Knotted gourd has the name Mao gourd .Northern melon.It is an annual climbing herb of the family Cucurbitaceae and is a variety of winter melon.Section melon has a clear heat.Relieve heat.Detoxification.Diuretic.It is an ideal vegetable for hot summer.In addition, knotted gourd also helps to cure kidney disease.Swelling disease.Diabetes and other auxiliary effects.Knotted gourd is very popular in people's daily life, whether stir-fried or in soup, it is not too different from winter melon.Today, we will bring you several ways to eat knotty gourd related to it.

Knotty Gourd Soup: Clam Knotty Gourd Soup

Food Ingredients: Gherkin.Pork.Bamboo, leek
Food Ingredients Ginger.Salt.Starch
Preparation 1. Wash all the ingredients and set aside, slice the knuckle gourd.
2. Wash the pork, remove the skin and chop it into a clean bowl.
3. Chop the ginger, the more minced the better, put it into the minced meat, add the right amount of cornstarch and water.Salt, stir in one direction, know that the mixture until well blended.Make one meatball and set aside.
4. Break the bamboo into small pieces and soak them in water to soften, and wash and cut the leeks.
5. Put an appropriate amount of oil in a pot, heat the oil and pour in the knuckle gourd, add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat.
6. pot of water boiling, put the pre-prepared meatballs into the pot, continue to cook for 10 minutes, add the soaked branch bamboo.Leek in cooking for a while, add salt seasoning cooked.

Knotted Melon Soup: Chicken Feet Knotted Melon Soup

Food Ingredients knuckle gourd.Clams
Food IngredientsSalt.tomatoes
Preparation 1. Wash all the ingredients, peel and cut the knuckle gourd into pieces, and cut the tomatoes into pieces.
2. Boil the clams in water until they open, take out the clams, peel out the meat and set aside, and set aside the soup.
3. Put the oil in a frying pan, when the oil is 70% hot, pour in the gherkin.Stir-fry the tomatoes, then add the clam stock, cover and simmer.
4. When the melon and tomatoes are soft, add the clam meat, add a little salt in the stew for a while.

Knotty Melon Soup: Skinny Knotty Melon Soup

Food Ingredients Chicken feet.knuckle gourd
Food IngredientsSalt.White beans.Fried peanuts.Eyebrow beans.Tzatziki.Barley.Figs.Golden dates
Preparation 1. soak the peanuts in the first day, the second stew is good to use.
2. scrape the skin and wash the knuckle gourd, a cut three sections of spare, chicken feet washed and chopped off the foot nails.
3. will wash the chicken feet .Scrape and wash the knuckle gourd, one cut three sections and set aside, wash and chop the chicken feet to remove the foot nails.Put into a casserole dish, add the right amount of water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for an hour and a half.
4. When the chicken feet are simmering almost, pour in the knuckle gourd and continue to stew for half an hour, add salt to taste, and cook in the stew.