How To Cook "Kak Kueh" Soup.

Hi there,

Since mummy has been sick and admitted to hospital, I have been given the responsibility to start cooking and I am diving right in the deep end! Just a few words of instructions and I would start cooking. Now, mummy has been discharged from the hospital, I am now been given full control of the cooking. I have already cooked a few simple dishes, but now i would like to put in record how to cook one of my favourite dish and also Andrew's favourite dish too. "Kak Kueh" soup. It is a kind of long melon with ridges all along the whole fruit. You have to peel off the skin with a special knife, leaving the white pulp.

Ingredients:

1)  One long young "Kak Kueh". Peeled and cleaned. DO NOT SOAK IN WATER. Very Absorbent.
2)  Prawns, peeled and de-veined. Clean and put aside.
3)  Glass noodles or "Tang Hoon". Not too much.
4)  One egg.
5)  Some shallots and garlic.

Methods:

1) Cut the cleaned melon into slices and put aside.  Don't soak them in the water at this stage.
2) Saute the shallots and then add in the garlic.
3) Add in the prawns and stir fried for a few minutes until the prawns are cooked.
4) Pour in the sliced melon and stir fried again.
5) Add a cup of water, stir and then let it boil for some time.
6) Finally add in the "Tang Hoon".
7) Beat an egg and pour it into the wok in a circular motion. Let the egg cook. Then stir.
8) Add salt to taste.

Let the whole thing boil until melon is soft. You may add in more water if the whole thing is too thick.  If you don't want a soup dish, you can dish out and serve as a dish now.

 If you want it as a soup dish, add more water. Let the water boil.   Then serve.

Pa.