Above: Smoother-skinned, longer fruit are often known as Chinese bitter melon. Different species of ... There are many more elaborate traditional recipes (in a flurry of culinary traditions ...

winter melon, Chinese okra and bitter squash. In traditional Chinese medicine, these ingredients are considered cooling, so are eaten when it's hot outside (although many of them are also ...

This basic pork stuffing works well with dried mush­rooms, as well as bitter melon, eggplant and medium-hot fresh chillies. It's best to start soaking the mush­rooms the day before. Good dried ...