< YIELD > 2 servings
< Ingredients >
・1/2 thick deep-fried bean curd
(※It is thick fried tofu to say in other words.)
(※Blanch it to remove oil.)
・1/2 small size onion
・2 garlic clove
・1/2 bitter goued
・1/3 corn on the cob with shuck
・1/2 Tbsp mentsuyu
(※It is Japanese liquid type noodle soup base.)
・1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
・1/2 Tbsp curry powder
(※One of the item of House Foods Corporation called HOUSE CURRY POWDER <KARYUU> that I'm using curry powder for this dish.)
・1 small vinyl film package of individually packed shavings of dried bonito
(※The weight of it is about 2.5g)
< Directions >
1.Peel onion and cut it into 5-6 wedges. Peel garlic and chop it into finely small size. Cut bitter gourd to half lengthwise and remove fluff of white part of it, seed and full. Then slice it into equal pieces about 3-4 mm wide. Husk corn and remove the kernels of an ear of corn from hard cylindrical core. Slice prepared thick deep-fried bean curd into equal pieces about 2-3 mm wide. And then, cut them to half lengthwise and divide them in half.
2.Place cut onion in a bigger deep heat resistant container and heat it in a 600w microwave oven for about 1 minut 30 seconds. Next add chopped garlic in the container and heat them in a microwave oven for about 1 minute. Furthermore, add prepared bitter gourd, corn, thick deep-fried bean curd and heat them in a microwave oven for about 1 minute 30 seconds.
3.Add mentsuyu in the container to mix them well. subsequently, add extra virgin olive oil and mix them properly. Then, heat them again in a microwave oven for about 2 minutes 30 seconds - 3 minutes 30 seconds while observing the condition of the hardness and the softness, also the condition according to the heat of bitter gourd.
4.If finish cooking with a microwave oven, add curry powder in a bigger deep heat resistant container to mix tightly. When the whole is mixed thoroughly, add shavings of dried bonito and mix them completely. Finally, serve a dish in a plate to finish a cooking.