Traditional Chinese Medicine Medicated Diet Recipe Book

Garlic Stir Fried Bitter Melon (蒜茸苦瓜)

Ingredients:

1. ku gua (苦瓜) bitter melon 2 Ib


2. Da suan (大蒜) garlic 3 claves


3. Sheng jiang (生姜) fresh ginger 3 slices


4. Qing cong (青葱) green onion 60 g


5. Sheng chou (生抽) soy sauce 1 tbp

Seasoning: pinch of salt

Cooking methods:

1. Wash the bitter melon, remove the seeds and cut the cucumber into slices, pinch 1
   teaspoon of table salt on the cucumber and mix well, let it sit for 1 hour, then
   rinse the salt from the cucumber.


2. Peeled garlic, cut into small pieces


3. Wash green onion and cut into about 2 inches long


4. Put 2 tbsp of vegetable oil into the hot pan, then put in ginger, garlic and onion
   and stir-fried about 10 seconds


5. Add in black fungus and white fungus and soy sauce and stir-fried about 1 minute


6. Add in celery and stir-fried about 1 minute


7. Add ¼ cup of water and cover the lid until boiling


8. Pinch of salt and serve

Function:

1. Calming the liver and


2. clearing away heat, brighten the eyes


3. relieve thirsty


4. treatment of heat stroke, diabetes