salted egg bittergourd

egg bittergourd with salted egg was my attempt to replicate the famous dish at zai shun. 

i would think it was pretty good.

i did this for the 7pax OPS buddies dinner on 23.8.2017.

one friend (FM) picked this as her no 1 dish. another (LCH) commented the bittergourd had zero bitter taste (which FM didn’t mind).

i agreed. for me also i think some bitter taste would be better. basically i cleaned, soaked in water for 1 day in the fridge, changed water many times. will do less next time.

i felt the salted egg flavours did not come out enough though. maybe the salted egg i used wasn’t a very good one.

zai shun’s fried bittergourd egg with salted egg on 4.4.2017

nothing beats zai shun’s outstanding dish of course….

but my version is getting close, though may never quite reach that standard…

i did not add any fish sauce because of the salted egg, but after tasting, i added some oyster sauce. maybe i will add more oyster sauce next time.

c.h.e.f andy

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Ingredients:

• 1 medium bittergourd juliened
• 1 whole salted egg, boiled & chopped
• 1 tbsp chopped garlic
• 3 eggs
• 1 chili padi
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce

Directions:

1. julien 1 medium bittergourd. wash with salt & soak in water. change water several times.
2. fry 1 cut chili padi & tbsp chopped garlic in 1tbsp oil. add the juliened bittergourd. add 1 chopped salted egg.
3. over high fire, crack 2 eggs & allow the egg to cook before breaking up & mixing with the bittergourd. taste the dish & add some oyster sauce if required.