Crispy silk gourd crepes (Cuizha sigua jian / 脆炸絲瓜煎) from Madame Huang's Kitchen by Carolyn Phillips

  • Chinese salted turnips
  • Chinese chives
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    Can substitute green onions for Chinese chives.

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    Can substitute green onions for Chinese chives.

  • chawkins on October 09, 2015

    First thanks to the person who is indexing the Madame Huang's kitchen blog for bring this recipe to my attention. I'm always on the look out for new silk gourd recipes, just like zucchini and bitter melon, they are prolific if they grow in the garden. This is a very interesting recipe, quite time consuming in preparation but a juxtaposition of texture and taste: the sweetness of the silk gourd and sugar against the saltiness of the salted turnip and the fish sauce, the softness of the silk gourd versus the crunch of the turnip and the peanuts and the crispness of the sweet potato flour and it used up most of my stash of silk gourd. It also provided quite a work out for the jaw as you chewed on the peanuts and the salted turnips.

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