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English gourd or Buddha’s palm

This post is dedicated to Anasalwa who is a Malaysian staying abroad. She blogged about some Frenchy vege at her blog. I found a similar looking gourd available here in Malaysia.

So here is it. It costs me only 71 sen from Tesco. That is like 10 pence? The name is English Gourd or Chinese call it Buddha’s palm because it looks like clasped palms. But the one Anasalwa has is CHAYOTE SQUASH.

A boring looking gourd the size of a huge guava fruit.

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I sliced them into thin slices along with some carrots. Cut the gourd into half, remove the single seed.

Stir fry some dried shrimps and garlic. Add in vege and some water. Add seasoning.

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Alternatively, you can cut them into match-sticks and add some mung bean vermicelli. (Cantonese call this dish ‘tai yee ma kah lui’ (eldest auntie wed off her daughter) It is almost similar to hairy gourd but I prefer this gourd because it has only one single seed inside.

The gourd is firm and taste sweet. I have no other idea how to cook it except stir fry. If anyone has better idea, do share please.

And tadaaaa…..after eating the above, this is what one ends up with:
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Hahahaahaha. I got the idea from Anasalwa.

Posted by on July 11th, 2005 under Recipe

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No Responses to “English gourd or Buddha’s palm”

  1. BJ Says:
    July 11th, 2005 at 9:38 pm

    I think, you mean ‘buddha hand’ which is a citrus fruit and not a gourd, it has finger-like appendages at the bottom of the fruit. The shape looks slightly similar to the gourd that you mentioned.

  2. lilian Says:
    July 11th, 2005 at 10:04 pm

    Hi BJ – I know that fruit. They make preserves with it. But this one we call ‘hoot chiew kua’ or Buddha’s hand melon.

  3. Jason Says:
    July 11th, 2005 at 11:22 pm

    Err, I not sure what to use though. Assuming its a bitter gourd, my mum will have few types of dish to go along with that.

    1) The one you cooked, but with taucu sauce. Taste better and smells better too.

    2) Fry with eggs.

    3) Fry with eggs, and then take it to “MAN” (boil over slow cooker/low fire) with garlics, dried chilies, taucu sauce. Some hakka or teow cheow dish I think.

    4) Boil soup with “pai kuat”.

  4. matakecil Says:
    July 12th, 2005 at 1:01 am

    Haha … very creative. So cute. :)

  5. keona Says:
    July 12th, 2005 at 4:40 am

    My mum stir fried with sambal hare bee..that is until she went on a health kick– no more belachan, no more hea ko , salt fish and ikan bilis. Like we can ever die from those since we only get those once in a blue moon.

  6. Vivian Says:
    July 12th, 2005 at 6:37 am

    chop it up into chunks and stewed it with chicken

    nice!

  7. Irene Says:
    July 12th, 2005 at 7:53 am

    Do you know what vegetable is actually related with the shiew kua you mention here. It’s a kind of sprut vegetable but i’m not sure the namelah. Very famous in Sabah in the Kundasang area especially.

  8. babe_kl Says:
    July 12th, 2005 at 9:01 am

    never tried them since dunno how to cook them but now i know liau hehehehe

  9. LC_Teh Says:
    July 12th, 2005 at 10:53 am

    LOL… You turned green and loss your teeth too!!!

  10. anasalwa Says:
    July 13th, 2005 at 7:56 am

    Thank you Lilian. They could be a perfect match…. :) )
    I haven’t tried my chayote squash, probably next week.

  11. Bart Says:
    July 13th, 2005 at 12:30 pm

    This gourd is also called the choko.

  12. Mathy Kandasamy Says:
    July 14th, 2005 at 11:01 am

    We call this ‘Chayote’.

  13. lilian Says:
    July 14th, 2005 at 2:49 pm

    Mathy – Thanks for dropping by. Wow, I took a look at your site. It is written in Tamil? Like your blog background, the movietalk?

    Bart – Choko is Japanese?

    anasalwa – I hope yours haven’t grown hairs. LOL!

    LC – Hahaha, that’s right.

    babe – It can keep for a while, so can buy and store well.

    Irene – I heard Sabah has many unique fruits and vege that we don’t have here.

    Vivian – Will try that next time.

    keona – Awww…life without chillies and sambal belacan is sad!

    matakecil – Was just having fun with photoshop. hahaha.

    Jason – Wah, you terror hor? So many ideas?

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