Winter Melon Steamed Dried Shrimp

Name: Winter Melon Steamed Dried Shrimp
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 500g Winter melon; 2 pairs Prawns; 1 small handful Coriander; 1 tbsp Cooking oil; 1/4 teaspoon salt

by Little Five's Food, Drink and Fun

4.6 (1)

Favorite

1

Difficulty

Easy

Time

20m

Serving

2

Every summer, on our Chaoshan table, there are always several kinds of fruits and vegetables used to prevent heatstroke, such as winter melon, bitter gourd, hemp leaf and water spinach. Each family has their own practices. For example, adding winter melon to vegetables, it can be cooked in soup or steamed, and steamed can be used with dried vegetables, dried shrimp, scallops or winter vegetables... A few yuan for a dish, tens of yuan is also a dish, because of frugality people. But in summer, we really need to use winter melon as a dish. "

Ingredients

500g Winter Melon
2 pairs Prawns
1 small handful Coriander
1 tbsp Cooking Oil
1/4 teaspoon Salt

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Winter Melon Steamed Dried Shrimp

1. Peel the winter melon and cut into thin slices.

2. Prepare the prawns.

3. Peel off the shells of the shrimp and chop the dried shrimp.

4. Wash cilantro and chop finely.

5. Put the cut winter melon slices on the plate.

6. Place the dried shrimp on the winter melon slices.

7. Mix salt and edible oil, and evenly pour the dried shrimp and winter melon slices.

8. Boil water, put the plate in, steam on high heat and steam for 15 minutes at medium and low heat.

9. Steam until the wax gourd slices become transparent, add coriander, steam for about 1 minute, and serve.

Tips:
The dried shrimp itself already has a salty taste, so the amount of salt should be reduced. The steaming time mainly depends on whether the winter melon becomes transparent.