How to make delicious winter melon? Nutritional value of winter melon

Winter melon is very delicious and rich in nutritional value. Its nutritional composition is different from other melons. It does not contain fat and contains very low sodium and sugar. It is suitable for roasting, stewing, frying, and making soup in home cooking. It is an ideal vegetable in people's lives and a favorite in summer dishes. Almost every family buys and eats it. I hope to introduce some high-end dishes cooked with winter melon. So this time, I will select a few soups and dishes made with winter melon and have them for you.

Nutritional value of winter melon

Many chemical components in wax gourd have significant physiological activity. The wax gourd pulp contains adenine, tadalafil, lupeol, tridecanol, mannitol, rhamnose, cucurbitacin and other functional ingredients. The wax gourd pulp contains cucurbitacin, histidine, adenine, vitamin B1, C, E, etc. The wax gourd peel contains wax and resin substances. The wax gourd seeds contain 0.6% saponin, urea, urea decomposition enzyme, fatty oil, citrulline, histidine, lupulin alcohol, mannitol, tadalafil, etc., especially rich in vitamin B1.

How to make delicious winter melon

Scallop and Winter Melon Recipe

150g winter melon, 10g soaked scallops, 1g salt, 1g MSG, 2g starch, 5g chicken oil, 100g soup. [Method]

1. Peel the winter melon, cut it into cubes, and drain and cool.

2. Steam the dried scallops with green onions, ginger and broth until soft, then tear into shreds.

3. Put the soup in a pot on the fire, add winter melon, scallops, add salt and MSG, taste it, simmer it for a while after the juice boils, thicken it, and add chicken oil.

Jinhua White Jade Scroll

1500g winter melon, 8 pieces of Jinhua ham, 8 pieces of mushrooms, 8 pieces of carrots, 8 pieces of celery, and 6 pieces of Chinese cabbage. [Method] 1. Peel and slice 1500g winter melon, blanch it in boiling water for 1 minute, then put the Jinhua ham, mushrooms, carrots, celery, in the middle of the winter melon and roll it up into a circle. 2. Steam the circle in a steamer for 15 minutes, then blanch the Chinese cabbage and arrange it on the surface.

Winter melon and pork ribs soup

250g spare ribs, 500g winter melon, salt, coriander. [Method]

1. Peel and seed the winter melon and cut into pieces.

2. Boil the ribs to remove blood.

3. Boil the ribs in water until they are 70% cooked, add winter melon and salt, cook until cooked, and sprinkle with coriander.

Golden Sand Winter Melon Noodles

Cut the winter melon into strips and add refined salt; mix starch and custard powder into a mixed powder; crush the cooked salted egg yolk and fry sesame seeds; dip the winter melon strips evenly in the mixed powder and fry them in 60% hot oil until cooked, then remove them from the pan. When the oil temperature returns to 70% hot, fry them again until the shell is crispy and golden in color; add a little oil to the pan and heat it, then add red pepper, Sichuan pepper, chopped green onion, ginger and salted egg yolk, stir-fry, add winter melon strips, add cooking wine, stir-fry evenly, serve on a plate, and sprinkle with cooked sesame seeds.

White jade plate inlaid with gold

Peel the winter melon, remove the pulp and seeds, cut into 5cm diameter and 3cm thick rings, and soak in salt water until half cooked; mash the shrimp into shrimp paste; take out the winter melon rings, place them flat in a bowl, stuff an egg yolk into each ring, fill the middle of the ring with shrimp paste, and steam them. Place coriander next to the steamed winter melon rings as decoration, then thicken with oyster sauce, sugar, salt, and MSG, and pour over the winter melon rings.

Stuffed Winter Melon

Peel and deseed the winter melon, put it in a steamer, add salt and cook for 20 minutes, then remove and drain. Soak the dried mushrooms and dried shrimps in water, chop them, and chop the arrowhead and bamboo shoots. Add dried mushrooms, dried shrimps, arrowhead, bamboo shoots, salt, cooking wine, sesame oil, and scallion and ginger juice to the meat filling and mix well. Sprinkle some dry starch on the winter melon flesh and add the meat filling. Put the winter melon with the meat filling facing up in a deep plate, wait for the steamer water to boil, put it in the pot, and steam until the meat filling is cooked through. Pour the soup from the plate into the pot, bring to a boil, thicken with starch and set aside. Put the steamed winter melon in a large plate, pour the soup on it, and add coriander.

Roasted Winter Melon

Wash the winter melon and mushrooms, cut into slices, wash the green onions and cut into minced pieces; heat the oil, add the chopped green onions and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in the winter melon, stir-fry, add broth, mushrooms, dried shrimps, salt and cooking wine, simmer for a while, add sugar and drizzle with sesame oil before serving. This soup is fresh and delicious.

Steamed Stinky Tofu with Winter Melon

Cut the winter melon into small thin slices, spread a layer of it in a bowl, then put 6 pieces of stinky tofu, then spread another layer of winter melon slices on the stinky tofu, add a little salt, green onion, shredded ginger, and dried shrimp, and steam it in a steamer for more than 10 minutes. This dish has a unique and delicious taste, and the winter melon slices are refreshing.

Winter melon with fermented bean curd

Peel and remove the winter melon, cut into pieces; remove the stems and seeds of the green pepper and cut into slices; mash the red fermented bean curd with the marinade into juice. Put the wok on the fire, add oil, and when the oil is 70% hot, add the winter melon, and when it is soft, pour out the oil; stir-fry the fermented bean curd juice in the original wok, add the soup, winter melon pieces, salt, and sugar, bring to a boil, simmer on low heat for seven or eight minutes, then add chicken essence and turn to high heat to reduce the sauce. When the marinade is thick, add starch, drizzle in sesame oil, turn it over, and serve.

Winter melon stewed pork slices

Wash the winter melon, remove the pulp, peel it, and cut it into medium pieces; blanch the cut pork belly in boiling water, and remove it when it turns white; heat the wok and add appropriate amount of peanut oil, add shredded green onion and ginger slices after the oil is hot, and pour the blanched pork belly into the pot, stir-fry for a while, add appropriate amount of salt, MSG, a little rice wine, and appropriate amount of broth, add the cut winter melon pieces, soaked black fungus, aniseed, etc., simmer until the winter melon is cooked, pick out the ginger slices and aniseed, and serve.