Malaysian
Peria Goreng Telur (Bitter Gourd with Egg)
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Peria Goreng Telur (Bitter Gourd with Egg) is Malaysian 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 lengthwise, scoop out the seeds and pith, and slice thinly.
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Toss the sliced bitter gourd with a pinch of salt and let sit 10 minutes to draw out some bitterness, then rinse and pat dry.
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Mince the garlic and beat the eggs.
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Heat the oil in a wok over medium-high heat and fry the garlic until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
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Add the bitter gourd and stir-fry until softened and lightly browned at the edges, about 6 minutes.
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Pour in the eggs and let them set slightly around the vegetables before gently scrambling everything together.
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Season with the salt and serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Peria Goreng Telur (Bitter Gourd 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. Peria Goreng Telur (Bitter Gourd 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 | Chap Chai (Malaysian Mixed Vegetable Stew) |
| 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
- 120 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 5 g
- Fat
- 8 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 230 mg
- Saturated fat
- 2 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Peria Goreng Telur (Bitter Gourd 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. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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