Many Chinese believe winter melon, fuzzy melon, Chinese okra (also called angled luffa) and bitter gourd are “cooling”, which is why you’ll see these vegetables piled high in the market when the weather becomes hot and humid. Most of them have mild, subtly sweet flavours, except, of course, for bitter melon, which for most people is an acquired taste.
Fuzzy melon with dried shrimp, pork meatballs and glass noodles
Fuzzy melon (mo gwa in Cantonese) is also known as hairy melon...
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