Sautéed Bitter Gourd with Fermented Soy Beans 豆豉凉瓜

Serves 2-4,

• 1 (about 400g)                 bitter gourd凉瓜, thinly sliced, cut in 5cm in length
• 2 tablespoons                  cooking oil
• 3 cloves                             garlic, minced 蒜末
• 1 tablespoon                   fermented soy beans, carefully washed and minced 豆豉，洗净切碎
• 3-4                                     bird red chili, roughly chopped， 泰辣椒，切碎
• 1 tablespoon                   light soy sauce生抽
• 1 tablespoon                   Chinese cooking wine料酒
• 1 teaspoon                       caster sugar白砂糖

Method

1. Cut the bitter gourd in half. Take one half, split it from the middle, use a spoon to remove the seeds and the white inner membrane. Sliced the cleaned gourd into strips in 5cm in length.
2. Heat the 2 tablespoons cooking oil in a frying pan over medium heat, add minced garlic, fried for 1 minute till fragrant, add gourd strips, stir fry for another 1 minute. Add fermented soy beans and chili and stir fry for 1 minute.
3. Add cooking wine and light soy sauce, mix well with rest of the ingredients in the pan and stir fry for 1 minute. Lastly, add sugar in the frying pan and stir for 1 minute.
4. Plate it and Serve.