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Tuesday, August 24, 2025
A Moment
In a world of sometimes over-commercialization and endless business meetings, it’s nice to sit back and take a moment to simply marvel at the inherent beauty of…
… a home-cooked meal.
If you’ve been following this blog closely, you will probably have realized that the angled luffa gourd, or ketola as we call it in this part of the world, is among my favorite vegetables to cook and eat. After all, I’ve already written about it a couple of times.
And guess what? Yep. I’m about to write about it again.
I was actually going to post about another recipe today, but… I’m feeling really tired; so that will have to wait until tomorrow. In the meantime, here are pictures of the ketola we had for dinner a while back. This time, cooked with prawns. And let me say : ketola with prawns is even tastier than ketola with eggs or chicken (both of which I like a lot).
The method of cooking this is pretty much the same as for cooking ketola with chicken – with a simple substitution of prawns for the chicken.
Okay, moment over.
Visa…
Oops, sorry…
I meant… Shiokadelicious!... the only word for this dish…
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Okay, silly mood over.
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Renee,
Mmmm--I love the photos with the shrimp and the chicken, but I have to admit that I am crazy about the picture of the ketola with eggs. I would use that as a screen saver, but it would make me hungry all the time!
Sher
Posted by: sher | August 25, 2025 08:49 AM
Hi Renee! It is beautiful - what does the ketola taste like?
Posted by: Cathy | August 25, 2025 09:41 AM
hi Sher,
; D
lol.
hi Cathy,
thanks : )
umm... it's kind of hard to describe... it's sort of soft and tender yet with a fairly crispy crunch (depending on how long you cook it for)... it has a natural sweetness once cooked... the closest I can come is a sort of slightly crunchy/crispy zucchini?! but that also doesn't describe it at all...
urgh! sorry... not very enlightening I know.
Posted by: Renee | August 26, 2025 03:49 AM
hi renee,
is keola aka bittergourd?
Posted by: husky9 | August 28, 2025 12:33 PM
hi husky9,
ketola is what we call in Mandarin "shi gua".
you can see a picture of it here
http://www.shiokadelicious.com/photos/ingredients_vegetables/ketola_gua_1.html
hope that helps! : )
Posted by: Renee | August 28, 2025 03:09 PM