remove the shrimp line, put into another basin, add a little cooking wine to fishy, catch and mix evenly, and then grab a little corn starch and mix well, lock the moisture inside the shrimp. Cut a small piece of ginger into ginger foam and place in a small basin to set aside.
3: Boil the water and add a little vegetable oil, turn off the heat after the water is boiled, pour the shrimp into it, and then cook for 30 seconds and then immediately fish out and put it in the basin for later. After the water boils again, add the winter melon and green and red peppers, flip a few times with a spoon, blanch the water for 1 minute, and pour out the control water to cool.
4, add cooking oil to another pot, add ginger and stir-fry the aroma, pour in winter melon and green and red pepper, quickly stir-fry a few times, pour in a little water, add 2 grams of salt, 1 gram of sugar to freshen, 2 grams of chicken powder, 1 gram of pepper powder, stir-fry the seasoning, put shrimp, hook a little water starch, stir-fry evenly, pour a little oil and simply stir-fry a few times, this dish is completed.
Recommended recipe three: Winter melon stewed chicken
1, prepare half a three-yellow chicken, first chop off the chicken neck into segments, then remove the internal organs of the chicken, and then chop into a chicken nugget of even size, put it in the basin for later.
Half a winter melon, first peel off the outer skin, dig out the inner urn, and then cut into hob pieces and put into a dish.
Slice the green onion, cut into horseshoe slices, put it in a small pot, a small piece of ginger, cut into ginger slices, put it together with the green onion, and then grab a few peppercorns, red dried peppercorns and two star anise for later.
2: Boil the water, pour the chicken nuggets into the pot when the water is cool, then add the cooking wine to remove the fishiness, blanch the water for about two minutes, use a spoon to skim off the floating end of the pot, fish out the chicken nuggets and put them in the casserole for later.
3: Re-boil the water in the pot, add the green onion ginger and large ingredients, pour the winter melon into a colander, rinse it with water, wait for the water to boil, then boil the winter melon again, turn off the heat, and pour the soup and the winter melon into the casserole.
4: Cover the pot, simmer for about 25 minutes, turn off the heat after 25 minutes, add 3 grams of salt, 1 gram of pepper, stir with a spoon, put into the dish, and then drizzle with a little sesame oil to increase the flavor, this dish is completed.
Recommended recipe four: three fresh soups of winter melon
1: Prepare a winter melon, wash it with water and cut it from the middle first, dig out the inner gourd inside, and then cut the winter melon into thin slices and put it into a small basin.
Prepare a handful of pre-soaked vermicelli, cut two knives from the middle and put them in a basin for later.
Beat two eggs into a small basin, add some white vinegar to remove the fish, and beat well with chopsticks.
Prepare half a green onion to cut through the middle and cut into green onions; cut into strips and then into small slices of green peppers and set aside in a small pot.
2: Add a little cooking oil to the pot, pour in the eggs after the oil is hot, stir-fry it a few times again, stir it into large pieces, pour in the green onion and stir-fry, add the appropriate amount of boiling water.
3: Then pour in the winter melon slices, cover the pot and simmer for five minutes, after three minutes, add the vermicelli, continue to cook for two minutes, and cook the vermicelli.
4: Add an appropriate amount of salt, a little pepper, a little sugar to freshen, then add green pepper slices, continue to cook for one minute, add a little leek flower to increase the flavor before cooking, and then pour some sesame sesame oil to increase the flavor, pour into the soup pot.
Finally sprinkle with a little goji berries for garnishing, delicious and ready to go.
Recommended recipe five: Sweet and sour winter melon
1: Prepare half-cut winter melon, then clean the skin of the winter melon, cut it from the middle, remove the melon, and then cut it into half a centimeter wide thick slices and put it into a basin.
Add an appropriate amount of cornstarch to the pot and mix the winter melon slices in a pot-tossed manner.
2: Take a small pot, beat in two eggs, beat well with chopsticks, then pour on top of the winter melon slices, mix well again and set aside. Prepare a handful of shallots, cut into green onions and set aside.
3: Heat a frying pan, add a little cooking oil, heat the oil and add the mixed winter melon slices, wait for one side to fry until golden brown, turn over and fry the other side, fry both sides of the winter melon slices until golden and crispy, pour into the colander to control the oil.
4: Add 3 spoons of tomato paste, 2 spoons of sugar, 1/2 spoon of salt, add 1 spoonful of light soy sauce, 2 spoons of balsamic vinegar, add 1 tablespoon of water, stir well with chopsticks.
5, pour the sauce into a clean wok, stir with a spoon, boil the sauce until it is thick and viscous, pour in a little clear oil, add the winter melon slices, quickly stir-fry evenly, try to make each piece of winter melon can be wrapped in the sauce, and finally sprinkle with cooked sesame seeds and green onions, you can start the pot and plate.
The above are the recommended 5 kinds of winter melon methods, which one do you like the most? Those you like can collect attention, and there are new food recipes to share every day!
(First Chef Editor: Ming Ming)