I often stay at home recently. I don't have enough exercise. I feel like my appetite is not as good as before. Every time I cook meat, my daughter doesn't eat much. She often says she has no appetite. It's better to simply cook a white porridge with small dishes. In fact, a lot of small partners say that they have been keeping a good living at home for two consecutive months. Their weight has increased a lot. Spring equinox is over. Qingming is coming. It's time to eat more light appetizers. It's easier to lose weight and digest. March is the spring harvest period of green melon. At this time, the green melon is fresh, tender and sweet. Eating it raw is the most refreshing and juicy. The price is also very cheap. 3 yuan a Jin. Just used to make a pot of pickled cucumber. Pickled green melon is the signature skill of 80 year old grandma in the neighbor's house. She once tasted the pickled green melon she sent last summer. It's so delicious and delicious. My daughter and I can't stop eating it. Two days later, I was greedy for the pickled green melon made by my grandmother. So I had the cheek to ask her for the recipe. It was so simple. I made it once and it was successful. My daughter boasted that it was delicious
Step1:There are many varieties in the material list. In fact, the whole production process is very simple. It's not complicated at all. Slice ginger and garlic. Cut the millet pepper into circles. Cut the dried pepper in half.
Step2:Making pickled sauce is the key to the taste of the pickled cucumber. Although everyone likes different saltiness, the general seasoning ratio is based on the recipe. Soy sauce oyster sauce vinegar sugar = 2-1-4-2. On this basis, the flavor of the sauce is similar.
Step3:Pour 2 tablespoons of super soy sauce and 4 tablespoons of vinegar.
Step4:1 scoop oyster sauce.
Step5:2 tablespoons sugar. Stir the sauce well.
Step6:Heat some oil. Add fragrant leaves, star anise, dried peppers and garlic slices. Stir in small heat and stir until fragrant, then add garlic slices and ginger slices.
Step7:Then pour in the marinade sauce. Turn off the heat and cool it immediately after boiling. be careful. You must remember to wait for the sauce to cool before it can be used to make cucumber.
Step8:Green melons need to be cut in advance. Marinate with 1 tbsp of salt for half an hour. Then pour out all the extra juice. Put the green melon in a clean container. Sprinkle with millet and pepper rings. Then pour in the ginger and garlic sauce to cool and mix well. At this time, you can taste how salty the sauce is. If it is light, add a little salt. Marinate for at least 2 hours before serving.
Step9:It's hot and sour, appetizing and crispy.
Step10:Pickled cucumbe
Cooking tips:1. The water content of green melon is relatively high. It needs to be salted in advance to make the juice. After the juice is poured out, it can be directly put into a container for curing. There is no need to wash out the salt on the surface, otherwise the final pickled product will not taste good. 2. The longer the cucumber is marinated, the more water will be lost and the taste will be slightly soft. Therefore, it is suggested that the best time to eat is between 2 hours and 12 hours. At this time, the cucumber is tasty and tasty. 3. You can make more sauce at a time and put it in the refrigerator to keep fresh. If you want to marinate the green melon, it will be easier to cut it directly and marinate it. 4. In fact, millet peppers are directly soaked like this. The final taste is not very spicy. If you want something more spicy, you can cook the sauce with ginger and garlic to give out the flavor and spicy. There are skills in making delicious dishes.