Goya Chanpuru Onigiri

Goya is bittergourd in Japanese and chanpuru is a form of stir-fried dish. Goya chanpuru is one of Okinawa’s most famous dishes and it has become popular throughout Japan. Summer in Japan is very hot and many people lose their appetites. It is said that the bitterness of goya whets the appetite and that it has medicinal qualities to energise the body during the hot summer months. When I first ate goya, I was surprised by its harsh bitterness, but now I’m a