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I first got to know about opo squash (calabash gourd) was few years ago when I was living with my aunt in NYC. I remembered it is one of those vegetables she planted in her small little farm at her backyard. This vegetable is a kind of fruit with light green smooth skin and white flesh. It is commonly used for stir-fry or soup in the southern Chinese cuisine as what my aunt did.

I don’t normally pick up this vegetable and it was on sale in the Asian food market. Thus I bought one home and tried to make a dish with it. Opo squash doesn’t have much taste on itself. It is similar as the cucumber. So I decided to make it simple by stir-frying it with the dried shrimps. It turned out to be a decent dish for dinner. Share with me if you have any good recipes for opo squash.

Ingredients:

1 opo squash (peeled and cut)
3 tbsp dried shrimps
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tbsp oyster sauce
2 tbsp water

Cooking Method:

1. Heat the wok or pan with cooking oil. Add in the dried shrimp and sauté for 2 minutes.
2. Add opo squash and stir fry for 3 minutes.
3. Add sugar, oyster sauce and water. Stir well for 2 minutes.
4. Dish up and serve hot.