Bitter Gourd with Salted Black Beans

This is the most common way of cooking bitter gourd - The combination of Bitter Gourd with Salted Black Beans and Garlic.  It is also my favourite.

My home cooked Bitter Gourd is simply satisfying...The salted black beans do not overpower the bitterness of the bitter gourd, it is just a nice complement to its bitterness.

Bitter Gourd with Chinese Sausage

We enjoyed this dishes very much.  I would say the sweet and saltiness of the Chinese sausage blend very well with the bitterness of bitter gourd. :D

Meals on Dragon Boat Festival

We had a simple meals prepared just for the Duan Wu or Dragon Boat Festival on 28th May, also the 5th day in the 5th month of the Chinese lunar calendar.  The dishes were prepared by my brother's maid under the supervision of my mum.  I have had only a zongzi for lunch so I was pretty hungry and all ready for the dinner. 

Fish with sweet and sour sauce but it was a bit overcooked on the black part.

boiled chicken (from the soup)

Bitter gourd with eggs.  Good for lowering blood sugar and with cooling properties.  I love bitter gourd, the bitter the better.

Mixed vegetable (green pepper, button mushroom, brocolli, and baby corns).  My mum forgot to sprinkle the cashew nuts on top to add flavour to this dish.  We had the cashew nut as dessert instead.

Fried chopped garlic in soy suace for dipping of boiled chicken.