Snake gourd is a kind of melon shaped like a snake, which is also a very healthy vegetable, can lower blood pressure and prevent cardiovascular diseases, so how should you eat snake gourd?
Snake gourd can be eaten raw
It is not recommended to eat raw, because the taste of raw food is not good to eat
Alias snake beans, snake gourd, soybean horn, etc., cucurbitaceae rarotonga genus of annual climbing herbaceous plants, originating in India, Malaysia, widely distributed in Southeast Asian countries and Australia, in West Africa, the American tropics and the Caribbean and other places are also cultivated, China is only sporadic cultivation, in recent years, Qingdao area in Shandong Province, planted more. China is only sporadically cultivated, in recent years, Qingdao, Shandong Province area planted more. Snake gourd to young fruit for vegetables, but young leaves and young stems can also be eaten.
How to choose and buy snake gourd
If there are white and green stripes on the skin of the snake gourd, shaped like a white snake, it is young. If the stripes are red, it is old, best not to buy, the skin is too thick. You can also use your hand to pinch the skin of the melon, a good pinch is tender, pinch the immovable means old.
As the snake melon skin has a special odor when eaten raw, we may want to try when buying, if there is a fishy smell, it is a good snake melon, you can buy.
How to eat snake gourd
Honey snake gourd
Ingredients: 300 grams of snake gourd, 15 grams of red onion. 5 grams of green chili, 5 grams of red chili, 5 grams of garlic.
Seasonings: 150 ml of white vinegar, 180 grams of sugar, 10 grams of salt.
Method:
1. Snake gourd cut 15 degrees slightly diagonal knife lines to snake gourd 2/3 thick deep, the reverse side of the same and then cut 15 degrees standby;
2. All the materials will be sliced, added to the seasoning and mix well, that is, for the vinegar and honey sauce;
3. Cut snake gourd soaked in vinegar and honey sauce, put in the refrigerator in the ice through the flavor can be enjoyed.
Stir-fried snake melon
1. snake melon slices, garlic slices;
2. pan put a little oil, hot garlic slices under the pot burst incense;
3. into the cut snake melon stir fry, stir fry soft;
4. according to their own taste of the lightweight appropriate salt stir fry out of the pot.
Snake gourd steamed dumplings stuffed with pork
1. Snake gourd washed;
2. Gluten-free flour with boiling water poured into the side and stirred into the basin state, cooled and together with a small amount of cold water can be poured into the mixture into the dough molasses 15-20 minutes;
3. Remove the seeds inside;
4. Blanch in hot water for 5 minutes and remove;
5. Chop into fine grains;
6. Seasoning standby;
7. Pork chopped into stuffing;
8. Meat filling into the pot, add a variety of seasonings;
9. Then into the snake melon filling and stir evenly;
10. Molten dough rolled The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have the right amount of time for your dumplings, and that you have the right amount of time to make sure that you have the right amount of time.
11. Wrap the dumplings with a little too much flour, and then wrap a few boxes.
12. Packed into the cage drawer;
13. Cold water on the steam after 8 minutes to cook;
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