This meaty bottle gourd is a warm-boosting food that was cooked with pork meat.

It’s a nutritious dish that is rich in protein from pork meat, fiber, and other essential nutrients like vitamins and minerals from the bottle gourd.

Bottle gourd has a green, smooth texture and white flesh inside when peeled. Other ways of cooking this could be sautéed or boiled and added with meat slices.

According to our health food source:

• Bottle gourd is helpful to the urinary system, it helps to reduce burning sensation from acidic urination, it may also reduce the chances of urinary tract infection.
• Helpful in reducing high blood pressure and helpful in keeping the heart healthy.
• It contains vitamins and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, vitamins A and C and folate.
• Contains fiber, which supports healthy digestion and helps to combat constipation.
• It may help in reducing body weight.

Note: Excessive consumption of food is not good to our health and can bring a negative result or bad effects in our body. Always eat the right kind and the right amount of food.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kg pork meat (with bones)
• 1 large bottle gourd (cut into small sizes)
• 2 tsp seasoning mix
• 2 tsp iodized salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 4 cups water

Procedure:

• Wash your hands and prepare your ingredients and materials to save time and effort and to ensure a clean and safe food preparation.

• In a medium heat using a pot add vegetable oil then sauté garlic and onion, add the pork meat slices then stir.
• Pour the needed water, iodized salt, seasoning mix and black pepper, cover and let boil for 30 minutes.
• Thereafter, add the bottle gourd slices, cover again and cook for another 15 minutes.
• Serve and enjoy!

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