What is the representative winter melon cup soup in summer?

Winter melon is the most suitable vegetable to eat in summer. Cold and sweet, clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, relieving summer heat. Propanoic acid in wax gourd can effectively control the transformation of sugar into fat, prevent the accumulation of fat in the body and consume excess fat produced by obesity, which has a good effect on preventing and treating hypertension, atherosclerosis and losing weight.

Winter melon cup is a traditional dish of Han nationality in Guangdong and Shanghai. A container filled with wax gourd is eaten after steaming, but this "container" is edible; The boiled soup has the smell of wax gourd, and the meat of wax gourd has the taste of stuffing, which sets each other off. Select old and fleshy wax gourd, take it out to form a white cup, heat it in boiling water, pick it up and put it in a soup bowl, then pour the soup into the cup, put scallops, lotus seeds, coix seed and other materials into it, cover the cup with another dish, stew it with slow fire for two and a half hours, and take it out.

Winter melon is a cup, and all kinds of seafood, delicacies and meat are wrapped in soup. Stewed with water, the soup is fragrant and delicious, which can relieve alcohol. Family production can choose ingredients according to personal preferences, and it is not necessary to pursue the exquisite surface carving of wax gourd. If you have talent, you can also carve a few knives to raise your eyes. The rich soup color is the core of the family version.

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① Wash and soak scallops (because boiling water is reserved for stewing), then dice mushrooms and ham; Dice duck meat into cold water, add ginger slices and cooking wine to remove fishy smell, wipe off floating foam, remove and wash; Fresh shrimp must go to the shrimp line, blanch and take out, soak the clam in light salt water and spit out all the sand and mud; ?

(2) According to the size of the stew pot at home, choose a small wax gourd with a moderate size, the bottom is slightly flat, cut at the top third, and take the bottom as the cup mouth, dig out the melon sac with a knife, keep the melon meat with a thickness of 3 cm, dig out the remaining melon meat and cut it into small pieces, and carve a circle of teeth on the cup mouth with a knife;

The summer heat is approaching, and every hot summer, this "fat baby"-wax gourd cup, which is deeply loved by diners, will appear on the tables of major restaurants in Guangdong.