Chinese
Ku Gua Chao Dan (Bitter Melon with Egg)
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Ku Gua Chao Dan (Bitter Melon with Egg) is Chinese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Halve the bitter gourd, scoop out the seeds and pith, and slice thinly.
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Blanch the slices in boiling water 1 minute to soften the bitterness slightly, then drain.
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Beat the eggs with a pinch of the salt.
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Heat half the oil in a wok over medium-high heat, pour in the eggs and scramble until just set, then remove.
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Heat the remaining oil, add the bitter gourd, and stir-fry 3 minutes until tender-crisp.
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Return the eggs to the wok, season with the remaining salt, and toss together gently before serving; this is a genuine adult taste, not a dish to expect children to love.
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Serve it with
A Chinese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ku Gua Chao Dan (Bitter Melon with Egg), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The dish at the centre
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ku Gua Chao Dan (Bitter Melon with Egg) carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Chao Dou Miao (Pea Shoots with Garlic) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 170 kcal
- Protein
- 7 g
- Carbs
- 4 g
- Fat
- 14 g
- Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 380 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ku Gua Chao Dan (Bitter Melon with Egg) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in the monsoon and summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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