Sharkfin Melon Treasure

I saw this recipe from one of my asian dishes cookbook. And being someone who loves to cook something different from daily mundane dishes, I was quick to take the opportunity to try it out during one of the weekend.  I bought one medium sized sharkfin melon and gathered whatever ingredients I have in the fridge and managed to make something delicious out of them :p  Read on for the recipe :)

This is kind of fun , with chestnuts, fresh king oyster mushrooms , dried shiitake , dried scallops , diced chicken fillets, baby carrots and bird eye chillies all in a melon treasure !

left :  cooked sharkfin melon pulp  - it does look like sharkfin :p

right : diced baby carrots

left:  chestnuts

right : dried scallops

left : diced dried shiitake

right:  fresh king oyster mushroom

left : marinated diced chicken fillets with oyster sauce

right : all the ingredients needed for this dish :)
you can use ingredients of your choice

method:

saute garlic wth grapeseed oil till fragrant, add in chicken fillets and 

the rest of the ingredients and stir fry till all ingredients

 are cooked through add in 1/4 cup of chicken broth , 

add in seasonings and thickening last.

Dish  into steamed/cooked  half melon  and served 

with the prepared chicken broth gravy.

Make sure the half melon is steamed and cooked throughly

before you dish the stir fried goodies

into the half melon case .  yummy !

Sharkfin Melon Treasure

Ingredients:

a few pieces of chicken fillets - diced and marinated with oyster sauce and ground pepper

1/2 cup cooked sharkfin pulps

(A)

1/4 cup dried scallops -soaked

10 pieces of chestnut - soaked

Braise (A)  together with 1 tsp of oyster sauce and 1 cup of water till soft. Drain off  and keep the liquid.

3 pieces of dried shiitake - soaked and diced

3 pieces of fresh king oyster mushroom - washed and drained- diced

3 baby carrots - diced

5 pips garlic - chopped fine

2 tbsp grapeseed oil

1 med. sized sharkfin melon - cut into half

* one half melon to be used as casing for the stir fried fillings - remove seeds and steamed till cooked but still remain firm. The other half ,cut a slice and steam till cooked. Remove the pulps and use as one of the ingredients.

300 ml chicken broth - take out 1/4 cup for the stir fry, the rest is for the making gravy to go with the melon treasure.

To make chicken broth gravy :

(B)

balance of the above chicken broth + the liquid from the braising of the chestnut and scallops

1 tbsp oyster sauce

chinese cooking wine

Boil (B) in a clean wok add in thickening. Dish onto the ready to be served sharkfin melon treasure.

thickening for the gravy :

1/2 tbsp of corn flour

3 tbsp of water.

* one half melon to be used as casing for the stir fried fillings - remove seeds and steamed till cooked but still remain firm. The other half ,cut a slice and steam till cooked. Remove the pulps and use as one of the ingredients.

Method :

In a wok , saute garlic wth grapeseed oil till fragrant under medium heat,  add in chicken fillets and the rest of the ingredients and stir fry till all ingredients are cooked through add in 1/4 cup of chicken broth and simmer , add in salt to taste and thickening last.  Dish into steamed/cooked half melon and served with the prepared chicken broth gravy.

Enjoy !

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri To all my Muslims friends and readers :)

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