14th fia fia cooking--Bottle Gourd Braised Pork (12/05/2012)

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TODAY SPECIAL: Bottle Gourd Braised Pork (5 Servings)

RECIPE                             PLACE:Fetuvalu Secondary School

Ingredient	Condiment
500g bottle gourd	Salt
200g pork	Soy sauce
4 cloves of garlic	Black pepper
3-4 sliced ginger	Sugar
8 mushrooms	Sesame oil
2 spring onions	Corn flour
2 bowls of broth	Soybean oil

        

photo by Tracy

photo by Lader

photo by Tracy

   

             DIRECTION:

1.     Mince the pork, and marinate it with 1 clove of garlic, 2 teaspoons of soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of black pepper, some sugar and 1 teaspoon of corn flour for 15 minutes.

2.     Soak 8 mushrooms into the water for 10-15 minutes to make them soft.

3.     Peel the bottle gourd and chop it into strips. (If the bottle gourd is too mature, you can remove the seeds in the middle part.)

4.     Slice the ginger, mushrooms, and 3 cloves of garlic.

5.     Cut the spring onion into small pieces for decoration.

6.     Use the hot oil to stir-fry the ginger, mushrooms, and garlic for a while.

7.     Put the minced pork into the wok stir-fry for a while, and add 1-2 bowls of broth to braise 3-5 minutes.

8.     Put the bottle gourd into the wok, and add 2-3 teaspoons of salt, 1-2 teaspoons of sesame oil, I teaspoons of black pepper, and some sugar, braise over high heat for 3-5 minutes. (If it’s necessary, add some more broth into the wok.)

9.     Sprinkle the spring onion before serving.

photo by Tracy

photo by Tracy

photo by Tracy

photo by Tracy

photo by Tracy

photo by Tracy

                     

          Bottle Gourd is good for:

•     Bottle gourd is an excellent vegetable for hypertension patients.
•     It is a suitable vegetable for light, low-cal diets as well as for children, people with digestive problems, diabetics and convalescents.
•     High in water content, and easy to digest when cooked.
•     Be effective in treating constipation.
•     Be helpful in treating urinary disorders.
•     Bottle gourd is recommended by ayurvedic physicians for balancing the liver function.
•     Drinking a glass of bottle gourd juice once in the early morning helps in treating grey hair.
•     Mixing the juice with sesame oil for massaging the scalp every night, provides an effective medicine for insomnia.
•     A glass of bottle gourd juice, mixed with a little salt, helps in preventing excessive loss of sodium from the body. It quenches thirst, prevents fatigue and keeps one refreshed during summers.
•     Bottle gourd juice is also very useful for shedding extra calories and maintaining optimum health.