Simple Bitter melon (gourd) egg drop soup ( 苦瓜蛋花汤 )

Julie Olive — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:07:59 +0000

I wanted to have bitter melon egg drop soup for a while now and today I have the opportunity to do so. I bought a bitter gourd for £3.80 last week when I was doing groceries shopping from the Asian supermarket. Yesterday I noticed that I have to eat it today for if not it will spoil. Luckily for me the hubby doesn’t mind bitter gourd at all.

I still remember the first time I cooked this 2 decades ago and when asked if it was all right for him, his replied was “I drink Guinness, and this is nothing” Happy wife! Since then, he had had been eating many types of bitter gourds recipe because it is supposedly good for the diabetic wife.

How do you make your bitter melon soup? I am sure there are many styles, but this is mine. Basic ingredients are chicken stock, dried scallops, goji berries, glass noodles, bitter gourds, eggs, few slices of ginger and seasoning – freshly ground salt & pepper

Chicken stock with a couple slices of ginger, dried scallops and a small handful of goji berries

Added in a soaked small packet of glass noodles snipped short.

thinly sliced bitter gourds

3 eggs

Salt & pepper

bring to boil before drizzling eggs in

lightly beaten eggs

Turned heat off then drizzle eggs in stirring in one direction for a few minutes

Served with plain rice and luncheon meat today

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Kerabu Peria salads – Special

Julie Olive — Wed, 26 Dec 2018 21:16:44 +0000

And so the journey of the torch ginger Bunga Kantan continues.

This time it is bitter gourd or peria in local Malaysian dialect. I can eat this alone like salads. It’s very nice with lettuce serve like lettuce wraps.

Kerabu Peria salads

Ingredients

Blend Ingredients

2 tbsp minced torch ginger
1 minced large onions or 2 small onions
3 – 4 cloves minced garlic
100 g dried shrimps
2 fresh red chillies

Other Ingredients

1 medium size bitter gourd sliced thinly
1 tbsp peanut oil
salt & sugar
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
crispy garlic and shallots
mix lettuce or little gem lettuce

Instructions

Fry the blended ingredients – torch ginger flowers, onions, garlic, soaked and pounded dried shrimps and chillies. When fragrant turn heat off.
Add the thinly sliced bitter gourds that I have marinated with a pinch of salt sugar and vinegar. Give it a good mix.
Add in crispy garlic and onions – Serve on top of mix lettuce leaves, eat and sigh in bliss

Notes

Note – this is a nice dish just served on top of fresh lettuce. You can add extra chilli sauce on top. TIP – For a posh serve you can add proteins like prawns or squids.

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