Microwave Cooking: Bitter Melon and Pork Soup (Microwave Cooking - Soups Book 5)
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Did your mom or grandma teach you how to make any quintessential Taiwanese dishes? I would simply watch in the kitchen, and learn that way. However, I believe I learned a lot from this casual approach to cooking. Sweet and bitter flavors mingle in this nourishing Chicken, Pineapple, and Bitter Melon Soup—thought to be the perfect fix when you have a cold.
Aside from the popular three-cup chicken, pork belly buns, and beef noodles, what other dishes do you think deserve recognition and why? A true-blue traditional Taiwanese dish is Danzai noodles, a tradition from fisherman during the off-season for their catch. Another more-old fashioned Taiwanese dish is the chewy, dumpling-like snack, ba-wan. Do you think the emergence of Taiwanese restaurants over the last few years has contributed to an increase in interest in Taiwanese cuisine?
Why else do you think this has happened? What dish do you recommend a newbie try making first? What dish is a must-try even if it may or may not be a little challenging? I think people should try making the Chicken with Rice! Growing up I hated it but mom, dad would make sure I ate my portion of bitter melon for the all health benefit it offers. I have come to like it once in a while now.
Will definitely try this recipe. Nami, this is a perfect recipe for me. Last year I tried bitter melon for the first time and fell in love with it I know, my taste is weird: Next season I will definitely try this recipe! Bitter melon is definitely something that I am not at all familiar with. I have a hard time with bitter. A very interesting dish Nami. What a fantastic way to prepare bitter melon! I am a huge fan of bitter melon. During each summer I probably average 2 or 3 lbs of bitter melon each week on average!! Now I really have to get some of this this weekend.
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Nami, this is beautiful! We use Bitter melons a lot in our Indian cooking and I am sure to give this salad a try. Thank you so much for your tip!
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I boiled with salted water so I thought I could skip that process. Maybe the bitterness may totally disappear if I do salt treatment one more time. I love bittergourd and your version is something that I would definitely try this weekend. I love coming to your sight and being educated about different foods and also inspired expand my taste buds. I like it usually only fried really long with spices and then served with rice curry fish. Honestly I havn; t tried cooking it much differently, its just so bitter! I never see bitter melon before.
That is some of the things I like your blog, I learn a lot of the Japanese products…!!! I have never tried bitter melon before. But it looks so good that I will keep my eyes open for it in the store. Nami, You always seem to have the ability to make intimidating ingredients seem approachable! I think you should teach cooking courses one day. You read my mind, as always! We are able to grow this each summer since we have such a long growing season. We always have more than enough and are able to freeze some for use during winter. In fact he likes anything bitter and favors eggplant varieties which tend to be on the bitter side.
I never knew we can freeze bitter melon! Thank you for letting me know.
Your bitter melon must be really good, especially you grow in your garden! Thank you so much for your kind comment, Kitty! Hi Nami, In Indian cooking we use bitter melon and I love it. We tend to use a lot of onions to mask the bitter taste as onions are naturally sweet. I would love to try this dish. I look forward to trying your recipe! I can never seem to enjoy this particular vegetable. Filipinos and Chinese use bitter melons quite often, but I just never got used to it. Maybe one day I will open up to this gourd…. I like so many things about this dish- the bitter melon, tofu, spices, sesame oil and fresh look of this salad!
Hi Nami — I never tried bitter gourd. I purchased bitter melon a while back and did not do anything with it. I buy things that I know nothing about, to learn, but time passed and it had expired. I am so happy to see this recipe. The tofu sauce sounds great for any vegetable, like zucchini. Hello Nami-san, I also made bitter melon once and had a bad experience so have never done it again. I think boiling it instead of stir frying it and then soaking it removes some of its strong taste. I will have to give your version a try. Fingers crossed that this recipe will change his mind!
I was growing up eating bitter melons, but this is absolutely new to me. Bitter melon and tofu sound like an interesting combination. Now as it gets warmer here in Tokyo I saw a lot of fresh bitter melons in the market. I have to try this. I appreciate this recipe as a variant from the ones we use here; sounds delicious and easy to prepare.
What an interesting sauce! Can I used uncooked bitter gourd to make this dish? Or, maybe the bitter gourd I ate was not a very bitter one. One ingredient is crunchy and the other mushy… you know what I mean? Chinese recipes usually stir-fry bitter gourd with thin slices of beef and black bean or use it in hotpots and I have never read any other interesting bitter gourd recipes until this one. This looks like it can be a quick, easy, healthy and very tasty lunch and I am going to email this to my mum coz she loves salads. Great presentation and photography as usual.
I am anxious to try this recipe, but I have a couple of questions. Could I make the dressing using sesame paste instead of grinding the sesame seeds myself? If so, how much paste would be the correct substitution? I assume sesame paste is very smooth texture so I recommend you to add some sesame seeds to add texture. Even though I ground the seeds, there are some rough texture to it and it blends very well with smooth and soft tofu. You can try first with Tbsp.
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Or you may need to add a little bit but definitely not 2 Tbsp. I really hope it will work!
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Good luck and I hope you enjoy this recipe! I really like bitter melon soup though! Im Korean, farmer in Korea, I saw your bitter melon salad cook information. Thank you so much for asking for my permission.
Thank you very much! Thanks so much for sharing your story! Goya and egg is so delicious together and how wonderful to add spam! That makes into a great hearty meal! I remember eating bitter melon since I was a child because my mom often made a Filipino dish that had it called Pinakbet! Recently, my friend from Okinawa told methat she made a dish called Goya champuru.
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Now I want to try the famous Okinawan dish. Please share a recipe! Yeah, Goya Champuru is delicious! Thank you for your request. I just made this tonight. And I will make it many more times for family and friends. Thanks again for sharing the recipes. Thank you so much for your kind feedback, Gwen! For oyster sauce and fish sauce.
Still recovering from a broken shoulder and knee on my dominant side after I fell off a step stool inspecting the stucco above my porch. I went to the market and purchased bitter melon, Japanese eggplant, zucchini, and sweet potato since I was craving fresh cooked veggies! Sweet potatoes will be fine steamed or baked with butter.
Already started a stock with leftover ham and beef. I figure the salad will balance it out! Thanks for the inspiration! Sorry for my late response! Hope you enjoy this recipe and the new bitter melon recipe I posted. I actually went to the ER twice, was admitted to the hospital, discharged and then into a physical rehab facility that place was AWFUL! That was about 2 weeks of my life. I live alone with no family close by and had to have a pet sitter take care of my kitties.
Not a pleasant time of my life. Oh no, so sorry to hear that. I had my shoulder injured during skiing and went to PT for a month after my injury. Hang in there and take good care. Skip to content Jump to Recipe Discussion. Gather all the ingredients. Cut the bitter melon in half lengthwise and remove the seeds with spoon. Cook the bitter melon in the salted boiling water for minutes depending on your liking and drain well.
Soak the bitter melon in cold water for 5 minutes, then drain really well. Meanwhile wrap the tofu with paper towel on top of a large plate.
Microwave the tofu for 2 minutes Watt to further drain the water. Discard the excess water and let it cool. Grate the ginger to have about 1 tsp. Grind the roasted white sesame seeds well.