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酿苦瓜

釀苦瓜
niàngkǔguā
Also on menus as 苦瓜酿肉
noun Not spicy

Measure Word

一盘酿苦瓜 pán

Meanings

  1. 1 stuffed bitter melon

About the dish

客家菜 Hakka · 热菜 Hot dish

Thick rings of bitter melon filled with seasoned minced pork, then steamed, or pan-fried and braised in a savoury sauce. The melon is soft and mildly bitter. A Hakka and Chaoshan home dish.

Examples

HSK 7-9
酿苦瓜是把肉馅塞进苦瓜里做的。
Niàngkǔguā shì bǎ ròuxiàn sāijìn kǔguā lǐ zuò de.
Stuffed bitter melon is made by stuffing minced pork into bitter melon.
HSK 7-9
在梅州的客家饭馆，酿苦瓜和酿豆腐常常一起上桌。
Zài Méizhōu de Kèjiā fànguǎn, niàngkǔguā hé niàngdòufu chángcháng yìqǐ shàngzhuō.
In Hakka restaurants in Meizhou, stuffed bitter melon and stuffed tofu often come to the table together.

Tips

usage
酿 usually means 'to brew'. In Hakka and Cantonese cooking it means to stuff a filling into a vegetable or tofu, as in 酿豆腐 (stuffed tofu).

Stroke Order

酿 niàng
苦 kǔ
瓜 guā