Hot and sour wax gourd with lime juice(ning zhi suan la dong gua )

Hot and sour wax gourd with lime juice

Introduction:

"Wax gourd is a good food for clearing away heat and reducing weight. Every time I eat wax gourd, I always think that my sister cheated me to eat raw wax gourd when I was young. It's not bad to eat raw wax gourd, but I think it's really simple when I was young."

Production steps:

Step 1: cut the wax gourd into solid squares with a fruit knife, and cut the cross flower knife obliquely on the side of the skin.

Step 2: Boil the water in the pot, put a spoonful of salt, put the wax gourd into the water and boil until the chopsticks can be inserted from the side and turn off the fire.

Step 3: Mix 2 tbsp ketchup, 1 tbsp lemon juice, proper amount of water starch and 1 tbsp water, bring to a boil in the pan and stir evenly to make a hot and sour sauce.

Step 4: use a spoon to evenly spread the hot and sour sauce on the wax gourd.

Materials required:

Wax gourd: moderate

Scallion: 1

Salt: 1 tbsp

Ketchup: 2 tbsp

Lemon juice: 1 tbsp

Starch: small amount

Precautions: 1. When cutting wax gourd, the power should not be too big, but slow and steady, otherwise it is easy to cut into sections; 2. There will be a lot of leftovers of wax gourd to avoid waste. Every time I make this dish, I use leftovers to make a soup of wax gourd ribs with minced meat or spare ribs, or a soup of wax gourd with minced meat or spare ribs.

Production difficulty: simple

Process: boiling

Production time: 10 minutes

Taste: hot and sour

Chinese PinYin : Ning Zhi Suan La Dong Gua