Steamed bitter melon can not be blanched. Bitter melon is a summer seasonal vegetable, high nutritional value, can not blanch directly hot pan fried. However, the bitter flavor of the blanched bitter melon will be removed in part, so that it is not so bitter to eat, but also with a fresh flavor.

Fried bitter melon with blanching

Bitter melon blanching water to boil before pouring it in, and blanching time to no more than 1 minute for the best, you can also add a small amount of salt and a few drops of sesame oil to the boiling water, should be immediately immersed in iced water to cool down, put into the ice water can make the color more green.

To remove the bitter flavor of bitter melon in addition to blanching, you can also use salt pickling for about 30 minutes.