Summer solar term appetite

Introduction to this issue: Eating this dish at home in summer solar terms can prevent heatstroke and cool down, stimulate appetite, and has many benefits.

The summer solar term is just around the Mid-Autumn Festival in the dog days, which is the hottest period and the highest temperature in a year. The most striking feature of this solar term is heat! It's extremely hot in summer, so it's better to eat more bitter food in summer than meat 100 times. Bitter food can not only clear away heat, but also relieve fever and fatigue. Therefore, eating bitter gourd in summer can strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite, which can not only keep the evil of damp heat away from you, but also prevent heatstroke, killing two birds with one stone. In addition, bitter food can also make people feel refreshed and relaxed, which is conducive to restoring energy and physical strength in hot summer, and alleviating or eliminating discomfort such as general fatigue and listlessness.

Bitter gourd fruit contains many nutrients. It is the highest vitamin C content in melons and vegetables. Bitter melons taste bitter. Raw food can clear summer-heat and purge fire, clear away heat and relieve annoyance, while cooked food can nourish blood and nourish liver, strengthen spleen and kidney, clear away heat and relieve summer-heat, eliminate fatigue, clear heart and improve eyesight. Although the weather is hot in summer, people should not eat too much bitter food, and it is best to mix it with spicy food (such as pepper, pepper, onion and garlic), so as to avoid bitterness and help to replenish lung qi. The bitter gourd method shared today is fried with eggs. Scrambled eggs with bitter gourd is a very common home-cooked dish. Some people can't eat the bitter taste of bitter gourd. As long as they master the skills of making bitter gourd, the bitter gourd is crisp and tender, and the eggs are tender and delicious, which has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, stimulating appetite and helping digestion. It is a healthy snack in summer. Let's share the practice:

Bitter gourd scrambled eggs Ingredients: 1 bitter gourd, 3 eggs, proper amount of oil and salt, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic,

Practice steps:

Knock the eggs into the bowl and break them with chopsticks. Wash bitter gourd, cut off both ends, cut in half along the length, and scrape off the pulp and white part of bitter gourd with a spoon. The white part of bitter gourd pulp is bitter, so it tastes less bitter.

Scrape the bitter gourd pulp clean, cut it in half along the length, and then slice it with an oblique blade.

Boil the pot with water, add a little salt, drop a few drops of oil, and blanch the bitter gourd for about half a minute. Taking out the bitter gourd can remove some bitterness. When scalding bitter gourd, adding a little salt and a few drops of oil to the water will make bitter gourd greener. After scraping and blanching,

Cool the blanched bitter gourd in cold water, remove and drain. Blanched bitter gourd and cooled in cold water can keep the crisp taste of bitter gourd and the color will not turn yellow.

Add oil to the pan, heat it, pour in the egg mixture and spread it out. The egg liquid is slightly solidified, stir-fry into pieces, and take it out for later use.

Add a little oil to the pan and heat it. Add chopped green onion and minced garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. Add bitter gourd and stir well.

Add scrambled egg pieces, add salt, stir fry quickly and evenly over high fire, and turn off the fire. Serve.

Tip: After scraping and blanching, the bitter taste of bitter gourd has been reduced a lot, and there is nothing to eat. This is a trick to make bitter gourd. When blanching bitter gourd, adding a little salt and a few drops of oil to the water will make the color of bitter gourd greener. Blanched bitter gourd and cooled in cold water can keep the crisp taste of bitter gourd and the color will not turn yellow.