Bitter melon is a good thing. It not only clears away heat and relieves internal heat, beautifies the skin, but also has the actual effect of losing weight. When I was little, I disliked this vegetable because it was too bitter. At that time, every summer, a plate of bitter melon would often appear on the family dining table, and adults would always nudge them to eat a few pieces. At this time, there would be an unspeakable feeling of "bitterness". Of course, just because you don’t like bitter melon doesn’t mean you don’t need it. During the summer at that time, people always liked to mash the bitter melon into pulp, apply the juice on the areas where there were hot prickly heat on the body, and also enjoy doing such things as mashing the bitter melon. Bitter melon juice is really effective in removing prickly heat. Apply it two or three times and the hot prickly heat will go away.

At the age when I love beauty, I heard that the bitter melon in bitter melon can consume fat, so I planned to use a juicer to squeeze a cup of bitter melon juice every day to lose weight. Although my age has improved to a certain extent and my mental state of bearing the "bitter" feeling has also improved to a certain extent, the bitter melon juice that tastes worse than traditional Chinese medicine and has two spoons of pure honey added to it will still make me feel uncomfortable after drinking it twice. I gave up decisively for the following reason: Although bitter melon is good, it is a cold product, and it is not suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach to eat it regularly. What really changed my all-round taste of bitter melon was when a friend introduced me to a dish: Bitter Melon Scrambled Eggs. Fresh green bitter gourd and tender and fragrant raw eggs make a clean dish that looks comfortable and tastes good. Bitter melon may be a little bitter, but within the acceptable range. Therefore, I then professionally searched for some ways to reduce the bitterness of bitter melon.

There are many types of bitter melon, and different types of bitter melon have different levels of bitterness. I won’t tell you how to choose bitter melon here, and I don’t know all about it. When you buy bitter melons, you don’t pick them intentionally. You just look at what kind of bitter melons are available at the stall you go to and how fresh they are. Then you pick ones that look standard. Don’t choose crooked melons with cracked dates. The bitter and astringent taste of bitter melon is due to the presence of quinine, bitter melon, etc. The bitter taste is mostly present in the bitter melon jelly. You only need to carefully remove the balsam pear sacs and seeds during disposal, and use a spoon to scrape the white film of the balsam pear sacs. If you remove it, the bitterness will be reduced by half! Then wash the bitter melon and cut it into thin slices, sprinkle some salt evenly on it, don’t add too much salt, about 1/3 of the usual small stainless steel spoon, and then stir gently to ensure that every piece of bitter melon is covered with it. Add edible salt and let it sit for 15 minutes. Then rinse the bitter melon with warm water. This is mainly to remove the salty taste. After doing this, the bitter taste is basically removed. That is also the pickling method that people often call.

However, some people are more sensitive to bitterness. Even after using the above methods to solve the problem, they still feel that bitter melon has a bitter taste. Here is another way, wash the bitter melon with pickled water and add some bean paste or Pixian bean paste when frying, so that the bitterness will not be felt. The taste is salty and the bitter melon is crunchy and sweet, making it a delicious meal.