before summer really starts, the heat wave begins to sweep over. At this time, there is no appetite for anything, so many people will like the bitter gourd with heavy taste to sober themselves up. Balsam pear tastes bitter when it is put into the mouth. It is refreshing after swallowing. It is really a good food for summer. So how can bitter gourd taste delicious and cool?
[efficacy and function]
According to traditional Chinese medicine, balsam pear has sweet taste and flat nature, which can nourish blood, nourish liver, moisten spleen and kidney, clear heat, eliminate boredom and quench thirst.
Clearing away heat and replenishing qi
Balsam pear has the effect of clearing away heat and heat, nourishing blood and Qi, tonifying kidney and spleen, nourishing liver and eyesight, and has certain effect on the treatment of dysentery, sore and swelling, heatstroke and fever, excessive prickly heat, conjunctivitis and other diseases.
Protect the body
Balsam pear has the functions of preventing scurvy, protecting cell membrane, preventing atherosclerosis, improving body stress ability and protecting heart.
anticancer
The effective components in balsam pear can inhibit the canceration of normal cells and promote the recovery of mutant cells, which has a certain anti-cancer effect.
Reduce blood sugar and blood lipid
It has the functions of lowering blood sugar, reducing blood fat, anti-tumor, preventing osteoporosis, regulating endocrine, anti-oxidation, anti-bacterial and improving human immunity.
Beauty skin
Balsam pear can moisturize and whiten the skin, calm and moisturize the skin, especially in the hot and dry summer, applying the ice balsam pear tablet can immediately relieve the skin's restlessness.
[balsam pear is not bitter]
1. Stir fried
Stir fry balsam pear and pepper together to reduce the bitterness. Stir fry bitter melon in the heated pot first, then start the pot. Stir fry shredded peppers in a hot oil pan, then stir fry the shredded balsam pear without oil, add some salt and sugar, and leave the pan.
2. Salinization
Sprinkle the sliced melon with salt and marinate for a while, then filter out the water to reduce the bitterness.
3. Water blanching
Cut the bitter gourd into blocks, boil it with water first, and then soak it in cold water, so that the bitterness can be eliminated, but the flavor of the bitter gourd is also lost.
4. Water drift
The bitter melon will be cut open, seeded, cut into silk strips, and then rinsed with cold water, while washing gently pinched by hand, after washing for a while, change water to wash again, so repeatedly rinsed three or four times.
5. Ice
Slice balsam pear and soak it in ice water for a while or freeze it in refrigerator.
6. High temperature
It is to slice balsam pear and scald it with boiling water again.
[taboo]
There are two sides to everything, and balsam pear is no exception.
1. Balsam pear really has a hand in reducing weight, and it can also improve constipation. But if the diarrhea is serious, or easy to diarrhea, once the consumption of excessive balsam pear, it will cause more serious diarrhea, affecting gastrointestinal function.
2. At the same time, people with cold constitution are not suitable to eat balsam pear, such as cold hands and feet, loose stool, chilly body deficiency and other symptoms. Balsam pear is a cool vegetable, so it is not suitable for this kind of people.
3. In menstrual period, cold physical impotence, pregnant women should not eat balsam pear. At this time, eating balsam pear will lead to rare menstruation, irregular menstruation, sexual dysfunction, abortion and other side effects.