10-Minute Bitter Melon Stir-Fried With Eggs
If you love stir-fried vegetables like stir-fried bok choy and mushrooms and stir-fried sweet potato leaves with garlic, this is another recipe to add to your list. It is a nutritious side dish or main meal packed with bitter melon slices, scrambled eggs, and garlic. Throw in some Thai chili pepper for extra heat to counter the flavors of bitter melon.
Ingredients
- 200 g of bitter gourd
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 4 beaten eggs
- 10 g of garlic
- 5 g of Thai chili pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon of salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of chicken bouillon powder
- 1 tablespoon of peanut oil allocating half for scrambling the eggs and the remaining half for stir-frying the bitter melon.
Instructions
- Prepare the bitter melon. Remove the seeds and flesh and chop it into thin slices.
- Rub a teaspoon of salt onto the bitter melon slices. Let it sit for approximately 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, prepare the vegetables by chopping garlic and chili peppers.
- Beat 4 whole eggs for the scrambled eggs.
- Rinse off the salt with water and squeeze out the excess water.
- Heat your pan or wok with oil and pour the beaten eggs. Fry until fluffy and golden. Do not overcook or undercook the eggs. It should not be too firm or watery.
- Take out the scrambled eggs from the pan.
- Heat oil again in the pan and stir-fry chopped garlic and Thai chili pepper.
- Toss in the sliced bitter gourd, along with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon of chicken bouillon powder.
- Stir-fry on high heat until everything is evenly cooked.
- Finally, mix in the fried eggs and stir-fry until well combined.
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Nutrition
Calories: 107kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 6gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 164mgSodium: 997mgPotassium: 224mgFiber: 1gSugar: 0.3gVitamin A: 488IUVitamin C: 46mgCalcium: 40mgIron: 1mg
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