When it comes to winter melon, do you think of losing weight? Indeed, winter melon is our first choice for weight loss ingredients, and it is also our handwritten ingredients that clear heat and detoxify and relieve heat in summer. It is also our most common home-cooked ingredient, and its affordable and storage-resistant are particularly popular. Winter melons are divided into two types: green-skinned winter melon and white-skinned winter melon.
Winter melon originated in China and East India and is widely distributed in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions of Asia. There are also wild winter melons in southern Yunnan ( Xishuangbanna ) in southern China. They are relatively small, but many people have never eaten them, let alone seen them. The spread of winter melons throughout the world has been a slow process. There were records of winter melons in India in the 16th century, and by 1988 it had spread all over India. Japan spread winter melons in the 9th century, while the American winter melons were spread by the French in the 19th century, and China introduced winter melons to Africa after the 1970s. Until now, the main production areas of winter melons are still mainly China, followed by Southeast Asia and India.
Winter melon is a very popular vegetable. Its nutritional value and efficacy are worth paying attention to. Especially for women, winter melon is a must-have vegetable for weight loss and beauty. Winter melon contains almost no fat and has low sodium and calories. With the storage resistance of winter melon, it is suitable for women who love beauty to eat more every year. Rich in vitamin C and high in potassium, it plays a role in eliminating edema. But pay special attention to it. Winter melon is cold in nature. Female friends should not eat winter melon during their menstrual period.
There are many ways to make winter melon, which can be stir-fried, roasted, stewed, boiled, fried, and made soup. Because winter melon has a light taste, it is especially suitable for matching with various meats and vegetables. Especially in summer, it is suitable for stewing soup with ducks, which can clear heat, detoxify, reduce heat and heat.
I also like to eat winter melon. I have made almost every way of eating it. At most, it is fried and roasted, stewed meat, etc. Foodies all know that eating a few pieces of winter melons with hot pot, this dish is the best. It's too hot these days, so I made a few dishes with winter melon, all of which are special dishes, including whole, cooked, and fried. Let's take a look below.
The first "Steamed Sauce Winter Melon", this is my latest creative dish, which is particularly popular. It is also a new way to eat winter melon.
Method: 1. Peel and remove the seeds of the winter melon, cut the same size of the hob, wash and slice the sausages. The spicy sausage you made yourself is better matched with light winter melon.
. Add light soy sauce and a little salt to the winter melon cube and mix well. Add less salt. Spread the sausage slices on the winter melon cube
. Put it in electric steamer . You can use an electric rice cooker or ordinary steamer to steam it. It will cook thoroughly after about 20 minutes of steaming.
. Sprinkle chopped green onions out of the pot. The winter melon absorbs the spicy taste of the sausage, which is particularly delicious.
The second type of " Roast Duck Stewed Winter Melon ". Every time we eat roast duck, most of the leftover duck stand or roast duck meat, you can take it back and stew it with it like winter melon, which is particularly delicious.
Method: 1. Peel the winter melon and cut it into pieces of the same size. Add the leftover roast duck cubes to the casserole.
. Spread the winter melon cubes on top, add slices of ginger, peppercorns, heat water or water
. Bring to a boil over high heat, turn to medium-sized stew for about 15 minutes, add the winter melon cubes with chopsticks. If it is ripe, the winter melon will soften quickly and collapse, which means it is ripe
. You can add a little salt and stir evenly for 2 minutes. Add pepper and chopped green onion to turn off the heat.
The third type of "Winter Melon Roasted Tofu", the perfect combination of winter melon and tofu, add some bean paste to cook the tofu and winter melon so that it is particularly appetizing and serving.
Method: Wash the winter melon, peel and cut into pieces of hot knives, cut the tender tofu into pieces, heat the pan and cool the oil, add the green onion, ginger and garlic to stir-fry to make the aroma, add the bean paste and stir-fry to make the red oil, add the winter melon, add a little water and cook for about 10 minutes over low heat, add the tofu and stir-fry evenly, because it is tender tofu , do not always turn it, it is easy to break, cook for about 10 minutes, add sugar , light soy sauce, and pepper powder to stir-fry evenly, add water and starch and stir-fry evenly, sprinkle with chopped green onions and then leave the pot.
Cocoa tips
. Winter melon is a cool nature. Women in the previous two issues should not eat more
. People who have just had surgery or have just recovered from a serious illness should not eat winter melon
. Those with weak spleen and stomach are not easy to eat more
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