Wash the melon seeds first, put them in a pot, add pepper and salt and cook them together. After half an hour, continue to soak for an hour. Take it out of the water and spread it on the kang to dry. If the kang is hot, it only takes two days. Then put it into the pot and stir fry, and the fragrant melon seeds are born.
Guaguazi (white line), whose real name is Trichosanthes kirilowii seed, has the effects of clearing away lung-heat, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and relaxing bowels, according to Compendium of Materia Medica and major Chinese medicine dictionaries. Cooked melon seeds are refined by traditional formula and modern technology, with unique taste and rich fragrance. They are fashionable gifts for leisure tasting and giving to relatives and friends.
Guagua, originally a kind of melon planted by farmers in Baixian Township, Changxing, is often used as a gift for relatives and friends after its seeds are fried. In recent years, with the strong support of the government, melon seeds, as an industry, have flourished in Baixian County.
Cucurbitaceae is a perennial herb vine. Guagua is rich in unsaturated fatty acids, protein, amino acids and trace elements, which is the top grade of edible melons. Its roots, fruits, peels and seeds are also important Chinese herbal medicines. Guagua does not have strict requirements on soil, so it is suitable for sporadic planting and patch planting, and can also be interplanted with patches to hang melon. One year's planting investment can benefit from many years' harvest, which saves labor and cost, has good economic benefits and great development potential.