Japan

Goya Champuru

Name: Goya Champuru
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 1 piece Bitter melon (goya); 200 g Firm tofu; 150 g Pork (in strips); 2 pieces Eggs; 1 tbsp Soy sauce; for sprinkling Bonito flakes

Okinawa stir-fry with bitter melon & tofu

Goya champuru is probably Okinawa's best-known dish - "champuru" means "mixed".

Bitter melon (goya), firm tofu, pork and egg are stir-fried together - a nourishing everyday dish of the long-lived island cuisine.

Servings2

Time25 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Bitter melon (goya)1 piece
Firm tofu200 g
Pork (in strips)150 g
Eggs2 pieces
Soy sauce1 tbsp
Bonito flakesfor sprinkling

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Halve and seed the bitter melon, slice thin, salt briefly.
Fry the crumbled tofu, remove.
Fry pork and bitter melon.
Return the tofu, stir in egg, season with soy sauce.
Serve sprinkled with bonito flakes.

Make it original

Tofu and bonito flakes for goya champuru are in the Asia Boutique.

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