Vietnam

Canh Kho Qua

Name: Canh Kho Qua
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 3 Bitter melon; 250 g Minced pork; some of each Glass noodles & wood ear; 1 tbsp Fish sauce; some of each Spring onion & coriander; 1.2 l Pork broth

Stuffed bitter melon in clear broth

Canh kho qua is a Vietnamese soup of bitter melon stuffed with minced pork.

Eaten at the new year, the name is said to symbolise the passing of the old year's troubles.

Servings4

Time45 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Bitter melon3
Minced pork250 g
Glass noodles & wood earsome of each
Fish sauce1 tbsp
Spring onion & coriandersome of each
Pork broth1.2 l

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Halve the bitter melon and remove the seeds.
Mix pork with glass noodles, wood ear and seasonings.
Stuff the bitter melon with the filling.
Poach gently in pork broth.
Serve with spring onion and coriander.

Make it original

Glass noodles and fish sauce are in the Asia Boutique.

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