Next, we can start formal cooking. First, we need to treat all the melon and kelp. Wax gourd needs to be peeled and cut into pieces, then cleaned and put aside. Kelp should be scraped with a knife, then cleaned and cut into small pieces and put aside. The prepared garlic should also be cut into minced garlic. Prepare a pot, put a proper amount of oil in the pot, put the minced garlic into it and saute until fragrant after the oil is hot, then stir-fry the treated wax gourd and kelp in the pot with strong fire. It takes about two minutes to stir-fry the wax gourd until it becomes soft.
After stir-frying, add edible salt, pepper, sugar and a small amount of soy sauce in turn in the pot. The reason why soy sauce is added is mainly for color matching. Add a proper amount of water to the seasoning in the pot, then add a handful of shrimp skin, cover the pot and burn it in the pot with high fire. After boiling, turn it to medium-low fire, and slowly cook for about 10 minute until the wax gourd is completely cooked. Sprinkle a handful of parsley before taking out the pot.
In this way, the delicious and fat-reduced kelp and winter melon soup is made, and some people choose to use lard when making kelp and winter melon soup. If lard is used, it will have a different taste. Personally, I think if lard is used to make kelp and winter melon soup, then there is no need to add shrimp skin. People who like to eat Chili peppers can sprinkle some pepper before cooking, which will make the kelp and winter melon soup more fragrant, but if you can't eat spicy ones, you can completely ignore this step.