What kind of melon is northern melon?

Beizu, which is something we can easily get in our daily diet, is a food ingredient that is rich in protein, carotene and vitamins. So if you eat it correctly, you can not only enjoy its delicious taste, but it is also a good supplement for the body's nutrition.

1. Morphological characteristics: It is an annual climbing herb of the genus Cucurbitaceae. The stem has translucent rough hairs. Tendrils forked. Leaves papery, triangular or ovate-triangular. Flowers are monoecious, solitary, and yellow. The shape of the fruit varies depending on the variety, and the seeds are white.

2. Habitat distribution: Cultivated all over the world.

Uses: The fruit is used as a vegetable. This is a variety of zucchini and can also be used for ornamental purposes.

Introduction: "Beigua" is a semi-wild plant. Due to its low yield, and the lack of sweetness of watermelon, fragrance of winter melon and high yield of pumpkin,

3. The northern melon is shaped like a pumpkin but smaller. It is also called peach pumpkin. The skin is red and yellow like gold, so it is also called golden melon. It is sweet and mild in nature, non-toxic, and has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving asthma. It is often used by the Chinese people to treat asthma. According to a farmer in Shuangcheng City who sells northern pumpkins, northern pumpkins are fruits among vegetables. Due to their low yield, they are not suitable for large-scale cultivation. These northern pumpkins are all grown in small quantities in the small vegetable garden in front of his house. He wanted to sell them while selling vegetables, but he didn't expect them to be very popular among citizens. He sold them at one yuan per kilogram, and in less than a week, the dozens of kilograms of northern pumpkins grown at home were sold out. According to him, pumpkin can be eaten raw, made into cold dishes and stir-fried dishes. The difference between northern melon and watermelon is that the flesh of northern melon is yellow and tastes slightly sweet with a fresh fragrance.

4. Therapeutic value

Winter melon contains starch, protein, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and other ingredients.

5. Many people cook porridge

a. Sweet pumpkin and millet porridge: Wash the sweet pumpkin (the skin is edible) and cut it into small pieces, not too small. When making porridge, when the rice is almost cooked, put the sweet pumpkin into the pot and cook together. It will be cooked in 10 minutes. Take a small piece and try it. When it is cooked, you can drink the pumpkin millet porridge.

b Steamed pumpkin: Wash the pumpkin (the skin is edible), cut it into pieces and steam it in a pot. It will be cooked in about 20 minutes and is very sweet. If you want to stir-fry, just cut it into shreds and add some lean meat to stir-fry.

In rural areas of central Hunan, Jiangxi, Hebei and northern Anhui, some people call the current pumpkin northern melon.