This is a list of melon dishes and foods that use melon as a primary ingredient. A melon is any of various plants of the family Cucurbitaceae with edible, fleshy fruit. The word "melon" can refer to either the plant or specifically to the fruit.
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Melon dishes and foods
edit- Bogobe jwa lerotse – porridge prepared using the lerotse melon
- Egusi – fat- and protein-rich seeds of certain cucurbitaceous (melon, squash, gourd) plants. Egusi soup is thickened with egusi. Egusi sauce is prepared using egusi.
- Gelu di Muluni – Sicilian dessert of ground watermelon flesh cooked with starch and sugar then cooled to solidify, topped with jasmine, candied fruit bits, pistachios and cinnamon.
- Gōyā chanpurū – type of chanpurū that is a popular and widely recognized dish in the Okinawan cuisine of the island of Okinawa, Japan. It is a stir fry of bitter melon, tofu, egg and sliced pork or Spam.[1]
- Melon ball – balls of melon made using a melon baller
- Melon soup – soup prepared with melon as a primary ingredient
- Pinakbet – usually includes bitter melon,[2] and is an indigenous Filipino dish from the northern regions of the Philippines. Pinakbet is made from mixed vegetables steamed in fish or shrimp sauce.[3]
- Stuffed melon – Turkish dish made of melon stuffed with meat (lamb) and rice.[4][5]
- Subak hwachae – variety of hwachae, or Korean traditional fruit punch, made with watermelon
- Sweetheart cake – traditional Cantonese pastry with a thin crust of flaky pastry, and made with a filling of winter melon, almond paste, and sesame, and spiced with five spice powder.[6]
- Watermelon rind preserves – made by boiling chunks of watermelon rind with sugar and other ingredients
- Watermelon seed oil – extracted by pressing from the seeds of watermelon
- Watermelon steak – steak-shaped pieces of watermelon, often prepared by grilling
- Xi gua lao – watermelon jelly, a traditional dish of Beijing cuisine
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A melon soup prepared with cantaloupe
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Pinakbet vegetables: bitter melon, calabaza squash, lady's finger, eggplants, string beans, and chili
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Prosciutto with melon
Beverages
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Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Cookbook:Melon
- ^ Dining June/ July 2013 AFAR
- ^ Johnson-Kozlow, Marilyn; Matt, Georg E.; Rock, Cheryl L.; de la Rosa, Ruth; Conway, Terry L.; Romero, Romina A. (2011). "Assessment of Dietary Intakes of Filipino-Americans: Implications for Food Frequency Questionnaire Design". Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. 43 (6). Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior: 505–510. doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2010.09.001. PMC 3204150. PMID 21705276.
- ^ David Yen Ho Wu; Sidney C. H. Cheung (2002). Wu: Globalization of Chinese Food. University of Hawaii Press. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-8248-2582-9. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
- ^ "Kavun Dolmasi – Stuffed Melon - Ottoman Cuisine". Ottoman Cuisine. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Sofra Dergisi (25 January 2011). "Kavun Dolması tarifi,Et Yemekleri,Sofra Dergisi denenmiş yemek tarifleri". sofra.com.tr. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ "Indochine Kitchen » Chinese Sweetheart Cake". indochinekitchen.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
- ^ Company, Sethness (1900). Catalog: Bottlers' Extracts and Colors, Machinery and Supplies. Sethness Company. p. 48. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
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