Cold Shredded Pumpkin

Name: Cold Shredded Pumpkin
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1000g Gourd; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 3g salt; 2 teaspoons sesame oil; 5 pieces Shallots; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; Some water

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4.8 (1)

Favorite

12

Difficulty

Easy

Time

5m

Serving

3

On the Chongming Island in Shanghai, there is a kind of "gourd", which is golden yellow after maturity, with a hard skin, resembling a pumpkin. It cannot be eaten directly, and it has no sweetness. The peculiarity is that the flesh of the melon is naturally crystal clear after stirring Transparent yellow filaments, so "Jelly gourd" is also called "golden gourd". The golden gourd silk is fresh and fragrant after being steamed and cooked. It is crisp and refreshing. It is known as "plant jellyfish". It is "color, fragrance, A delicacy with complete taste and shape.
Today Mrs. Zhou will introduce this local characteristic to everyone, 【Cold Gourd Shredded Sauce】, the taste and shape are almost like jellyfish, only need the scallion oil to accompany it, and the deliciousness is inexhaustible.

Ingredients

1000g Gourd
2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
3g Salt

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2 teaspoons Sesame Oil

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5 pieces Shallots
1/2 teaspoon Pepper

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Some Water

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Cold Shredded Pumpkin

1. Chongming pumpkin is rich in protein, vitamins, carbohydrates and 18 kinds of amino acids. It has the effects of replenishing qi, relieving astringent and reducing thirst, invigorating the spleen, and clearing fire; and the glycolic acid substance contained in it can inhibit the conversion of sugars into fat. Trigonelline, which is not found in vegetables, has anti-cancer effects

2. Cut the pumpkin in half and remove the seeds and flesh

3. Add clear water, do not have the pumpkin, remove it in 2 minutes after boiling

4. After a little cooling, you can stir the flesh with chopsticks or fork, and it will appear translucent and silky. This process is very wonderful

5. The shredded pumpkin can be rinsed, or you can pinch it with salt for a few times before rinsing, then rinse with cold boiled water and squeeze the water to dry. The shredded pumpkin has some mucus, which many people don’t like.

6. Pour oil in the pot, heat it up, sprinkle with chopped green onion, turn off

7. Pour in shredded pumpkin, add salt, sesame oil, white pepper, etc. to taste, according to your own taste, you can also add balsamic vinegar for more appetizing

8. The golden gourd shreds are fresh and fragrant, crisp and refreshing. The sauteed scallion oil highlights the tenderness of the golden gourd shreds, which is very similar to the jellyfish shreds, which is a pleasant surprise

Tips:
1. There are many ways to eat pumpkins: it can be mixed with cold, soup, jellyfish shreds, radish shreds, lettuce shreds, etc. The taste is excellent;
2. Tender pumpkins are peeled and cut into slices, which can be fried with shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, meat slices, etc., and can also be processed into preserved fruit and salted products.