Wendell doesn't really like bittermelon so I was surprised to find this on the dinner table when I got home from work one day. It was good although I kinda picked mostly the tofu and egg for my plate.
Here's the recipe he used:
1/2 lb. bittermelon
1 block firm tofu, break into pieces
Cut bittermelon into thin slices and sprinkle with salt, let stand for 10 minutes, rinse with water. Brown well-drained tofu pieces, set aside. Stir fry bittermelon in hot oil over high heat and cook until half done (? that's what it says "half" done). Add 1/2 can tuna (that's what the recipe calls for but Wendell used beef). Add fried tofu and beaten eggs. Mix well and sprinkle with salt.
7 comments:
yummy! in okinawa it is called "champuru" :)
Kat, I think the recipe book did call it that.
My dad would fix stir fry dishes with bittermelon when I was a kid. I would pick out the bittermelon because I never really cared for it. He would use pork or chicken. This does yummy!!
Wow!!! It's goya chanpuru... as it's called in Okinawa! Haven't had this in long time!
I should proof my post before I submit it. hahaha!! This "looks" yummy, not "does"!! :))
Betty, hahaha . . . sometimes after I read my posts I see some typos that are so embarrassing, especially since my main job is to spell things correctly. Wendell's dad also cooks, but not so much lately. He makes a really ono stuffed bittermelon that's coated with panko and then fried.
Bong, I really liked the chanpuru part but not so much the goya part.
I used to hate bitter melon, but i like it now so I wouldn't have picked it out...looks yummy!
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