Wax gourd is a famous diet vegetable, which contains propanol diacid, which can effectively inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat.
However, wax gourd is cold. To eat it in autumn, you need some warm ingredients to neutralize it. It's just that garlic and green onions in braise in soy sauce can play this role.
Ingredients: a piece of wax gourd, a spoonful of white sugar (or rock sugar), a onion, 2-3 cloves of garlic, star anise 1-2, tsaoko 1 piece, a little cinnamon, a few slices of fragrant leaves and a proper amount of salt.
Exercise:
1. Peel the melon and remove the pulp. In order to make it more delicious, first put a flower knife diagonally opposite the surface.
Then cut into small pieces, be careful not to be too small, because the water content of wax gourd is large, if it is too small, it will soon burn too soft to form.
2. Put the oil in a cold pot, pour in the sugar, stir-fry the sugar with low heat until the sugar melts and turns brown, then when it turns golden, add the chopped garlic and green onions and stir-fry the fragrance.
3. An important step: fry wax gourd, because we need a dark "skin" to make it like braised pork. Turn down the fire first, put the melon with the flower knife facing down in the pot, and then cook it over medium heat for a while.
It was like this when it was fried. Very nice!
Of course, if it is too troublesome, you can skip this step and start the next step directly.
4, put the melon down, stir fry and color evenly. Then add a little water, add star anise, tsaoko, cinnamon and fragrant leaves. After the water is boiled, cover it and simmer slowly.
Don't add too much water at a time, because wax gourd will produce water by itself, otherwise it will eventually become a pot of water!
5. After stewing for a few minutes, open the lid to collect the juice. Be careful not to stir fry too hard. The wax gourd is already soft at this time, so you can't afford to toss it vigorously! Add salt to adjust the salty mouth before cooking, and serve on a plate!
This "vegetarian braised pork" has exactly the same seasoning and practice as the real braised pork! It tastes really good. For those who like braised pork but are afraid of greasy braised pork, this dish is free to eat!