Five Delicious Ways to Cook Loofah, Light and Refreshing Summer Delicacies
Stir-fried Egg with Silk Gourd
In the hot summer, people often get angry and irritable. Silk gourd is a good ingredient for clearing heat, detoxifying, and appetizing. Here is a simple recipe for stir-fried egg with silk gourd:
Ingredients:
- 2 Silk gourds
- 3 Organic eggs
- Some olive oil
- Some salt
- A little water
1. Peel the silk gourd and cut it into pieces.
2. Crack the eggs into a bowl, add 2 tablespoons of cold water, and mix well.
3. Pour some olive oil into a pan, heat it up, then pour the beaten egg mixture into the pan. Cook until the eggs are slightly set, then remove them from the pan.
4. Add a small amount of oil to the pan, then stir-fry the silk gourd pieces.
5. Season with salt according to taste, and stir-fry until the silk gourd becomes soft.
6. Pour the cooked eggs back into the pan, mix well with the silk gourd, and remove from heat.
Pork Trotter and Silk Gourd Soup
Pork trotters are rich in collagen, and have a soft and sticky texture. Silk gourd can help clear heat, relieve fire, and have diuretic effects. Here is a recipe for pork trotter and silk gourd soup:
Ingredients:
- 1 Pork trotter
- 1 Luffa
- 1 Small piece of ginger
- Some salt
- A little green onion
1. Chop the pork trotter into small pieces, remove the fur from the surface, and wash it clean.
2. Blanch the pork trotter in boiling water, then remove it.
3. Put the pork trotter into a soup pot, add a few slices of fresh ginger to remove any fishy smell, and do not add any extra seasonings to maintain the soup's fragrance.
4. Add an appropriate amount of hot water, select the 'Soup' program, default 2 hours.
5. Do not cut the loofah in advance to prevent it from oxidizing and turning black. Scrape off the skin and cut into chunks right before putting it into the pot.
6. Prepare minced green onion.
7. Pour the loofah chunks into the cooked pig trotter soup, cover with a lid, cook for 5-10 minutes and remove from heat. Sprinkle salt to taste and sprinkle with minced green onion.
Loofah Stir-fried with Deep-fried Breadsticks
For breakfast, I occasionally eat 1 or 2 deep-fried breadsticks, and the tender loofah paired with crispy deep-fried breadsticks is even more delicious. Here is how to make stir-fried loofah with deep-fried breadsticks:
Ingredients:
- 2 Silk gourds
- 2 deep-fried breadsticks
- A little oil
- A little ginger
- Some salt
- A little oyster sauce
- A little green onion
1. Prepare the loofah and deep-fried breadsticks. Loofah without ridges is more tender and juicy.
2. Gently scrape off the outer skin of the loofah with a knife.
3. Cut the loofah into chunks, and the deep-fried breadsticks into small pieces.
4. Pour a little oil into the pan, and fry the ginger strips until fragrant.
5. Add the loofah chunks to the pan and stir-fry until soft, sprinkle a little salt and mix well.
6. Pour in a little hot water to fully cook the loofah. If making soup, add more water; if just stir-frying, use less water.
7. When the loofah is fully cooked, add a little oyster sauce for flavor, mix for a few times then add in the deep-fried breadsticks, and stir-fry until well combined.
8. Sprinkle some chopped green onions after turning off the heat.
Shrimp and Loofah Cup
Shrimp and loofah cup is a simple and delicious dish made by combining shrimp paste with loofah cup. Here is the recipe for shrimp and loofah cup:
Ingredients:
- 16-20 fresh shrimps
- 30g fatty pork
- 1 Luffa
- 1 egg white
- Some ginger shreds
- Some green onion shreds
- 10g cold water
- 2g salt
- 2g white pepper
- Some steamed fish soy sauce
1. Prepare fresh shrimps, fatty pork, and loofah cup.
2. Peel the shrimps, make a slight cut on the belly and back, remove the shrimp vein, and leave a few shrimp tails. Cut the fatty pork into small cubes.
3. Prepare an egg white, cut the fresh ginger and green onion into shreds, and soak them in cold water.
4. Put the shrimp meat, fatty pork, egg white, white pepper, salt, and a small amount of ginger onion water into a food processor and blend into a smooth shrimp paste.
5. Gently scrape off the skin of the loofah and cut it into sections. Dig a small pit in the middle.
6. Fill the loofah cup with shrimp paste and flatten the surface.
7. Place the shrimp and loofah cup in a steamer, steam over high heat for 5 minutes, and drizzle with a little steamed fish soy sauce before serving.
Loofah and Clam Soup
Luffa contains a small amount of protein and fat, with low calories. Clam meat is delicious and tasty, known as the "world's first freshness" and the "crown of flavors". Here is the recipe for Luffa and Clam Soup:
Ingredients:
- 1 Luffa
- Some clams
- Some ginger
- Some scallions
- Some salt
- Some garlic
- Some chicken essence
- Some pepper
1. Peel and cut the Luffa into pieces.
2. Clean the clams.
3. Heat a pan with some oil, add ginger slices and minced garlic to stir-fry until fragrant.
4. Add the clams and stir-fry evenly. When the clams open, add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil.
5. Add the Luffa pieces and cook until the Luffa softens. Season with salt, chicken essence, and pepper.
These are five delicious recipes for Luffa, each one is simple and delicious, suitable for summer consumption.