Salted Egg Bitter Gourd
Halve and deseed bittergourd.
Salted egg bitter gourd. Add in olive oil and salted egg to saute. Given the saltiness of the salted egg white all you need for seasoning is a dash of ground white pepper. 2 tbsp cooking oil. This recipe combines salted egg with white bittergourd.
1 tbsp shaoxing wine. Tsp chicken stock granules. This is one dish that goes well with rice or porridge. In fact cooking anything with salted eggs will most definitely turn a simple dish into a sumptuous one.
Cooking with salted eggs make the bitter gourd so flavourful. You have a choice to use the whole salted egg or just salted egg yolks alone. Add in egg and continue. This is my mother in law s recipe for fried bitter gourd with salted egg.
I first fell in love with mini bitter gourd on a trip to okinawa several years back. 1 medium sized bitter gourd sliced seed discarded 1 salted egg break into a bowl and using a butter knife gently cut the yolk into smaller pieces in the bowl 3 cloves garlic chopped finely 1 cup warm water. This is a very short and simple recipe using 2 main ingredients with only 2 basic steps. Chinese salted egg bitter gourd is a delicious savoury dish.
Sliced bitter gourd and sprinkle with some salt to soften and remove bitter taste. The salted egg also masks the bitter taste in the bitter gourd. Slice bitter gourd to 3mm thickness. Since i am cooking this dish i thought i might as well share this recipe with readers.
1 medium size white bittergourd 200g 500ml water. Leave for few minutes then wash and squeeze dry. This is a delicious savoury dish. Put in bitter gourd and rock sugar to cook.
It is the star of an okinawan dish. Our family loves bitter gourd be it in soup stew or stir fry. 3 salted egg yolks. The salted egg masks the bitter taste in the bitter gourd turn this simple dish into a sumptuous one.
Take bitter gourd to the next level with the simple addition of salted eggs. 3 garlic cloves chopped. Steam salted egg yolks for 5 minutes.