Easiest Way to Make Delicious Hairy Gourd Vermicilli

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Hairy Gourd Vermicilli. To make this dish, basically, you only need hairy gourd (節瓜), vermicelli (粉絲) and dried shrimps (蝦米). These ingredients are very common that you can easily find them in any Asian grocers. Every family has its own version and method to make this braised hairy gourd dish.

Hairy gourd, would have to be my all-time favourite, and I particularly enjoy this Cantonese-style preparation where the hairy gourd is first stir-fried with.

Hairy Gourd: 节瓜/毛瓜 Chinese vermicelli / Cellophane noodles : 粉丝/东粉 This is a dish commonly seen at dinner tables at home or at food stalls.

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You can have Hairy Gourd Vermicilli using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Hairy Gourd Vermicilli

  1. You need 1 pcs of hairy gourd.

  2. You need Few of vermicelli, soaked in water.

  3. It’s To taste of Ginger, garlic, shallots(minced).

  4. You need of Dried shrimp, soaked in water.

  5. Prepare To taste of Oyster sauce.

Heat up a pot or wok with oil, add in garlic and dried shrimp or silver fish, fry till fragrant.

Hairy Gourd aka Jie Gua （节瓜）in Chinese with Glass Noodles (mung bean vermicelli) is one of the most common dish in a Chinese family especially the Cantonese.

This is a comforting, simple and healthy dish as the hairy gourd is full of nutrients, minerals and vitamins.

Easy and quick to prepare too, with only a few quick stir-fry.

Hairy Gourd Vermicilli step by step

  1. Saute garlic, shallots and ginger then the dried shrimp and hairy Gourd..

  2. Add water and cook it..

  3. Season with oyster sauce..

  4. Then add vermicilli..

  5. Simmer until done..

Hairy gourd is sometimes interchanged for wax gourd to make slow-boiled soups.

It can also be stuffed (filled with shrimps or minced pork, Chinese mushrooms, etc) and steamed, braised or stir-fried with bean threads (mung bean vermicelli) and dried shrimps.

Stir-fried hairy gourd with glass noodles is a favourite dish among the Cantonese.

It even has an interesting name: 'Dai Yi Ma Kar Looi 大姨媽嫁女' which literally translates 'Eldest Aunty Marries Off Daughter', although I'm not sure of the origins of that name.

When stir-fried with garlic, dried shrimp and bean thread noodles or vermicelli, hairy gourd is savoury, juicy and delicious.