Stuffed Bitter Gourd with Red Dates

Name: Stuffed Bitter Gourd with Red Dates
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 Bitter gourd; 12 Red dates; Some honey

by The pimple cat who loves baking

4.6 (1)

Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

10m

Serving

2

Bitter gourd is cool in nature, has the functions of clearing away heat, relieving heat, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight, while red dates are sweet in taste and warm in nature, which can nourish blood and promote body fluids. "

Ingredients

Stuffed Bitter Gourd with Red Dates

1. Wash the bitter gourd, cut off the sharp ends, and cut into three sections with two knives. Use a small spoon to empty the inner flesh of the bitter gourd.

Stuffed Bitter Gourd with Red Dates recipe

2. Red dates are pitted.

3. Put the bitter gourd in boiling water and blanch it for one minute. Drain.

4. Put the red dates vertically into the bitter gourd section and stuff them tightly.

5. Slice and drizzle with honey.

6. The finished product, clears away heat and detoxifies, has a hint of sweetness.

Tips:
Bitter gourd is boiled and washed with cold water to keep the color green. The red dates are vertically stuffed into the bitter gourd section, and they must be stuffed tightly so that the slices will not loosen.