Dry-Fried Bitter Gourd (干扁苦瓜)
Kamis, 10 Desember 2020
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Bitter gourds that are actually bitter convey hard, narrow ridges, in addition to they're night green. The less bitter ones convey broad ridges, in addition to they're softer, in addition to to a greater extent than yellow.
The bitter gourds I laid upward are the big type that, over the years, convey operate past times away less bitter. I used to travail them earlier cooking but that's non necessary now.
I honey frying the living daylights out of thinly sliced bitter gourd inward a stonking hot wok. No H2O is adding during the cooking process. Water would cool downwards the wok.
The bitter gourd slices should last slightly charred. Ditto the egg. Ideally, the egg sticks to the wok a flake in addition to burns. I scrape off the lilliputian bits of slightly burnt eggs which, along alongside garlic in addition to caramelized low-cal soya sauce, add together to the fragrance from the charred bitter gourd.
DRY-FRIED BITTER GOURD (干扁苦瓜)
(Recipe for iv persons)
250 g bitter gourd (aka bitter melon), rinsed, trimmed in addition to thinly sliced crosswise
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 big clove garlic, thinly sliced
1 tbsp low-cal soya sauce
pinch of sugar
1 egg, beaten alongside ½ tsp low-cal soya sauce
1. Spread out bitter gourd on a plate for 10-15 minutes therefore that it dries out a bit.
2. Heat wok (preferably not non-stick) till really hot. Add crude oil in addition to oestrus till simply smoking. Add garlic in addition to stir to coat alongside oil. Do non brown. Add bitter gourd. Stir briefly, therefore spread out bitter gourd inward the wok in addition to allow it fry, without stirring, till lightly brown. Turn over in addition to nipper till 2d side is too lightly brown. Drizzle alongside 1 tbsp low-cal soya sauce in addition to add together pinch of sugar. Stir till soya sauce is absorbed. Drizzle alongside beaten egg. Wait a few seconds for the egg to plough slightly brown. Mix gently, scraping whatever egg that may last stuck to the wok.
3. Taste in addition to accommodate seasoning if necessary. Plate in addition to serve.
(Recipe for iv persons)
250 g bitter gourd (aka bitter melon), rinsed, trimmed in addition to thinly sliced crosswise
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 big clove garlic, thinly sliced
1 tbsp low-cal soya sauce
pinch of sugar
1 egg, beaten alongside ½ tsp low-cal soya sauce
1. Spread out bitter gourd on a plate for 10-15 minutes therefore that it dries out a bit.
2. Heat wok (preferably not non-stick) till really hot. Add crude oil in addition to oestrus till simply smoking. Add garlic in addition to stir to coat alongside oil. Do non brown. Add bitter gourd. Stir briefly, therefore spread out bitter gourd inward the wok in addition to allow it fry, without stirring, till lightly brown. Turn over in addition to nipper till 2d side is too lightly brown. Drizzle alongside 1 tbsp low-cal soya sauce in addition to add together pinch of sugar. Stir till soya sauce is absorbed. Drizzle alongside beaten egg. Wait a few seconds for the egg to plough slightly brown. Mix gently, scraping whatever egg that may last stuck to the wok.
3. Taste in addition to accommodate seasoning if necessary. Plate in addition to serve.