Name: Stir-Fried Bitter Melon with Straw Mushrooms (Khổ qua Xào Nấm Rỏm)
Yield: Serves 4-6 as part of a Shared Meal
Cuisine: Vietnam
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon light soy sauce; 8 straw mushrooms, halved; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; coriander (cilantro) sprigs, to garnish; light soy sauce, for dipping; 40 g (1½ oz) dried bean thread (glass) vermicelli noodles; 1 tablespoon finely chopped garlic; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 bitter melon (150 g/5½ oz), halved and seeded, then thinly sliced on the diagonal; 1 carrot, peeled and julienned; 1 bird’s eye chilli, thinly sliced; ½ teaspoon sesame oil; 1 tablespoon oyster sauce

Preparation info

Serves
4-6
as part of a Shared Meal

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Songs of Sapa

By Luke Nguyen

Published 2009

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DALAT IS FULL OF FRESH, VIBRANT AND COLOURFUL PRODUCE. I COULD LIVE ON VEGETABLES AND FRUITS ALONE IF I LIVED THERE. IF YOU ARE VEGETARIAN, OMIT THE OYSTER SAUCE AND ADD ONE TEASPOON OF DARK SOY SAUCE INSTEAD.