Bitter Melon and Chrysanthemum Porridge

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Bitter Melon and Chrysanthemum Porridge

Ingredients for bitter melon and chrysanthemum porridge: 100 grams of bitter melon, 50 grams of chrysanthemum, 60 grams of polished rice, and 100 grams of rock sugar.

How to make bitter melon and chrysanthemum porridge:

Wash the bitter melon, remove the pulp, cut into small pieces and set aside. Wash the polished rice, rinse the chrysanthemum, put them in the same pot, pour in an appropriate amount of water, put it on high heat and cook, after the water boils, put the bitter melon and rock sugar into the pot, switch to low heat and continue to cook until the rice blooms.

Introduction to the efficacy of bitter melon and chrysanthemum porridge

Bitter melon and chrysanthemum porridge features: clearing away summer heat, stopping dysentery and detoxifying. Suitable for heatstroke, thirst, dysentery and other symptoms.

Bitter melon is also called leprosy grape, red girl, bitter melon, bodhi, red sheep, and belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. It has blunt and irregular tumor-like protrusions on the surface and can be used as a dish. Because it never infiltrates bitterness into other ingredients, it is also known as the "gentleman's dish". It is native to East India and is the main vegetable in southern my country in summer.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that bitter melon has the effects of clearing away heat and relieving restlessness, detoxifying, promoting tomorrow, and invigorating qi and strengthening yang.

The bitter melon polypeptides contained in bitter melon have the function of quickly lowering blood sugar, can prevent and improve the complications of diabetes, have the effect of regulating blood lipids and improving immunity. It is a good medicine for treating diabetes. It is recommended that middle-aged and elderly friends with diabetes can eat more of it.

Nutritional components: Every 100 grams of bitter melon fruit contains 94.4 grams of water, 1 gram of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 3.6 grams of carbohydrates, 1.4 grams of crude fiber, 0.8 grams of ash, 256 milligrams of potassium, 2.6 milligrams of sodium, 17 milligrams of calcium, 35 milligrams of phosphorus, 18 milligrams of magnesium, 0.8 milligrams of iron, 0.16 milligrams of manganese, 0.46 milligrams of zinc, 0.09 milligrams of copper, 0.36 micrograms of selenium, 100 micrograms of carotene, 0.03 milligrams of thiamine, 0.03 milligrams of riboflavin, 56 milligrams of ascorbic acid, and 0.4 milligrams of niacin.

Medicinal effects and functions: Bitter melon is bitter and cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying. It is mainly used to treat fever, thirst, heatstroke, dysentery, red and painful eyes, carbuncles, erysipelas, and malignant ulcers.

How to eat: Bitter melon can be stir-fried and tastes refreshing and delicious. Adding some chili during cooking will make the taste even better and increase appetite.

Although bitter melon tastes bitter, it is a particularly appetizing and refreshing dish if you slice it, rub it with salt, add seasonings and stir-fry it in a pan, or cut it into pieces and deep-fry it before stewing it. After the bitter melon is red hot, the melon is not very bitter, and the seeds are still very sweet.