Grilled winter melon

Overview

This braised winter melon is a dish that my mother often cooked for us three sisters when we were young. We didn’t eat meat dishes much at that time, but I always felt that the winter melon cooked by my mother tasted as delicious as meat. Therefore, the scene of my mother cooking winter melon is so clear in my mind, and now I often cook it for my husband and son! If you want to know more about the food making process with pictures and texts, you can follow the WeChat public account Ning You Tao, where new recipes will be released every week!

Tags

• hot dishes
• vegetarian dishes
• home cooking
• common dishes
• old man
• dinner with friends
• lunch
• chives
• clear water
• cooking wine
• old soy sauce
• salad oil
• winter melon
• black pepper
• minced garlic
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Fresh winter melon purchased at the supermarket or market.

   

2. 2 Peel off the outer skin of the winter melon, hollow out the seeds in the middle, wash and cut the winter melon into segments about 5 cm wide with a knife.

   

3. 3 In order to make it easier for the winter melon to burn through and absorb the flavor, do some flower cutting. Cut a section of winter melon lengthwise from the peeling point into several 1 cm wide slits. Be careful not to cut each cut, so it will still look like a whole piece of winter melon.

   

4. 4 Turn the cut winter melon segments over again.

   

5. 5 Continue to repeat step 3 to make the flower knife form a field grid twice.

   

6. 6 The cut winter melon segments look like this.

   

7. 7 Heat the pan and pour in appropriate amount of salad oil.

   

8. 8 After the oil is 80% hot, place the peeled side of the winter melon evenly against the inner wall of the pot.

   

9. 9 Flip the bottom of the winter melon until golden brown.

   

10. 10 Cook until several sides of the winter melon are golden brown and the color changes from white to transparent.

    

11. 11 Add minced garlic.

    

12. 12 Pour on appropriate amount of cooking wine.

    

13. 13 Sprinkle with appropriate amount of table salt.

    

14. 14 Drizzle with appropriate amount of dark soy sauce for color.

    

15. 15 Sprinkle some black pepper.

    

16. 16 Finally, pour an appropriate amount of water, cover the pot and simmer for a while.

    

17. 17 When the juice of the winter melon is almost gone, it can be taken out of the pot.

    

18. 18 Sprinkle with green onions and serve.