Efficacy and function of bitter gourd
1. Momordica charantia has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, invigorating spleen, clearing liver-fire, improving eyesight, preventing heatstroke and reducing fever.
2. Bitter gourd can also prevent scurvy, protect cell membrane and effectively prevent atherosclerosis. In summer, drink more bitter gourd juice to improve functional immunity and protect the heart.
3. Bitter gourd can also interfere with the metabolism of glucose by cancer cells, prevent cell canceration, and especially prevent diseases such as pancreatic cancer.
4, bitter gourd can also lose weight, can decompose body fat, inhibit fat synthesis, and play a role in losing weight.
The practice of bitter gourd
1, fried bitter gourd with yam
Ingredients: bitter gourd and yam1; The seasoning is salt, salad oil, ginger and garlic, diapers, 2 spoonfuls of water starch and a little sugar.
Practice: Wash bitter gourd, cut in half, scrape bitter gourd seeds and cut into strips; Washing Rhizoma Dioscoreae, peeling, and cutting into strips; Soak bitter gourd strips and yam strips in clear water for 2-3 minutes, and take out and control the moisture; Pour salad oil into the pot, add bitter gourd strips and yam strips when the oil temperature is 60% hot, and take out the oil; Bitter gourd strips and yam strips are returned to the pot once, seasoned with salt and sugar, and finally thickened with water starch.
2. Eggs mixed with bitter gourd
Ingredients: main ingredients 1 bitter gourd, 2 eggs; The seasoning is salt, sugar, cooking wine, sesame oil, a little monosodium glutamate and 2 cloves of garlic.
Practice: Beat the eggs into a bowl, add salt and cooking wine and mix well; Pour the oil into the pot, then the egg liquid, stir-fry until it is shaped, and let it cool; Wash bitter gourd, cut in half, scrape off bitter gourd seeds, cut into strips, add salt and mix well, marinate for 20 minutes, and drain; Mix bitter gourd strips with egg pieces, add sugar, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil and minced garlic and mix well.
3. Steamed bitter gourd with plum vegetables
Ingredients: 2 main ingredients, bitter gourd; The auxiliary material is 1 bowl of Yandangshan Super Plum; Seasoning is soy sauce, cooking wine and rock sugar.
Practice: Wash bitter gourd, slice it from the middle, scrape off bitter gourd seeds and put them on the periphery of the plate; Wash prunes and put them in the middle of the plate; Put some rock sugar on dried prunes, add soy sauce and cooking wine, put it on a pot with cold water, steam for 5- 10 minutes after the water boils.
4, red dates brewed bitter gourd
Ingredients: main ingredients: 4 bitter gourd and 7 dried red dates; The seasoning is a little salt, oil and honey.
Practice: Wash the dried red dates and remove the core; Wash bitter gourd, slice it from the middle, and scrape off bitter gourd seeds; Add water, a little salt and oil into the pot, add bitter gourd after the water boils, and blanch 1-2 minutes; Put red dates into bitter gourd segments, cut into thin slices, and finally pour honey on them.