Stir-fried Bitter Melon with Carrots

Overview

This dish has a light taste and is simple to make. Because the bitter melon is cut into small dices, it retains some of the bitter taste of the bitter melon. People who cannot tolerate bitterness should not try it. Bitter melon contains an antioxidant substance that can strengthen capillaries, promote blood circulation, and prevent arteriosclerosis. Bitter melon also has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, reducing swelling and detoxifying. Bitter melon can promote diet, reduce inflammation and reduce fever: the bitter melon glycosides and bitter elements in bitter melon can increase appetite and have the effect of strengthening the spleen and appetizing.

Tags

• hot dishes
• vegetarian dishes
• home cooking
• common dishes
• bitter melon
• oil
• scallions
• wild cooked mushroom powder
• carrot
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Peel and wash the carrots and cut into 1 cm dice.

   

2. 2 Soak the bitter melon in water, wash it, remove the seeds and cut into 1cm-sized pieces.

   

3. 3 Add the cut carrots and bitter melon to a pot of boiling water and blanch for one minute.

   

4. 4 Heat the oil in the wok and add the green onions to the wok.

   

5. 5 Add the blanched bitter melon and carrots and stir-fry.

   

6. 6 Add appropriate amount of salt and stir-fry evenly.

   

7. 7 Add half a teaspoon of wild cooked mushroom powder and stir-fry evenly before turning off the heat and serving.