Bitter gourd with soft pork ribs

Ingredients

• 500g Soft pork ribs
• 1 tablepsoon Sugar
• 1/4 tabelspo Chicken powder (with no MSG added)
• 1 tablepsoon Light soy sauce
• 1 tablepsoon Sesame oil
• 2 tablepsoons Corn flour
• 2 tablepsoons Corn oil

Seasonings:

• 1 tablepsoon Dark soy sauce
• 1/2 tablepsoon Light soy sauce
• 1 tablepsoon Oyster sauce
• 1 tablepsoon Sesame oil
• 1 tablepsoon Chicken powder
• 1/2 tablepsoon Pepper

(B) Ingredients:

• 400-500g Bitter gourd (remove seed, cut to about 5mm thick slices)
• 1-1 1/2 tablepsoon Fermented black beans (wash and roughly chopped)
• 3 Shallots (cut finely)
• 1 tablespoon Garlic (chopped)
• 1/2 tablespoon Ginger (minced)
• 2-3 Chillies (cut finely)

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Preparation

• Marinate soft pork ribs with all the above for at least for few hours.
• Mix seasonings with 250ml water.
• Deep fry or shallow fry soft pork ribs till just cooked.
• Remove oil and mix the seasoning water to the soft pork ribs and simmer at medium heat till soft for about 30 minutes.
  
• **add a little more water if you find the sauce salty.
• B)
  Heat some oil in non-stick pan, fry fermented black beans, shallots, garlic and chillies.
• Add in bitter gourd with 1 tablepsoon Chinese cooking wine, fry well.
• Then pour the bitter gourd into the soft pork ribs and simmer for another 10-15 minutes till bitter gourd becomes tender.
  
• Serve hot with rice.

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