Fujian Cuisine

Melon and cabbage
  • July 12,2023

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Melon and cabbage

Manual:

When you go to supermarket, you come across a fish called "fresh watermelon" in water area. If you want me to classify taste of fish, it's roughly grass carp, crucian carp, freshwater melon, mandarin fish, and sea bass. Of course, better taste, more expensive it is. Freshwater melons usually cost more than 20 yuan per cat, and they are also one of fish that people buy more. However, many people become curious when they hear this name. .

What is "fresh watermelon" and why do so many people misunderstand it? Fresh watermelon is also called perch. This perch is not "a person who travels on river, but loves beauty of perch. Look at boat that is chasing storm." Perch, but state perch, is an exotic species, so every time a perch is mentioned, there will always be people who misunderstand it, thinking that it is Songjiang perch mentioned by ancients.

Melon and cabbage

California bass, formerly known as largemouth bass, were successfully artificially bred in 1983. In same year, it was introduced to Guangdong. After years of breeding and development, it has become one of important freshwater aquaculture species in China. .

The perch depicted in ancient poems is called Songjiang perch. It is called "the first fish in south of Yangtze River". Birds nest there." This sea bass is original species of fish in our country, its meat is tenderer and much tastier than that of this California sea bass. Maybe supermarket calls California sea bass a freshwater melon to distinguish it.

Melon and cabbage

A few days ago, I came across freshwater melons that are on sale at a supermarket, so I bought them. Delicious when cooked with cabbage. Of course, Songjiang perch is not affordable, so this Californian perch is worth a try, especially cooked in a casserole with cabbage and served with rice.

【Boiled cabbage with watermelons】

Ingredients to prepare: 1 fresh watermelon, half a small bowl of fresh peas, 6 cabbage slices, 3 spicy millet, 4 garlic, appropriate amount of ginger

Accessories: vegetable oil, 3 tablespoons ground pepper, 2 tablespoons light soy sauce, 2 coriander sticks

Process:

1. Wash cabbage and cut into strips. When choosing cabbage, you can choose part that is closer to core of cabbage, so it will be sweeter and rot more easily.

Melon and cabbage

2. Prepare necessary auxiliary materials, remove shell of fresh peas, peel and cut spicy millet into rings, cut garlic into cubes, and cut ginger into cubes after washing soil.

Melon and cabbage

3. Pour vegetable oil into a saucepan, put chili millet, garlic and pieces of ginger into it and fry until aroma appears, then put peeled watermelon melon.

Melon and cabbage

4. Add 3 tablespoons of chopped pepper that we prepared in advance. The taste of chopped peppers is relatively salty. In addition, we need to add 2 tablespoons of light soy sauce and then add appropriate amount of water.

Melon and cabbage

5. Cover and let stand for about 10 minutes, open lid, then put in cabbage and cook together, then put in peeled peas.

Melon and cabbage

6. Cook over high heat until fully cooked, then you can immediately turn off fire. At this time, add a little coriander.

Melon and cabbage

Food Engraving Tip:

1.The watermelon is pre-peeled, and all fish scales can be removed to make taste milder.In addition, this dish does not need to be served with cooking wine.

2. The fish cooked in this way does not have a fishy smell, and fish meat will be relatively soft. The bottom line is that method is very simple, and step of frying fish is directly omitted.

Melon and cabbage