White gourd swallow(dong gua yan )

How to make wax gourd swallows:

Raw materials for making wax gourd swallows:

White gourd 500 grams. Cooked lean ham 50g. In 15g fine starch, 2G Sichuan salt, 500g clear soup, 1g monosodium glutamate.

Processing steps of wax gourd swallow:

After peeled and seeded, the wax gourd is sliced into thin slices, and then cut into silver needles about 10 cm long. Put on the dry starch. Shred the ham. Put the wok on the fire and add water to boil. Add shredded wax gourd until it's white and bright. Remove and cool it in cold boiled water. Put it into a soup bowl. Add Sichuan salt, shredded ham, clear soup and monosodium glutamate. Steam in a cage until shredded wax gourd is tasty.

White gourd swallow

Wax gourd swallow is a famous traditional dish in Sichuan, which belongs to Sichuan cuisine. Refined vegetables, also known as "snow swallow wax gourd.". Dongrong brandy is a famous dish in Zhejiang Province. The wax gourd swallow is made by cutting the wax gourd into thin shreds just like swallows, adding them into the high-grade clear soup, and then sprinkling the hot leg shreds, so it is called the wax gourd swallow. Cut the wax gourd into filaments, wrap it with dry starch, and then put it into boiling water. Although it looks like some thin strips, it is still crystal clear. Then pour in the superior clear soup. A cup of clear soup is made of wax gourd swallow. Clear soup must be well made to achieve the condition of clear and strong taste; wax gourd is moderate in thickness and looks like bird's nest. Most of the bird's nest in traditional Sichuan cuisine is salty and delicious, which is different from the sweet bird's nest in Guangdong cuisine.

Sichuan cuisine information

White gourd swallow

Cuisine

characteristic

The dish is simple and elegant, the soup is clear, the shape is like bird's nest, soft and tender.

raw material

White gourd 500 grams. Cooked lean ham 50g. In 15g fine starch, 2G Sichuan salt, 500g clear soup, 1g monosodium glutamate.

Production process

After peeled and seeded, the wax gourd is sliced into thin slices, and then cut into silver needles about 10 cm long. Put on the dry starch. Shred the ham. Put the wok on the fire and add water to boil. Add shredded wax gourd until it's white and bright. Remove and cool it in cold boiled water. Put it into a soup bowl. Add Sichuan salt, shredded ham, clear soup and monosodium glutamate. Steam in a cage until shredded wax gourd is tasty.

Key points of production

Pay attention to knife work, wax gourd silk must be uniform in length and thickness.

2. Starch should not be too thick.

3. Must use high-grade clear soup, sprinkle a little white pepper on the table.

Production steps

1. After peeled and seeded, the wax gourd is sliced into thin slices, and then cut into silver needles about 10 cm long.

2. Put on the dry starch.

3. Shred the ham.

4. Put the wok on the fire and add water to boil.

5. Add the white wax gourd shreds until they are white and bright. After being bleached in cold boiled water, remove them and put them into a soup bowl. Add Sichuan salt, shredded ham, clear soup and monosodium glutamate. Steam them in the cage until the shredded melons are tasty.

Outstanding features

The dish is simple and elegant, the soup is clear, the shape is like bird's nest, soft and tender. It is named for its white and crystal color and its roots are shaped like bird's nest. This dish is made by slicing wax gourd into shreds, drying the starch, putting it into water and cooking it with special clear soup and ham shreds. White and transparent white wax gourd, soup clear as water, fresh soft run, delicious taste. The vegetable pigment is elegant and quick, the soup is clear, the melon swallow is soft and smooth, not like the swallow, better than the swallow.

Key points of production

1. Pay attention to knife work, the length and thickness of wax gourd silk must be uniform.

2. Starch should not be too thick.

3. Must use high-grade clear soup, sprinkle a little white pepper on the table.

dietary nutrition

White gourd white gourd contains more protein, sugar and a small amount of calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals, and vitamin B1, B2, C and nicotinic acid. Among them, vitamin B1 can promote the conversion of starch and sugar into heat energy instead of fat, so white gourd helps to lose weight. Wax gourd and other vegetables are different is that it does not contain fat, sodium content, calories are very low. The seed of wax gourd contains urinol, glandular alkaloid, histidine and trigonelline, and the pulp contains glandular element and histamine.

Wax gourd has the functions of clearing away heat and toxin, promoting diuresis and detumescence, transforming putrefaction and promoting muscle growth. It can permeate dampness, benefit spleen and stomach, reduce fat and blood pressure, and facilitate defecation. Wax gourd is rich in vitamin B and plant fiber, which has the functions of producing body fluid to quench thirst, dehumidification and diuresis, heat dissipation and detoxification. The propanedioic acid contained in wax gourd can prevent the accumulation of body fat, and eating more helps to lose weight.

Nutrients of wax gourd: (100g)

Water 96.5g, protein 0.4g, lipid 0 g, carbohydrate 2.4G, calorie 11 kcal, crude fiber 0.4g, ash 0.3g, calcium 19 mg, phosphorus 12 mg, iron 0.3 mg, carotene 0.01 mg, thiamine 0.01 mg, riboflavin 0.02 mg, nicotinic acid 0.3 mg, ascorbic acid 16 mg.

Function effect

According to Chinese medicine, wax gourd is sweet in taste and cold in nature. It has the effects of diuresis, detumescence, heat clearing and detoxification, stomach clearing, fire reducing and anti-inflammatory. It has a good therapeutic effect on arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, hypertension, edema, abdominal distension and other diseases. Wax gourd also has the function of detoxifying fish poison and wine poison. Regular consumption of wax gourd can remove the excess fat in the human body. Because of its low sugar content, wax gourd is also suitable for diabetics to "satisfy hunger". It contains a variety of vitamins and essential trace elements, which can adjust the metabolic balance of the human body. Because of its cold nature, wax gourd can nourish the stomach, generate fluid, clear and reduce stomach fire, reduce people's appetite, and promote the conversion of starch and sugar into heat instead of fat. Therefore, wax gourd is an ideal vegetable for obese people. In the hot summer, such as heatstroke and thirst, eating wax gourd can receive significant curative effect.

Wax gourd has a good effect of clearing heat and relieving summer heat. Summer eat more wax gourd, not only quench thirst, diuresis, but also can make people free from health sores. Because of its diuretic, and contains little sodium, so it is chronic nephritis edema, dystrophic edema, edema of pregnant women detumescence. It contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements necessary for human body, which can adjust the metabolic balance of human body. Because of its cold nature, wax gourd can nourish the stomach, nourish body fluid, clear stomach fire, reduce people's appetite, and convert starch and sugar into heat energy instead of fat. Therefore, wax gourd is an ideal vegetable for obese people. Wax gourd has the function of anti-aging. It can keep the skin white and jade, smooth and smooth. It is said that the queen Michi Ko used wax gourd cream to beautifying beauty.

Food therapy effect:

Wax gourd is sweet, light and cool in nature. It enters the lung, large intestine, small intestine and bladder meridian. It has the functions of moistening the lung and promoting fluid, resolving phlegm and relieving thirst, diuresis and detumescence, clearing heat and removing heat, detoxifying and discharging pus. It can be used for thirst due to summer heat, expectoration due to phlegm heat, edema, beriberiberi, fullness, thirst, acne, facial spots, anal prolapse, hemorrhoids, etc. it can also relieve fish and alcohol poisoning. The skin of wax gourd is good at diuresis; the seed of wax gourd is good at invigorating spleen and nourishing face, relieving cough and resolving phlegm.

Other related:

Wax gourd contains protein and a large number of vitamins and minerals, which plays an important role in skin care and whitening. According to the compendium of Materia Medica, wax gourd ladle can "remove black spots and make people happy and white"; wax gourd kernel can "make people happy and beautiful".

Suitable for people

The white gourd swallow is edible to most people. Patients with kidney disease, diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease is particularly suitable. Wax gourd is an ideal daily food for antipyretic and diuretic, and the effect is more obvious when boiling soup with skin. Because of the cold nature of wax gourd, people with chronic diseases and those with Yin deficiency and fire should eat less.

Appropriate:

Dried shrimps: white gourd and dried shrimps can be used together to relieve heat, dampness and diuresis. It is used for people who are sleepy in summer.

Rice: white gourd, rice porridge edible, with heat diuretic, weight loss effect, suitable for summer heat, edema, lung heat cough and other diseases, can play a heat diuretic effect.

Xiangke:

Crucian carp: crucian carp and wax gourd with food may reduce the nutritional value, leading to dehydration; however, for healthy people or patients with edema, it can also play a role in promoting water.

Dosage: 60g per day.

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