This is the sweetest and most delicious Bitter Melon and Spareribs Soup I have ever tasted.
Mastering these two techniques well, bitter gourds don’t taste bitter either.
Those who enjoy eating bitter gourds but fear them can try it!
What is Bitter Melon and Pork Ribs Soup?
Bitter melon and spareribs soup is a kind of soup drink for relieving summer heat in the Chaoshan area.
It has a bitter and sweet taste and is refreshing and moist, with the efficacy of clearing away summer heat and removing heat, improving eyesight, and detoxifying.
In folk, it is also commonly used to treat symptoms such as feeling thirsty due to summer heat, summer boils, excessive prickly heat, and conjunctivitis.
The combination of the two is an excellent match for nourishing the brain and strengthening the body.
The characteristics of bitter melon and spareribs soup
It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying and has a unique flavor.
The bitter melon cannot be cooked for too long, otherwise it will turn yellow and lose its refreshing fragrance.
The efficacy of bitter melon and spareribs soup
The smell of bitter melon is bitter, non-toxic, and cold, and it enters the heart, liver, spleen, and lung meridians.
It has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, improving eyesight and detoxifying, promoting diuresis and cooling blood, relieving fatigue and calming the heart, and tonifying qi and strengthening yang.
It is mainly used to treat heat stroke, excessive thirst due to summer heat, summer boils, excessive prickly heat, swollen and painful eyes, carbuncles and erysipelas, burns and scalds, and oliguria and other diseases.
Who can drink bitter melon and spare rib soup?
All can eat it but don’t eat too much at one time.
The nutritional value of bitter melon and spareribs soup
1、Promoting diet and reducing inflammation and fever
The momordin and bitter substances in bitter melon can increase appetite strengthen the spleen and stimulate the appetite.
The alkaloid substance quinine contained has the effects of promoting diuresis and blood circulation, reducing inflammation and fever, clearing the heart, and improving eyesight.
2、Preventing cancer and anti-cancer
The protein components and a large amount of vitamin C in bitter melon can improve the immune function of the body so that immune cells have the role of killing cancer cells.
Bitter melon juice contains a certain protein component, which can enhance the phagocytic ability and is effective in clinical treatment of lymphosarcoma and leukemia.
The trypsin inhibitor extracted from bitter melon seeds can inhibit the protease secreted by cancer cells and prevent the growth of malignant tumors.
3、Lowering blood sugar
The fresh juice of bitter melon contains momordin and substances similar to insulin, which has a good hypoglycemic effect and is an ideal food for diabetic patients.
Selecting bitter melon
The bumpy growths on the surface of bitter melon, which are called fruit tumors, are characteristics to judge the quality of bitter melon.
The larger and fuller the grains are, the thicker the melon flesh is; the smaller the grains, the relatively thinner the melon flesh.
When choosing a bitter melon, in addition to picking those with large fruit tumors and upright fruit shapes, it should also be pure white and beautiful.
If the bitter melon shows yellowing, it means it is already overly ripe, and the flesh is soft and not crispy enough, losing the due taste of bitter melon.
Bitter Melon and Spareribs Soup Ingredients
Momordica charantia：1
Ribs：1
soy： half bowl
scallops：1
clearwater： Appropriate amount
Salt： Appropriate amount
Bitter Melon and Spareribs Soup Instructions
Prepare the ingredients first. Soak soybeans and scallops in water separately for later use.
Rinse the pork ribs and blanch them for later use.
This step is the key if you want the bitter gourd to not taste bitter.
Cut the bitter gourd in half, use a spoon to scrape off the naan inside the bitter gourd, and try to clean it as much as possible, this is one of the keys.
Then pour a little salt into the melon grooves, and rub them back and forth evenly, so that the whole melon and naan should be rubbed in place, which is the second key.
Rub it for about 2-3 minutes, and then rinse it off with water.
The bitter gourd produced in this way will not taste bitter.
Fill the soup pot with enough water, add soybeans, scallops, pork ribs, and bitter gourd pieces cut into 2 cm wide, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium heat and simmer for 1 hour.
After 1 hour, turn off the heat and add some salt to taste.
A pot of bitter gourd pork ribs soup with a sweet and delicious taste, thick but not greasy, and the function of reducing fire is ready.
Notes
If you want bitter melon to taste not bitter, you must scrape the melon and naan clean, and you must rub the melon scoop with salt, rub it several times, rinse it with water, and cut it into pieces.
I have compiled the tutorial for making this dish below. If necessary, you can click below to print it out. I wish you success.
Bitter Melon and Spareribs Soup
Equipment
- 1 rice cooker
Ingredients
- 1 Momordica charantia
- 1 Ribs
- half bowl soy
- 1 scallops
- Appropriate amount clear water
- Appropriate amount Salt
Instructions
- Prepare the ingredients first. Soak soybeans and scallops in water separately for later use.
- Rinse the pork ribs and blanch them for later use.
- This step is the key if you want the bitter gourd to not taste bitter. Cut the bitter gourd in half, use a spoon to scrape off the naan inside the bitter gourd, and try to clean it as much as possible, this is one of the keys. Then pour a little salt into the melon grooves, and rub them back and forth evenly, so that the whole melon and naan should be rubbed in place, which is the second key. Rub it for about 2-3 minutes, and then rinse it off with water. The bitter gourd produced in this way will not taste bitter.
- Fill the soup pot with enough water, add soybeans, scallops, pork ribs, and bitter gourd pieces cut into 2 cm wide, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium heat and simmer for 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, turn off the heat and add some salt to taste.
- A pot of bitter gourd pork ribs soup with a sweet and delicious taste, thick but not greasy, and the function of reducing fire is ready.
Notes