cold melon, also known as bitter gourd, has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, improving eyesight, invigorating qi and essence, quenching thirst and relieving summer heat, and is a very suitable vegetable for summer consumption.

But many people don't like it because they are afraid of bitterness. For example, my little girl doesn't like all the cooked bitter gourd, whether it is fried, mixed or stewed. Only this soup is her favorite. The sparerib soup with bitter gourd is delicious, refreshing and not greasy. There is no bitter taste of bitter gourd in the soup, but a little more sweetness. It is a nourishing and fire-dispelling soup that should not be missed in summer.

spend the summer in a pot of good soup-cold melon and sparerib soup

Ingredients: 5g of ribs, one bitter gourd, five slices of ginger, two onions, proper amount of medlar and salt.

the method of soup with cold melon and sparerib

1. Wash the chopped sparerib and soak it in cold water, and change the water several times to soak the blood in the sparerib.

2. open the edge of the melon, remove the capsule and cut the seeds into pieces obliquely, add salt and marinate for later use (this can remove some bitter taste of bitter gourd).

3. Wash and knot the onion, and cut the ginger into large pieces.

4. blanch the ribs in boiling water for 5 minutes, then take them out and clean them.

5. put enough water into the casserole, and add the cooked ribs after the water boils.

6. add onion and ginger slices.

7. roll away again, cover the pot and simmer for about 1 hour.

8. after the ribs can be easily inserted with chopsticks, add the pickled bitter gourd with the salt removed.

9. Add Lycium barbarum, add appropriate amount of salt according to taste, and cook for another 1 minutes. Pick out the onion before eating.

food tips

1. Bitter-removing tips for bitter gourd: sprinkle a little salt to marinate for a while or blanch with boiling water.

2. When selecting bitter gourd, the harder the melon, the brighter the skin and the bigger the wart on the surface, the better. Such bitter gourd is not so bitter.

3. Bitter gourd is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold and pregnant women.

4. This soup is only seasoned with ginger, onion and salt, so it is not recommended to add too much spices to avoid affecting the delicious taste of the original soup.

5. Add enough water to the soup at one time, and don't add more water because of the lack of water in the middle, so the taste of the stewed soup will be greatly reduced.

nutritional value of pork ribs

pork ribs provide high-quality protein and fat necessary for human physiological activities, especially rich calcium, which can maintain bone health.