Recipe - Stir Fry Luffa (Ridge Gourd) With Salted Egg

The luffa or ridge gourd is a dark green ridged (10 ridges) vegetable having white pulp with white seeds embedded in a spongy flesh. It is a storehouse of nutrients like fibre, vitamin C, zinc, iron and magnesium. It is commonly cooked stir fried or in a soup.

Luffa is known to prevent cancer, detoxify the body and provide nutrients for a healthy body.

The first thing to do is to remove the hard skin of the luffa with a peeler. The skin can be quite hard. I cut them into strips of half cm thick. I find that blanching them in boiling water for 1 minute make it easier to cook and the taste comes out better. Taste is mildly sweet

In this recipe the luffa is stir fried with salted egg and fresh chicken egg. 

Ingredients

luffa strips

1 luffa, peeled and cut into strips
1 salted egg, peeled and coarsely chopped.
1 egg, beaten
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
A dash of pepper
1 tbs of oil

Method:
blanch the cut luffa in hot water for 1 minute

Heat the oil in a wok or pan on medium high

luffa

Toss in the garlic and fry till fragrant
Toss in the salted egg and luffa
Stir fry for 1 minute
Toss in the beaten egg and pepper

It is done when the egg is cooked
    
A short video showing how luffa is steamed with oysters