Eat bitter vegetables in summer---cup of bitter melon with minced meat
Overview
Effects of bitter melon: 1. Clear away heat and replenish qi. Bitter melon has the effects of clearing away heat, nourishing blood and replenishing qi, nourishing the kidneys and spleen, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight. It has certain effects on the treatment of dysentery, sores, heat stroke, excessive prickly heat, conjunctivitis and other diseases. 2. Protect the body. Bitter melon has the functions of preventing scurvy, protecting cell membranes, preventing atherosclerosis, improving the body's stress ability, and protecting the heart. 3. Anti-cancer: The active ingredients in bitter melon can inhibit the canceration of normal cells and promote the recovery of mutant cells, and have certain anti-cancer effects. 4. Lower blood sugar and blood lipids. It has medicinal and health care functions such as lowering blood sugar, lowering blood lipids, anti-tumor, preventing osteoporosis, regulating endocrine, antioxidant, antibacterial and improving human immunity. 5. Beautify the skin. Bitter melon can moisturize fair skin, and can also calm and moisturize the skin. Especially in summer when it is easy to get hot and dry, applying iced bitter melon slices can immediately relieve skin irritation. Nutritional value of bitter melon: 1. Bitter melon is rich in vitamin C. Every 100 grams of bitter melon contains 56 mg of vitamin C. 2. Bitter melon is rich in bitter glycosides and bitter elements. Momordica is known as a fat killer and can reduce the amount of fat and polysaccharides. 3. Bitter melon contains an insulin-like substance called polypeptide-P. 4. Bitter melon also contains a protein and lipid substance that can stimulate and enhance the ability of immune cells in animals to eat cancer cells. It can play an anti-cancer effect in the body together with quinine in alkaloids. Therefore, it is better to eat more bitter melon in summer and eat it with meat. It can also relieve tiredness and tastes very good.
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Ingredients
Steps
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Prepare soy sauce, two bitter gourds, and the prepared meat filling (how to prepare delicious pork filling has been introduced in detail in the recipe)
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Bitter gourd cut into equal sections
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There are also remaining bitter melon heads
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Hollow out the heart of the bitter melon, chop the head into pieces, and add them to the meat filling and mix well
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After that, put the meat stuffing into the bitter gourd
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After putting them all in order
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Place in the steamer, steam for 20 minutes, turn off the heat, and then open the lid after 3 minutes
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While steaming the bitter gourd, adjust the sauce, add starch to water, add a tablespoon of soy sauce, and stir evenly
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Put the steamed bitter melon soup into the bottom pot. After boiling, add the prepared starch liquid
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Simmer until thickened, then add two drops of sesame oil
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Just pour it on top of the bitter melon cup.