What are the ways to eat watermelon rind? An introduction to common recipes

  After eating a watermelon, the leftover rind, for such an insignificant watermelon rind, it actually has health benefits for the human body, and watermelon rind is not only good for health, it also has a beauty-enhancing effect. So, what are the nutritious ways to eat watermelon rind? Today the editor will tell you what the ways to eat watermelon rind are.

  Pictured: cold dressed watermelon rind

  The effects of watermelon rind

  Traditional Chinese medicine calls the rind "watermelon green garment", and it has effects such as clearing heat and relieving summer heat, purging fire and eliminating restlessness, and lowering blood pressure, and it has a certain therapeutic effect on anemia, dry throat, chapped lips, as well as patients with cystitis, ascites due to liver disease and nephritis. In addition, watermelon rind is rich in vitamin C and E; rubbing it on the skin, or mashing it into a paste and applying it to the skin, then rinsing with water after 10-15 minutes, has the effect of nourishing, rejuvenating and beautifying the skin and preventing and treating prickly heat and boils.

  How to eat watermelon rind in daily life

  1. Make cold dressed watermelon rind

  Cold dressed watermelon rind can not only beautify and nourish the skin, but is also good for human health. The specific method is to first leave a little red flesh on the watermelon rind, peel off the green hard skin of the watermelon, then cut it into small pieces, add minced garlic, monosodium glutamate, white sugar, salt and sesame oil, and stir well and it is done.

  2. Make hot and sour watermelon rind

  The method for hot and sour watermelon rind is: first choose a thicker watermelon rind and wash it, remove the red flesh and green skin, and cut into thin slices; mix light soy sauce, salt, white sugar, fragrant vinegar, chili oil, minced garlic, sesame oil and Sichuan pepper oil into a seasoning sauce, and add a little lemon juice. Put the cut watermelon rind strips, red bell pepper strips and cilantro into a container; finally add the prepared seasoning sauce and mix well, put it in the refrigerator and marinate for about 10 minutes before eating.

  3. Stir-fry braised pork with watermelon rind

  In stir-fried braised pork with watermelon rind, the most delicious part is the watermelon rind, fragrant, smooth, sweet and rich, removing all the greasiness of the pork belly; the watermelon rind is simmered for a long time and still does not become mushy, crisp with a bit of chewiness, quite satisfying to bite. In addition, you can usually dry watermelon rind that you cannot eat in time, and whenever you want to eat it, you can boil it and eat it. When storing dried watermelon rind, use two layers of sturdy plastic bags and tie them tightly, do not let air through.

  4. Orange-scented watermelon rind

  Peel off the outer green skin of the watermelon rind, remove the inner red flesh, then cut into strips; wash the lotus root, scrape off the outer skin, cut into slices and soak them in a basin of cold water; blanch the melon strips and lotus root slices separately in boiling water, take them out and drain the water; add orange juice, salt and white sugar to the melon strips and lotus root slices and mix well; when the color turns light yellow, it can be plated and eaten.

  5. Red pepper watermelon rind

  Remove the red flesh and green garment of the rind, cut the rind into thin strips, sprinkle with salt and marinate; cut red chili peppers into shreds, then squeeze the water out of the watermelon rind. Put a little salt and fry the red chili peppers briefly in an oiled wok, then pour in the watermelon rind and stir-fry for 2 minutes, then add monosodium glutamate and scallions, stir-fry a few times and it can be taken off the heat.

  6. Watermelon rind pork rib soup

  Wash the watermelon rind, peel off the green garment, cut into cubes and set aside; wash the pork ribs, add them to water and blanch to remove the blood, set aside; put 8 bowls of water in a pot, after bringing to a boil over high heat, add the pork ribs and simmer over low heat for 40 minutes; add the cut watermelon middle rind, then simmer over low heat for 10 minutes, add a little salt to season and it is done.