This gourd vegetable or plant is Loofah/luffa or Silk Gourd/Ridge Gourd/Angled Gourd also known as 丝瓜 (SiGua in Chinese). Typically used in stir-fries and soups, this gourd has a slightly spongy texture and a mildly sweet flavor. It contains amounts of calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, B and C. The theme for Monthly Mingle is "Soup for the happy soul", and I have prepared soup for the beautiful you.
Angled Gourd with Tomato Soup 丝瓜番茄汤
Ingredients: 2 ridge or angled gourd(luffa/loofah), peeled and cut the flesh to bite size; 1 tomato, cubed to bite size; 2 cloves garlic, lightly crushed; 2 thin slices of ginger; salt and white pepper to taste
Directions: Heat some sesame oil in a pot. When heated, add the garlic, ginger and tomatoes and fry till fragrant and tomatoes softened. Add the luffa/loofah and lightly fry with the tomatoes, garlic and ginger. Add in warm water to make soup and allow soup mixture to simmer at low-medium heat till loofah softens and cooks through. Pinch of salt and white pepper to taste.
Tag: luffa, loofah, angled gourd, ridge gourd, soup
I never made these melons before, maybe it's time to give it a try since this soup looks so good!
ReplyDeleteThat looks absolutely delicious.
ReplyDeleteI usually stir fried SiGua with meat, must try to make this soup version. Looks good :)
ReplyDeleteThis is a quick cooking and delicious soup. We have it with rotis! Thanks for participating:)
ReplyDeleteI don't know if we can even buy them here! I'll have to look into growing them- I actually didn't realize people eat them. :-) Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWe called it as "O-yong" and usually my mom will cook it with mee-sua :)
ReplyDeleteThis is my first time visiting. There's a very popular restaurant dish in Ipoh, Perak where I come from, their specialty is si gua with homemade tofu, very delicious,esp the tofu, melts in the mouth.
ReplyDeleteUsually just stir fry it with prawns, haven't try use it to make soup. A healthy dish!
ReplyDeleteIt looks pretty when cooked. I definitely need to try this out :D
ReplyDeleteNow I know ... these are loofah. How SUAH-GU of me, I have only known them as "ketola". My mum makes a soupy version of this with "hae bee" and omelette ... delish! Sometimes she'd throw in mee-suah for a simple one-dish meal.
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing the raw gourd picture, I think I saw it selling here too. I hardly ever buy any gourd for my cooking, don't know what is what and how to cook it too.
ReplyDeleteOh my, I've seen these in the grocery store and never knew what they were. Thank you so much for posting the picture of them, tigerfish, now I know.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a very pretty dish and worthy of exploring, so simple too!
definitely good with soups or i like it in misua.
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