The first choice for entering the blood vessels of Xiatong! Soak it in water and drink, drink 2 catties of oil at a time, and it can also protect the heart and fight cancer
In fact, in summer, whether you use bitter gourd for cooking or soaking in water, the nutritional value is very high, it can help you detoxify and reduce fire, clear the intestines and scrape oil, and can also fight cancer and prevent radiation, which is suitable for the whole family!
If you remove the bitter gourd, it won't be bitter! Use a spoon to scrape the white part of the inside as clean as possible.
In addition, when purchasing, you should also pay attention to the bitter gourd if the surface is more concave and convex is also more bitter, if you are afraid of bitterness, you can choose a bitter gourd with a smoother surface!
Bitter melon: The first of the melon species
The first choice to protect blood vessels
Bitter gourd is also called "gentleman's dish", no matter what dish it is fried, boiled, or stewed together, it will only bitter itself, and other dishes will not be stained with a trace of bitterness. In addition, bitter gourd plays an important role in human health, mainly reflected in its nutritional value:
The edible part of each 100 grams of tender melon contains 0.7~3.0 grams of crude protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 1.8~3.0 grams of sugar, 1.7~2.5 grams of crude fiber, 18~20 mg of calcium, 20~80 mg of phosphorus, 0.6 mg of iron, 0.08 mg of carotene, 0.7 mg of vitamin B, and the vitamin C content of bitter gourd is as high as 56~160 mg, which is the first of melon vegetables.
Although bitter gourd has a bitter taste, it has an important protective effect on the liver, and if you have the habit of taking medicine for a long time, eating a little bitter gourd can effectively protect the liver.
Bitter gourd has excellent disease prevention and health care effects:
Bitter gourd has the effect of clearing away heat, nourishing blood and invigorating qi, nourishing the kidney and spleen, nourishing the liver and brightening the purpose, and has a certain effect on the treatment of dysentery, sores, heat stroke and fever, excessive prickly heat, conjunctivitis and other diseases.
The bitter melon in bitter melon is known as the "fat killer", and the fresh juice of bitter melon, containing bitter melon and insulin-like substances, has a good hypoglycemic effect and can reduce the intake of fat and polysaccharides.
Traditional medicine believes that bitter gourd has a bitter taste, is cold when raw, and warm when cooked. Raw food clears the heat and relieves the fire, relieves heat and relieves annoyance; Cooked food nourishes the blood and liver, moistens the spleen and kidneys. Folks often use bitter gourd in summer to clear away heat and detoxify.
Bitter gourd is rich in dietary fiber and vitamin C, both of which are nearly 3 times that of tomatoes. Vitamin C is an excellent antioxidant, which can improve the body's ability to cope with stress, prevent scurvy, protect cell membranes, prevent atherosclerosis, improve the body's stress ability, and protect the heart.
If someone has a mouth sore, we will tell him: if you are on fire, drink more water, eat some food that defeats the fire, and eat less spicy food. Bitter food has the functions of relieving heat, reducing fever, removing annoyance and refreshing, and strengthening the stomach.
The best bitter food for heat clearing and detoxification is bitter gourd, whether it is cold salad or soup, it has a good fire extinguishing effect.
Baotou Daily reported on June 28, 2016:
Bitter gourd protein and a large amount of vitamin C can improve the body's immune function; Bitter gourd juice contains a certain protein component, which can enhance macrophage ability, and is clinically effective for lymphosarcoma and leukemia; Trypsin inhibitors extracted from bitter melon seeds can inhibit the protease secreted by cancer cells and prevent the growth of malignant tumors.
Eating bitter gourd often can enhance the vitality of the cortex and make the skin delicate and healthy. Pounding juice or decoction with fresh bitter gourd is a good auxiliary food therapy for liver fire and red eyes, stomach pain, damp heat and dysentery.
Bitter gourd + green tea
The first drink on a hot day
● Ingredients: bitter gourd, green tea.
● Directions:
1. Wash the bitter gourd and cut it in half, then remove the gourd; Then stuff the bitter gourd with an appropriate amount of green tea;
2. After it is done, string it with a rope and put it in the vent to dry;
3. Wash and chop the bitter gourd after drying, then stir well with green tea, take out an appropriate amount and brew it with boiling water.
● Efficacy: This bitter gourd tea has a good diuretic and annoyance removal and heat clearing and detoxification effects, especially suitable for taking in summer.
Contraindications for drinking bitter gourd soaked in water:
1: People with spleen and stomach deficiency are not suitable for taking bitter gourd
2: Pregnant women are not suitable for taking bitter gourd
3: People with low blood pressure and low blood sugar are not suitable for taking bitter melon
4: Preschool children are not suitable for taking bitter melon
Bitter gourd plus a treasure
It tastes good and the blood vessels are better
Bitter gourd may not taste so good on its own, but if it is eaten with other foods, not only can the nutrients complement each other, but also the taste will be better.
Bitter gourd and tofu have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and the combination of the two has the effect of cleansing heat and removing annoyance, calcium supplementation and blood pressure. It is suitable for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and osteoporosis.
Bitter gourd has a remarkable effect of clearing heat and quenching thirst, and is eaten with corn, which has the effect of clearing heat and relieving fever and lowering blood sugar. It is suitable for diabetic, prickly heat, furunculosis, and elderly diabetic patients complicated by retinopathy.
The bitter gourd contained in bitter gourd can not only promote appetite, diuretic and blood activation, reduce inflammation and fever, relieve fatigue, clear the heart and eyes, but also is a powerful anti-cancer substance.
Bitter gourd is paired with pork, which has the effect of clearing heat and removing heat, brightening the eyes and detoxifying, and is suitable for body heat and thirst, summer boils, excessive heat rash, ocular conjunctivitis and other diseases.
Pig liver has a bitter and warm taste, which can nourish the liver, nourish blood, and tomorrow. Pork liver is rich in vitamin A, which inhibits the growth of cancer cells and restores cells that have differentiated into cancer cells to normal. Bitter gourd also has a certain anti-cancer effect, the two are reasonably matched, the power is complementary, and regular consumption is conducive to anti-cancer.
Bitter gourd has the effect of relieving fatigue, clearing the heart and eyes, invigorating qi and strengthening yang, and delaying aging. Eggplant has the effects of relieving pain and activating blood, clearing heat and reducing swelling, relieving pain and diuresis, preventing blood vessel rupture, flattening blood pressure, and relieving coughing blood, which is an ideal vegetable for cardiovascular patients. If the two are eaten together, they can provide the human body with richer nutrients.
Bitter gourd has the effect of relieving fatigue, clearing the heart and eyes, and delaying aging. Cayenne pepper is extremely rich in vitamin C. The two are eaten together, making them ideal for bodybuilding and anti-aging dishes.
Cooking bitter gourd is not bitter
One step in place, the bitterness returns to "zero"
The "bitterness" of bitter gourd once made some people "sigh at the melon", and some people may think, if the bitter gourd is used to make vegetables and then remove the melon pulp, will it be too wasteful? Don't worry, if it's bitter gourd for cooking, there are also tricks to get rid of the bitterness.
Of course, the delicacy we are talking about here does not mean to remove all the astringent and bitter taste of bitter gourd, but to make the taste acceptable on the basis of retaining the original nutritional value.
The reason why bitter gourd needs to be blanched before eating it is because bitter gourd has a relatively high oxalic acid content, containing 459 mg per 100 grams of bitter gourd.
However, the bitter taste of bitter gourd comes from the bitter gourdin it contains, and the main reason why bitter gourd has health effects such as weight loss and blood sugar lowering is that it is rich in bitter gourdin. Although blanching can remove harmful oxalic acid, it will also lose some of the valuable bitter gourdin to the water, thus reducing the health benefits of bitter gourd.
In order to remove most of the oxalic acid, and at the same time retain bitter melon to the greatest extent, we must master the correct way to blanch bitter gourd -
Bring the water in the pot to a boil, add a small amount of salt and a few drops of cooking oil, and then blanch the chopped bitter gourd.
Blanch the bitter gourd for no more than 1 minute, then immediately remove the bitter gourd and immerse it in ice water to cool down quickly, and then drain it immediately after the temperature drops to room temperature. Soaking in water for a long time will also lead to the loss of more bitter melon.
Cut the bitter gourd and put it in a container, add a small amount of salt, and marinate for a few minutes (depending on the amount of bitter gourd, usually 7 to 8 minutes), this will preserve the flavor of the bitter gourd, but be careful not to add too much salt during the cooking process.
It is to wash the cut bitter gourd with running water, and keep squeezing the bitter gourd when washing, so that the bitterness in it can be washed off as much as possible.
The bitter gourd treated with the above method can be used for vegetable consumption, which not only removes most of the oxalic acid in the bitter gourd, but also retains the valuable bitter gourd to the greatest extent.
As the saying goes, "bitter medicine" means that the more bitter the taste of the medicine, the better the effect. Similarly, bitter gourd is such a food with the same origin as medicine and food, hurry up and have a bowl of bitter gourd water that is not bitter, reduce fire, beautify, protect the heart and blood vessels, and those who have tried it say good!
Such a cheap health regimen is worth circulating to each other, and when summer comes, let everyone around you know!