Bitter melon is usually sown in the spring of March-April, seedling age of 30-35 days, planted in early May, June-August ripening on the market, usually bitter melon after picking to be stored in a room temperature environment, and to ensure that the dry environment, do not too wet, so that the bitter melon flavor will not be lost, and the nutrients can be fully preserved.
The storage methods for bitter melon are cold storage, blanching bitter melon, or making dried bitter melon, and the general method often used is cold storage, which is suitable for storing a large number of bitter melon, and can be preserved for a longer period of time.
1, cold storage
Choose complete, fresh bitter melon, wrapped in paper or plastic wrap storage, to reduce the loss of water on the surface of the bitter melon, to avoid damage to the quality of the bitter melon, into the temperature of 12 degrees to 13 degrees Celsius, the relative humidity of about 80 percent of the cold storage storage, can be preserved for a long time.
2, blanched bitter melon
Choose tender bitter melon, remove the seeds and flesh inside, cut into melon rings, melon pieces or melon slices, immersed in boiling water blanch for 1 minute, fish out and put in cold water, so that the melon temperature in a short period of time down to 5 degrees, and then put into the refrigerator freezing, the middle should be flipped 2 times to 3 times, after the removal of the bag, into the freezer. After that, put it into the refrigerator and keep it in the freezer.
3, dried bitter melon
Made of dried bitter melon is less used, but the method is very simple, boil with boiling water, drain the water and then into the drying room to dry, or let the sun in the drying, just to take a long time, this method can also be stored for a long time.