How to cook balsam pear in summer

Momordica charantia originated in tropical Asia, named for its bitter taste of flesh and flesh. Interestingly, if balsam pear is cooked and fried with other foods, such as balsam pear, the bitterness is not included in the meat, so it has the good name of 'gentleman's dish'. Bitter melon tender melon although bitter, but the old melon taste sweet. This is because the bitter taste of tender melon comes from glucoside, which is very bitter. When the fruit matures, the glucoside is decomposed and the bitterness disappears. The red jelly around the seeds, sweet as honey, is often eaten by children.

According to traditional medicine, balsam pear tastes bitter, cold when it is raw, and warm when it is ripe. Raw food can clear away heat and fire, relieve heat and trouble; cooked food can nourish blood, nourish liver, moisten spleen and kidney, remove pathogenic heat, relieve fatigue, clear heart and eyesight, replenish qi and strengthen yang. It can relieve fever, thirst, heat stroke, dysentery, prickly heat, etc. Balsam pear is often used in summer to clear away heat, clear eyes and detoxify. At the same time, balsam pear is rich in dietary fiber and vitamin C, which is nearly three times as much as tomato. Vitamin C is an excellent antioxidant, which can improve the body's stress ability and reduce the risk of cancer. In addition, Momordica charantia also contains Momordica glycosides, a variety of amino acids, calcium, phosphorus, carotene, B vitamins and so on.

In summer, people are easy to get heatstroke. In addition, it is wet and hot. It is very beneficial to eat balsam pear regularly. Momordica charantia can be fried, boiled, bitter and refreshing, with a long aftertaste.

But eat balsam pear should also pay attention not to damage the spleen and lung qi. Although the weather is hot in summer, people should not eat too much bitter food, and it is better to match spicy food (such as pepper, pepper, green onion, garlic), so as to avoid bitterness into the heart and help to tonify lung qi.