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As promised, I'm posting my goya stirfry. I took the pictures with my keitai. (Cell Phone)
I went to the market yesterday, and bitter melons(goya) were on sale. ($1.25 a pound) Lucky me! So I thought...why not make something and share it with my friends on livejournal? I didn't have any recipe, I just made it with stuff I had around.
Apparently, goya are more bitter the riper they are. Mine was VERY ripe. The taste...erm.
(OOC: You know the skin of a green bell pepper? It tastes like that, only no refreshing aftertaste. It tastes good for about 1/100th of a second and then it tastes downright nasty. And then you take another bite, and it's less bad. By the time you're done with the dish, it's moderately pleasing.)
It's a very acquired taste, but I would go out and try one. It's way better than the various Inui juices. Has anyone else tried those? Aozu has parma cheese...
First, here's my melon. Long and green. And warty. It smells...like a cucumber. I licked it. Do not lick bitter melons. >:)
So I cut it in half. Weird. It's pink inside? and apparently it's poisonous to children. I removed the insides with a spoon.
So I scooped out the insides like a pumpkin or kabocha and then I cut it into 1/2 inch slices.
Then I cut some baby carrots. About a handful of them sliced into fourths.
Cut some tofu into little strips...
Sautéed some carrots for about 5 minutes or so. Like the chopsticks?
Add the melon to the mixture. Cook until they're soft. (Was 3-5 minutes for me)
Add the tofu when the melon and carrots are done.
Fry for about another minute or so. Add some salt and pepper to taste. Shoyu can't hurt either.
I ate my stirfry with rice, kimchi, and plum sauce.
I went to the market yesterday, and bitter melons(goya) were on sale. ($1.25 a pound) Lucky me! So I thought...why not make something and share it with my friends on livejournal? I didn't have any recipe, I just made it with stuff I had around.
Apparently, goya are more bitter the riper they are. Mine was VERY ripe. The taste...erm.
(OOC: You know the skin of a green bell pepper? It tastes like that, only no refreshing aftertaste. It tastes good for about 1/100th of a second and then it tastes downright nasty. And then you take another bite, and it's less bad. By the time you're done with the dish, it's moderately pleasing.)
It's a very acquired taste, but I would go out and try one. It's way better than the various Inui juices. Has anyone else tried those? Aozu has parma cheese...
First, here's my melon. Long and green. And warty. It smells...like a cucumber. I licked it. Do not lick bitter melons. >:)
So I cut it in half. Weird. It's pink inside? and apparently it's poisonous to children. I removed the insides with a spoon.
So I scooped out the insides like a pumpkin or kabocha and then I cut it into 1/2 inch slices.
Then I cut some baby carrots. About a handful of them sliced into fourths.
Cut some tofu into little strips...
Sautéed some carrots for about 5 minutes or so. Like the chopsticks?
Add the melon to the mixture. Cook until they're soft. (Was 3-5 minutes for me)
Add the tofu when the melon and carrots are done.
Fry for about another minute or so. Add some salt and pepper to taste. Shoyu can't hurt either.
I ate my stirfry with rice, kimchi, and plum sauce.