The long summer is coming and the weather is getting hotter and hotter. Many people put on light clothes. Diet should be light, so as to spend spring and summer comfortably, and try to eat less meals that are too hot, too salty and too spicy. We recommend that you often eat bitter gourd, a kind of food for clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, which is very suitable for this time. It is very good to use it to make cold bitter gourd, bitter gourd scrambled eggs and bitter gourd stuffed meat.
Speaking of bitter gourd, many people don't like it because it is too bitter. Every bite is like taking medicine, which makes people really uncomfortable. I still remember when I was a child, I hated bitter gourd, and my mother liked it very much, so every time she cooked bitter gourd and scrambled eggs, I only ate eggs and never dared to try bitter gourd.
When I grow up, I pay more and more attention to health, understand the benefits of eating bitter gourd, and learn a good way to get rid of bitterness from my friends. Later, I began to eat bitter gourd often, at least once a week.
So what should we do about the bitter melon? Many people choose to sprinkle salt on bitter gourd, which can really reduce bitterness and make bitter gourd taste less bitter, but it has many disadvantages. On the one hand, bitter gourd loses a lot of water and tastes bad. On the other hand, the nutrition loss of bitter gourd is serious.
So give bitter taste to bitter gourd, without adding salt. There are other ways. My friend told me: fry bitter gourd, don't salt it to bitter taste, learn a good method, bitter gourd is not bitter, crisp and delicious!
Let me share with you the method of frying bitter gourd to get rid of bitterness. This method is very practical. I suggest you have a try. If you learn to cook often, you will be healthier. Come and have a look.
Scrambled eggs with bitter gourd:
Rinse bitter gourd under running water, then remove the head and tail of bitter gourd, cut it in half, and remove the pulp from bitter gourd with a spoon. Friends who are afraid of suffering will also remove the white pulp from it. This layer of white pulp is very bitter, and removing it will reduce most of the bitterness.
After washing, cut into thin slices, add a spoonful of salt and appropriate amount of water to the bowl, stir and melt, then put the bitter gourd slices in and soak for about five minutes to remove some bitterness.
Boil water in the pot, add a spoonful of salt and a few drops of cooking oil, take out the soaked bitter gourd slices and put them in the pot, blanch for half a minute.
After blanching, the color of bitter gourd is greener, the color is good-looking, the appetite is greatly increased, and the bitter gourd after blanching is not bitter.
Blanch, taking out, and cool in cold water. Take it out again and control the water for later use.
Beat the eggs in a bowl and stir well. Add a little salt and stir. Wash the pan and bring it to a boil. Add cooking oil and heat it. Pour in the egg liquid and stir fry in large pieces.
Add a little cooking oil, heat, add minced garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour bitter gourd into the pot, stir well and sprinkle with salt and sugar to taste.
Finally, pour in a little hot water, pour in the eggs and stir fry a few times, and the bitter gourd scrambled eggs will be ready, full of color and flavor.
Bitter gourd scrambled eggs are ready, bitter gourd is not bitter, crisp and tender. In order to achieve this effect, we should pay attention to several methods to remove bitterness.
1. After the bitter melon is cut, not only the inner pulp but also the white pulp should be removed, so that the bitterness will be greatly reduced. Many people ignore this point, which makes bitter gourd taste bitter.
2, bitter gourd should be soaked in salt water, and soaking in light salt water can remove some bitterness.
3, before the bitter gourd is fried, there is an extra step of drowning. After blanching, bitter gourd can become greener, its bitterness can be reduced, and its taste is more crisp and delicious.
Have you learned everything? Bitter melon is bitter, so don't pickle it with salt water. It is better to treat with the above methods. Try it quickly. So much for sharing. If you like me, please pay attention to me.